Patti LaBelle Does NOT Have An Attitude

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Author Message   Mzuri "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Mzuri Post Number: 3609 Registered: 01-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007 - 12:04 am:        Busy LaBelle’s Attitude Great For ATL Fans By RODNEY HO February 25, 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution R&B legend Patti LaBelle was the anti-diva Saturday at a Super Wal-Mart in College Park. She was the queen of accommodation, signing autographs and posing for pictures for hundreds of boisterous fans, dozens of Wal-Mart employees and even the four Fulton County cops who watched over her for the afternoon. She spent extra time with kids and the handicapped. And she didn’t require people to buy her CDs or cookbooks to get her signature. “A lot of people don’t have the money to buy CDs, so they just come and see me!” she told the media later in the Wal-Mart break room. “I’ll sign anything!” She scribbled on backs of bank deposit slips and dollar bills. As her greatest hits played in the background, she even sang along at times. “Even ‘New Attitude’ sounded good to me,” she said later. (One diva concession: Her son Zuri Edwards fanned her with a sheet of paper when she got warm in the break room.) After 45 years in showbiz, she’s still incredibly busy, touring, taping her TV One reality show, promoting diabetes awareness and making cameos in films, including an upcoming comedy starring Will Ferrell. (She was also in OutKast’s “Idlewild.”) Currently without a major label, LaBelle said she finally was able to finish her recently released gospel CD, with proceeds going to cancer research. And she’s working on a reunion album with her old group LaBelle. Lenny Kravitz is helping out, and she hopes her buddy Prince — who she dubs “Purple Magic Man” — can produce a song or two. LaBelle also plans to open a “comfort food” restaurant in Atlanta, following in the footsteps of Gladys Knight. “I love Atlanta,” said the Philadelphia native as she left Wal-Mart. “I could move here!” http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2007/02/25/busy_labelles_a.html   Doberman23 Veteran Poster Username: Doberman23 Post Number: 821 Registered: 01-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 02:14 am:        i have always liked patti labelle, i think she stretches out a song a little too long sometimes, but she is top tier. i had a best of cd, but don't know what the hell happened to it.