{"id":1402,"date":"2018-08-24T12:09:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovepeacenslander.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2018-08-24T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:32:02","slug":"aretha-franklin-put-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-on-her-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovepeacenslander.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/24\/aretha-franklin-put-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-on-her-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Aretha Franklin \u2013 Put R.E.S.P.E.C.T On Her Name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A TRIBUTE DONE RIGHT<\/h2>\n

VIA\u00a0PLANET ILL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

By\u00a0odeisel<\/a><\/span>\u00a0
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Aretha Franklin slowed down in her later years. She was the butt of a lot of jokes by the internet generation, who framed her as a crotchety Diva whose time had past. They cast her as one of those two hating ass old white guys on the balcony of The Muppet Show, hating on every new thing in sight. She didn\u2019t travel as much due to her fear of flying, and her health had declined in recent years. Along with that came whispers of cancer, as she lost most of her siblings in the late 90s and early 2000\u2019s to the disease.<\/p>\n

Today, we will celebrate her immense musical legacy. When people die, we engage in hyperbole and elevate them past their production. Rappers die and become the greatest of all time. Singers die and we forget the volume of mediocre product they put out or trash performances they did solely for a check. Areth Franklin\u2019s legacy is beyond the bounds of hyperbole because when you actually are the greatest ever, we run out of superlatives to describe your magnificence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aretha Franklin\u2019s Credentials<\/h2>\n

She sang for Royalty. She\u00a0 sang for Dr. King. She auntee\u2019d Whitney Houston. And before you even think to say Mariah Carey or Whitney were greater, bite your tongue. Aretha Franklin is the most decorated female singer of all time. Before we walk through why here are her quantitative bonafides:<\/p>\n