Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose. 1998.

A Rose Is Still a Rose is the thirty-fourth studio album by Aretha Franklin. It was released on March 24, 1998, by Arista Records. Conceived after a longer hiatus and a complete departure from her previous studio album What You See Is What You Sweat (1991), the album includes influences of 1990s hip hop as well as modern-day contemporary R&B and soul music. Throughout the project, Franklin worked with many famed hip hop producers and rappers, such as Lauryn Hill, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jermaine Dupri, and Daryl Simmons. With the latter acts producing most of the album, A Rose Is Still a Rose deviated from the adult contemporary sound of Franklin's older work.

A Rose Is Still a Rose produced two singles, led by its same-titled lead single. Franklin's highest-charting single in four years, it peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Franklin's last top 40 hit on both markets until her death in 2018.

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1 A Rose Is Still A Rose 4:27

2 Never Leave You Again 4:36

3 In Case You Forgot 4:49

4 Here We Go Again 3:30

5 Every Lil' Bit Hurts 4:07

6 In The Morning 4:56

7 I'll Dip 4:06

8 How Many Times 4:21

9 Watch My Back 4:45

10 Love Pang 4:20

11 The Woman 7:41