Funky Divas by En Vogue

Funky Divas, En Vogue's second album, came out on East West on March 24, 1992, and it's the sound of four singers, Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron and Maxine Jones, proving the first record was no fluke. Their founders, Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, produced the whole thing again and threw the doors open wide: new jack swing and hip-hop beats, sure, but also classic soul, blues and doo-wop, a pair of songs from Sparkle, an Aretha Franklin cover in "Giving Him Something He Can Feel", and, on "Free Your Mind", crunching heavy-metal guitars.

The harmonies everywhere are tight enough to cut glass. Five singles came off it, including "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)". It went to number one on the R&B albums chart, reached number eight on the Billboard 200 and number four in the UK, and sold 3.5 million copies in America, their biggest seller. It picked up a Grammy nomination and won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album.

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