Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

Earlier this week (the 1st) marked the thirtieth anniversary of I Feel For You, the fifth solo studio album from Chaka Khan. It spent forty-nine weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 14. It also charted at number 71 in Australia, number 15 in the UK, and number 4 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

Beat Street (soundtrack) volume 1

Welcome to another edition of Matinee Monday.

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Beat Street, the 1984 drama that centered on the New York City hip hop culture. It focused on the lives of breakdancing, DJing and graffiti artists. The cast included Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, and Saundra Santiago.

The film itself did not do well (it bought in about $16 million), but it did generate a soundtrack which spent twenty-one weeks on the US Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 14, and went to number 10 on the US Billboard R&B chart. The music was popular enough that a second volume would be released later that year.