Rock On Chaka!
5
By UncleFingleBinger
Although not a fan favorite because of it's heavy Rock influences, "Destiny", nevertheless, is a great CD. Obviously attempting to give Tina Turner a run for her money, Chaka takes on these tunes with a vengeance. "So Close", "Who's It Gonna Be" and "The Other Side of the World" are all Rock songs and are some of the best material Khan recorded in the 80s. The only miscalculations here were the first single "Love Of A Lifetime", where the lyrics are very muffled and "Earth To Mickey", a very silly song penned by Charlie Singlton with awful lyrics and a very whack rap. "Destiny" should have picked up where Khan's previous album left off and should have cemented her as a cross-over artist. Unfortunatley,the disc was only half-heartedly promoted at Black radio, which was a mistake on the part of the record company. Single releases failed to make much noise on R&B radio and received no promotion on Pop radio. Therefore, the fate of "Destiny" was doomed. Chaka never made any mistakes on vinyl during the 80s. And this disc is proof in the pudding that, in her prime, Chaka was a force to be reckoned with.
