Word: chaka
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...HEAVYWEIGHT Thai kickboxing twins Maki and Aki didn't see the guitar coming. Billy Chaka, ace investigative reporter for Youth in Asia teen magazine and expert in kung fu, kenpo, Tae-kwondo, jeet kune do, capoeira and "many of the esoteric brands between," outfought the duo with a cherry-red Gibson and plunged back into Tokyo's pulsating streets. His mission: to figure out what a little bird had to do with the deaths of a night porter in Hokkaido and the country's most beloved rock star...
...wait. Isn't killing and burying affirmative action the signature cause of the G.O.P.? Didn't this party just two weeks ago vote in Congress to sabotage Clinton's request for more teacher hirings and school construction? Forget reality. With a raucous Chaka Khan, with rappers and wrestlers and a rocking gospel choir (hey, these Republicans do have rhythm), critics had taken to comparing the convention to a Utah Jazz home game, where everyone in the stands is white and most of the performers are black. I left a message for Powell asking whether he might have been used...
...this hip-hop trio released an album entitled De La Soul Is Dead; its bright new CD proves that the announcement was premature. Art Official Intelligence has an impressively eclectic lineup of guests, including Busta Rhymes, Chaka Khan and members of the Beastie Boys (Mike D and Ad Rock). De La Soul's songs, like the warm, stuttery Set the Mood, lack the vulgar, low-riding punch of gangsta rap, but they find strength in invention...
...Woman I Am - Chaka Khan This is the amazing title track from her 1992 album, with huge production by Marcus Miller, words and music by Brenda Russell, Dyan Cannon and Chaka Khan. 2. Let's Stay Together - Al Green 3. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan 4. I Don't Wanna Fight - Tina Turner 5. No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley (live at the Lyceum, London - I was there!) 6. Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers 7. Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (Lasting Peace mix) 8. Joy & Pain - Maze featuring Frankie Beverley (live version) 9. I Still Haven...