Musiccosmos

Source: Hank Parker/Sony Archives The Queen of Soul didn’t cover songs, she conquered them Yesterday, we bid adieu to the undisputed empress of R&B. Aretha Franklin slipped out of existence surrounded by family and friends at the age of 76 with a whopping 42 studio albums under her belt and a lifetime of gassing the classic compositions of contemporaries like Burt Bacharach, Simon & Garfunkel, Bobby Womack, and The Beatles. Even “Respect,” a track synonymous with Franklin’s force, was first written and released by the late Otis Redding . HEAR: From Yasiin Bey To Outkast: 10 Rap Songs That Sampled Aretha Franklin In celebration of the singular soulstress, the pound-for-pound GOAT, the daughter of Detroit with the golden voice, we’ve gathered some of Franklin’s most devastating one-ups. A collection of live and studio takes of tracks that might as well never existed before Franklin set her sights on owning them forever more. Knowing damn well she’d smoke the o...