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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 26, 2021 19:56:27 GMT -5
^^^LOL...exactly??? I'm like...4th studio album??? Are they for real???
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 26, 2021 20:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by Sir Benji on Aug 27, 2021 1:15:01 GMT -5
OIAM (the album) back to #1 on iTunes.
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Post by thezatch on Aug 27, 2021 14:33:10 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 27, 2021 15:15:26 GMT -5
I was just listening to that track last night! Love it!!!
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 27, 2021 15:15:57 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2021 15:48:56 GMT -5
Even it the album gets bumped out to #11, it will still peak higher than it did in '96 How/why did her album not go top 10 in 96? She was big at the time!
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Post by Caviar on Aug 27, 2021 16:04:44 GMT -5
STILL #1 on iTunes album chart.
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Post by thezatch on Aug 27, 2021 16:31:00 GMT -5
I was just listening to that track last night! Love it!!! Her adlibs during the guitar solo still bring tears to my eyes.
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Post by elementd5 on Aug 27, 2021 18:43:24 GMT -5
Got my physical copy of OIAM delivered today. So grateful to have this!
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 27, 2021 23:32:58 GMT -5
Mario Winans, the gospel singer, revealed that Aaliyah's mother once came to him saying how Aaliyah had wanted to do a gospel album. :O
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Post by PopLuva on Aug 28, 2021 8:24:05 GMT -5
i would love to see a Aaliyah tribute with artist performing her songs i wonder why she's never had one.
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Post by Choco on Aug 28, 2021 10:54:20 GMT -5
I find Drake's obsession with Aaliyah kinda annoying tbh.
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Post by allow that on Aug 28, 2021 11:16:43 GMT -5
I've been working on "Complete Edition" playlists for my top 50 favorite artists and I wanted to post them here for brainstorming/feedback. The Red Album doesn't really have extra tracks, but I'm not sure if I'm missing some of her features. I also padded out I Care 4 U with a bunch of her soundtrack songs. {Age Aint Nothin But a Number}Intro Throw Your Hands Up Back & Forth Age Ain't Nothing But A Number Down With The Clique At Your Best (You Are Love) No One Knows How To Love Me Quite Like You Do I'm So Into You Street Thing Young Nation Old School I'm Down Back & Forth (Remix) The Thing I Like {One in a Million}Are You Ready Beats 4 Da Streets (Intro) Hot Like Fire One In A Million A Girl Like You If Your Girl Only Knew Choosey Lover (Old School/New School) Got To Give It Up 4 Page Letter Everything's Gonna Be Alright Giving You More I Gotcha' Back Never Givin' Up Heartbroken Never Comin' Back Ladies In Da House The One I Gave My Heart To Came To Give Love (Outro) No Days Go By Death Of A Playa Hot Like Fire (Remix) Journey To The Past {The Red Album}We Need A Resolution Loose Rap Rock The Boat More Than A Woman Never No More I Care 4 U Extra Smooth Read Between The Lines I Refuse U Got Nerve It's Whatever I Can Be Those Were The Days What If Messed Up {I Care 4 U}Are You That Somebody? Try Again Come Back In One Piece Are You Feelin' Me? I Don't Wanna Don't Know What To Tell Ya All I Need Miss You Don't Worry Come Over Erica Kane Turn The Page Where Could He Be Got To Give It Up (Remix) Enough Said {Featuring Aaliyah}I Need You Tonight (Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat. Aaliyah) Up Jumps Da' Boogie (Timbaland & Magoo feat Aaliyah & Missy Elliott) Man Undercover (Timbaland feat. Aaliyah) Best Friends (Missy Misdemeanor Elliott feat. Aaliyah) John Blaze (Timbaland feat. Aaliyah & Missy Elliott) Final Warning (Ginuwine feat. Aaliyah) You Won't See Me Tonight (Nas feat. Aaliyah) Stickin' Chickens (Missy Misdemeanor Elliott feat. Aaliyah & Da Brat) Ain't Never (Outsiderz 4 Life feat. Aaliyah) I Am Music (Timbaland & Magoo feat. Aaliyah & Static Of Playa) She Crazy (Rick Ross, Ne-Yo, Aaliyah) Shakin' (Timbaland feat. Aaliyah) Round & Round (Aaliyah & Ne-Yo) Don't Think They Know (Chris Brown feat. Aaliyah)
I would personally add the CJ Macintosh/UK Flavour remix of At Your Best (It's a slightly remixed version using her vocals from the album/LP version) or the Single/Gangstar Child remix to AANBAN. I would add "La La La" (a previously unreleased song that was written/recorded during the OIAM era during session that produced No Days Go By), Timbaland's remix of OIAM feat ginuwine (It was "commercially" released on the Sprung soundtrack in the US), the radio version of TOIGMHT, The "new" remix of IYGOK feat. Missy, and Timbaland's Main Mix of 4PL to OIAM. The new tracks featured on "I Care 4 U" are actually leftovers from the "AALIYAH" aka Red album sessions so yeah there is nothing to add there unless you are a fan of the remixes of MTAW & RTB. + “One Man Woman” by Playa featuring Aaliyah :)
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Post by Sir Benji on Aug 28, 2021 11:45:46 GMT -5
I would personally add the CJ Macintosh/UK Flavour remix of At Your Best (It's a slightly remixed version using her vocals from the album/LP version) or the Single/Gangstar Child remix to AANBAN. I would add "La La La" (a previously unreleased song that was written/recorded during the OIAM era during session that produced No Days Go By), Timbaland's remix of OIAM feat ginuwine (It was "commercially" released on the Sprung soundtrack in the US), the radio version of TOIGMHT, The "new" remix of IYGOK feat. Missy, and Timbaland's Main Mix of 4PL to OIAM. The new tracks featured on "I Care 4 U" are actually leftovers from the "AALIYAH" aka Red album sessions so yeah there is nothing to add there unless you are a fan of the remixes of MTAW & RTB. + “One Man Woman” by Playa featuring Aaliyah :) !!!! Yes! How could I forget about that bop
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Aug 28, 2021 16:18:40 GMT -5
i would love to see a Aaliyah tribute with artist performing her songs i wonder why she's never had one. I second this idea. It would be a much more tasteful and respectful way to honour her legacy than this rumoured posthumous album. Additionally, it would be such a great way to reintroduce her to newer generations, especially if they get high-profile names to participate. I mean, just look at the insane variety of artists who have been influenced by her according to this excerpt from Wikipedia - from Beyoncé and Drake to the xx, Hikaru Utada, and even Adam Levine. There is so much potential here! ❤
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 28, 2021 16:38:08 GMT -5
Rare video of Aaliyah at 14 in school!
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Post by Ty on Aug 28, 2021 18:26:57 GMT -5
i would love to see a Aaliyah tribute with artist performing her songs i wonder why she's never had one. It's probably because the award shows didn't want to deal with the Blackground label drama. Blackground owns the masters of her biggest hits. The same thing happens to Taylor Swift and Big Machine, and Taylow was very vocal about the latter forbidding her from performing her own songs.
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Post by Rican@ on Aug 28, 2021 18:29:03 GMT -5
I actually want to hear any unreleased music without the features. I’m not down for artists doing covers of songs because the talent isn’t there—those who are popular, IMO— unlike when she was coming up. That would have been a good idea in 00s and perhaps the early 10s. I think about Luther Vandross tribute album—he had sangers on his.
I’m still amazed how she didn’t write anything on the red album because the way she connected to it lyrically with those tracks, you would have thought it came straight from her diary. Missy was definitely right about her having an ear for music.
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Post by Caviar on Aug 28, 2021 18:40:03 GMT -5
The Red Album was a MOMENT for her. I refuse 🥳 to hear other artists covering any of those songs. I'm still in disbelief "I Care 4 U" was recorded during the OIAM sessions. There has to be other quality tracks in the vault waiting to be released.
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Post by Caviar on Aug 29, 2021 15:10:14 GMT -5
One In A Million reaches a new peak at #10!
Aaliyah’s 1996 sophomore album, One In a Million, reaches the top 10 for the first time, as the set re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 10. The album was reissued on Aug. 20 after years out-of-print, and earned 26,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 26. Of that sum, album sales comprise 13,000; SEA units comprise 11,000 (equaling 14.29 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 2,000. One In a Million originally peaked at No. 18 on the Feb. 1, 1997-dated chart. The album is first of a series of reissues for the Blackground label, including other previously long-unavailable albums from Aaliyah, Ashley Parker Angel, Toni Braxton, JoJo, Tank and Timbaland (and Timbaland & Magoo).
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Post by WolfSpear on Aug 30, 2021 16:29:42 GMT -5
Even it the album gets bumped out to #11, it will still peak higher than it did in '96 How/why did her album not go top 10 in 96? She was big at the time! A number of reasons, really. When Aaliyah put out One In A Million, she already had a couple of hits under her belt, but more people were also starting to recognize her work through the radio. The album actually debuted at #20 in September 1996 (which isn't bad for a rising star) and coasted downwards until the title track's exposure gave it the boost to #18 in January. It was smart on the label to promote most of these hits to radio only, as it likely helped keep the album in the top 200 for over a year without killing its sales. Keep in mind a few things here though. The market in 1996 featured a heavy amount of competition from a number of acts (Celine Dion to Garth Brooks to Outkast etc.), and Aaliyah's path mimicked Brandy and Monica's prior to her sophomore effort. These girls at 15-17 had to prove themselves and part of it was media exposure and word of mouth. I think she solidified her position with the help of the radio, as there's literally 5-6 hits off on here. It was also a smart move working with Timbaland and Missy Elliot; the material here was better suited.
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 31, 2021 8:58:11 GMT -5
^Wasn't there also some negative perception around her because of the R. Kelly situation? So they had trouble finding producers for the album and had to hustle to ensure her music got exposure.
Even though I don't agree with it, we know how society loves to shame the female involved even though she was 14 and R. Kelly groomed her.
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Aug 31, 2021 11:37:56 GMT -5
^Wasn't there also some negative perception around her because of the R. Kelly situation? So they had trouble finding producers for the album and had to hustle to ensure her music got exposure. Even though I don't agree with it, we know how society loves to shame the female involved even though she was 14 and R. Kelly groomed her. You're right. I was actually reading a great article about it yesterday that goes in-depth on the media and GP perception of Aaliyah after the illegal marriage scandal became news, and how it loomed over her even after she passed. Trigger warning for details on her disturbing relationship with R. Kelly and how he played a key role in molding a sexualized image of her at such a young age. www.vox.com/culture/22621692/aaliyah-death-20-year-anniversary-r-kelly-trialAnd indeed, R. Kelly was portrayed as the victim back then - a clueless man who was seduced by this alluring Lolita figure. This excerpt perfectly explains the sheer hypocrisy and misogyny surrounding this situation. Kelly wrote “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number,” the song that created Aaliyah’s “beautiful pseudo-Lolita image” in the first place. He dressed her for it and produced it, and the world was happy to give him credit when the song was a hit. Then the song became inextricably linked to a scandal, and responsibility for it somehow transferred to Aaliyah.
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Post by bat1990 on Sept 3, 2021 9:40:57 GMT -5
The Romeo Must Die soundtrack and "Are You That Somebody?" are out today!!
EDIT: I always wondered how Aaliyah would've fit into the Crunk wave that hit the mainstream in 2003/2004 but "Come Back in One Piece" is a page out of that subgenre and she sounds fire as always on it.
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Post by thezatch on Sept 3, 2021 10:17:21 GMT -5
Disappointed that the RMD soundtrack seems to still be censored on all platforms.
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Sept 3, 2021 10:26:41 GMT -5
^Wasn't there also some negative perception around her because of the R. Kelly situation? So they had trouble finding producers for the album and had to hustle to ensure her music got exposure. Even though I don't agree with it, we know how society loves to shame the female involved even though she was 14 and R. Kelly groomed her. You're right. I was actually reading a great article about it yesterday that goes in-depth on the media and GP perception of Aaliyah after the illegal marriage scandal became news, and how it loomed over her even after she passed. Trigger warning for details on her disturbing relationship with R. Kelly and how he played a key role in molding a sexualized image of her at such a young age. www.vox.com/culture/22621692/aaliyah-death-20-year-anniversary-r-kelly-trialAnd indeed, R. Kelly was portrayed as the victim back then - a clueless man who was seduced by this alluring Lolita figure. This excerpt perfectly explains the sheer hypocrisy and misogyny surrounding this situation. Kelly wrote “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number,” the song that created Aaliyah’s “beautiful pseudo-Lolita image” in the first place. He dressed her for it and produced it, and the world was happy to give him credit when the song was a hit. Then the song became inextricably linked to a scandal, and responsibility for it somehow transferred to Aaliyah.Great article, indeed. Very interesting to read their perspective.
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