- INkosana ibhale le ngoma kwaye yayikhupha kwi-albhamu yayo yesibini, INkosana , ngo 1979. Inguqulelo ka Chaka Khan isebenzisa izixhobo ezingaphezulu kunye noluhlu lwezinto zemveliso ezingekhoyo kwiPrince yasePrince eyayihluthwe ngaphambili. Ingoma iculwa kumntu wokuqala, ke amazwi malunga nokuba nenkanuko nomntu akathathi cala ngokwesini kwaye aguqulelwe kakuhle kwimvumi eyimfazi.
- I-rap eyahlukileyo yenza ukuba ingoma ibonakale-ngokuqinisekileyo yabamba ingqalelo xa isiza kunomathotholo ngesitofu.
UMelle Mel, owayengumlobi kunye noGrandmaster Flash kunye neFurious Five, wenza i-rap. Kunyaka ophelileyo, wabetha ingoma ethi 'White Lines.'
Ekupheleni kwee-80s, kwakuqhelekile ukuba iingoma zibonise kwiingoma ze-pop, kodwa ngo-1984 i-rap yayisemnandi kakhulu kubaphulaphuli abaninzi. Ingqondi yale ngoma yayiyidibanisa njani nenxalenye kaMelle Mel ngaphandle koloyikiso kubaphulaphuli. Ukwenza oku, umvelisi u-Arif Mardin ucacisile ukuba i-rap inomxholo othi 'Uthando,' kungekho zixhobo zehip-hop ezinje ngemali neemoto. Kwakugcinwe kufutshane: imigca esibhozo kunye noMel onesingqisho malunga no-Chaka nokuba ummba kangakanani. I-stutter ekuqaleni nayo yanceda, yenza ukuba icandelo lihlekise ngakumbi kwaye lingabi ndlongondlongo. UMardin weza ne-stutut ngengozi. Wachaza i-NPR : 'Njengokuba sasinyusa ukurekhodwa kumphathi ophambili, isandla sam satyibilika kumatshini wokuphinda. Kwaye kwenzeka, 'Chaka-Chaka-Chaka-Chaka-Chaka-Chaka Khan,' kwaye sathi, 'Masiyigcine loo nto. Inomdla kakhulu. '' - UStevie Wonder wadlala i-harmonica kule ngoma. Uyirekhode kwangalo mhla waya emngcwabeni kaMarvin Gaye. UWonder ubhale ingoma yokuqala yeqela lika-Chaka uRufus: 'Ndixelele Into Entle.'
- U-Chaka wayengazi ukuba le ngoma yayiza kuba ne-rap. Ngosuku olulandelayo emva kokuba erekhode amazwi, umvelisi wakhe u-Arif Mardin wamothusa ngokumdlala nge-rap kaMelle Mel. U-Chaka wayeyithiyile kwaye wayengenakuma ukuva igama lakhe liphindaphindwa kwingoma, kodwa uMardin wamqinisekisa ukuba iyayenza ingoma. Icala elibi kukuba u-Chaka wajongana nabantu abaxhaphaza igama lakhe belingisa ingoma, eyayiqhuba amandongomane akhe.
- U-Chaka unodade ogama linguTaka Boom, kwaye uArif Mardin wayethanda umbono wokusebenzisa amagama oodade njengesixhobo sokudlala kwingoma. Xa kwafika ixesha loku-odola i-rap, waba nomcwangcisi wakhe uReggie Griffin ukulandelela uMelle Mel kwaye wamenza ukuba enze i-rap esebenzisa amagama athi 'Chaka Khan' njengegubu. UMel wenza i-rap yakhe eSugarhill Studios, kwaye xa uMardin waqala wayincamathisela kwingoma, wayibeka phakathi, kulapho amaqela afana noHlelo oluMtsha azakubeka khona iirap. Ekugqibeleni wagqiba ekubeni ahambise i-rap ekuqaleni kwaye ayivumele ukuba ibhukishe ingoma, kunye noMel ebonakala ekuqaleni nasekupheleni.
- Ndiziva ngawe yayiyicwecwe lesithathu lika-Chaka njengomculi wedwa, kodwa wakhupha ii-albhamu ezintandathu kwii-70s kunye nebhendi uRufus kwaye wazinza njengenkwenkwezi yeR & B. Italente yakhe ephelelwe lixesha yayingafane iguqulelwe kwimpumelelo ye-pop, kodwa u-Chaka wayengenamdla kumculo we pop, ekhetha umphefumlo okanye umculo we jazz awayeziva ngathi unzima kakhulu. 'Ndivakalelwa Nguwe' umsebenzele kakuhle emalini kwaye wamvumela ukuba athathe ezinye iiprojekthi, kodwa ayimelanga umzimba wakhe. 'Ndingacula olo hlobo lokulala,' utshilo ngengoma.
- Ilebheli ka-Chaka, i-Warner Bros Records, yayimnyanzela ukuba abethe, kuba ii-albhamu zakhe zangaphambili zazingathengisi kakuhle. Yena kunye nomvelisi wakhe, u-Arif Mardin, bathathe isigqibo sokuyicenga ileyibheli kwaye babanike hit yabo; boyika ukuba xa bengahambisi, ilebhile iya kwenza irekhodi lika Chaka kunye nomnye umvelisi. UMardin wayevelise uBette Midler, u-Aretha Franklin no-Dusty Springfield, ukuze akwazi ukudibanisa i-diva xa ebeka ingqondo yakhe kuyo. Wayesebenza no Chaka ukunika ingoma ilungiselelo langoku, oko kwakuthetha i-synth eninzi kunye netempo ekhawulezayo kunokuba wayeqhele ukwenza. Icebo lasebenza kwaye inkampani yokurekhoda ibibethile.
- Ngokuka-Arif Mardin, ukhethe le ngoma emva kokuba ummeli kwinkampani epapasha iNkosana ayithumele kuye kwikhasethi. U-Chaka uthi wayengumlandeli omkhulu weNkosana kwaye ebekhe wacinga ukuyirekhoda okwexeshana, kwaye xa bayalelwa ukuba benze ingoma, wayikhumbula.
- Ukucwangciswa kwale ngoma kwahluka kwiminyaka u-Chaka wayenza ekhonsathini. Kwangoko, wayezakushiya i-rap ngokupheleleyo, kodwa ekugqibeleni wafudumala wangena kwisingeniso, esiya kuthi senziwe lilungu lebhendi okanye sidlalwe kwakhona ukurekhoda.
- U-Chaka ngumbhali weengoma oqaqambileyo, kodwa njengale ngoma, uninzi lweengoma zakhe zabhalwa ngabanye. Ucacisile NdineNdudumo: Ababhali beNgoma abaNtsundu kunye noBugcisa babo , 'Ndimele ndizive ngathi ndibhale le ngoma ngaphambi kokuba ndiyicule. Kuya kufuneka izive ngathi yindlela yam ngaphambi kokuba ndiyirekhode. Kananjalo bendilumkile ndicula iingoma ezibhalwe ngabazobi endibahloniphayo kwaye ndibancoma kakhulu, ukuze xa ndifika kwiingoma zabo ziwe kunye ngendlela eyeyendalo.
- U-Chaka wayengengowokuqala ukuyigubungela le ngoma: I-Pointer Sisters yayibhala kwi-albhamu yabo ka-1982 Uvuya kakhulu! . Xa uPrince wayibhalayo le ngoma, wayinika uPatrice Rushen, wayala. Wayekhe wanikela ngaphambili ngoRushen 'Ndifuna ukuba nguMthandi Wakho,' kodwa naye wayidlulisa.
- Umgca kaMelle Mel kwi-rap, 'Makhe ndikuthathe ngeengalo zam, mandikugcwalise ngamakhubalo am' yayisekwe kwingoma evela kwingoma ka-1968 yeDelfonics ethi 'La-La Ithetha ukuba Ndiyakuthanda,' ethi, 'Makhe ndikuthathe ngeengalo zam ndikuzalise ngamakhubalo am. '
- UMelle Mel uphinde wenza i-rap yakhe kule ngoma kwiFurious Five track 'Step Off,' eyakhutshwa kamva ngo-1984.
