For example, on the album's back cover and inner sleeve, Khan is featured with her trademark hair and outfits, sitting on a lips-decorated couch.

As they entered the studio to record their fourth album, Khan and Rufus remained a collaborative group together.

Unlike their three previous albums, they only recorded one cover version - The Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'", while other songs were handled by group members and outside collaborators including, most notably, Gavin Christopher.

After its release, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan repeated the success of the band's previous two albums, going gold (later platinum) with sales of one million copies in the United States.

By the end of the year "Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan" would be ranked by Billboard on their R&B year-end list as the best-charting album of 1976. with: ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.