more cult of the dead. if your neighbour died would you know or care to post this on the internet?
fact remains. you don't know her. i don't know her. i don't think she has the talent of the stars now that she is dead. just being honest, no flaky poetry for me.
― tony, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I've never even heard of Aaliyah, and that's not a troll.
― Sean, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Quite frankly, I didn't particularly care for most of her music. I didn't feel the need to make it a salient point and come marching into the thread telling people to get off it, though.
― DG, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― JoB, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Tuesday, 28 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― p. diggy, Tuesday, 28 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
SRV was the last one to get me worked up when I was younger. I guess it was inflamatory saying whose death meant more to me rather then saying I just dont care. Its all kinda morbid, like trying to decide who died cooler, JC or JFK.
― zacko, Tuesday, 28 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 18:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 18:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 25 August 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adam Rice Lacucaracha (nordicskilla), Saturday, 4 March 2006 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― amateurist0, Saturday, 4 March 2006 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
I remember seeing "Try again" on a hotel tv in Las Vegas back to back with D'angelo's "untitled" and thinking: r&b is going to be something to watch for the next few years. And it was true--for a while.
― jules deferens, Sunday, 5 March 2006 12:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 25 August 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 25 August 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 25 August 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 25 August 2006 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
in retrospect, it's striking how she has not in fact been replaced by anyone. you can see/hear her influence all over the place (ciara, cassie, etc.) but if anything a little distance makes her seem more distinctive. and boy do her records still sound good.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 25 August 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
She would have been 29 today.
― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 January 2008 05:33 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 17 January 2008 05:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I honestly believe One in a Million was the start of the current era of R&B/Hip-Hop
-- Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, August 25, 2006 11:59 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link
Feel free to back me up here! Aaliyah's "One in a Million" vs. Guns N'Roses' "One in a Million"
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 17 January 2008 08:38 (sixteen years ago) link
R.I.P. Baby Girl.
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 23 August 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
it's almost been 7 years in a few years can you believe it
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 23 August 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
few days**
god, what a sad day. i remember secretly crying in the bathroom after i found out.
― Tape Store, Monday, 1 September 2008 05:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgF0jJMpKuU
and static major..
― daria-g, Monday, 1 September 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
never forget
RIP babygirl :(
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
:-(
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link
recently i read some random last.fm user claiming that the baby sample on "are you that somebody" was from a home video of aaliyah herself at 18 months. i hope that's true!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Pulled out the final s/t album the other day and daaaaaaaamn it's fantastic, still.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
fairly safe to say this is the first time I've been moved by a trending topic on twitter
― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
o rly the Iran election riots didn't do it for you?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, indeed, I think I got on twitter just after those
― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
the earliest two deaths that i can remember where i was as a kid are princess diana & aaliyah
― sailor goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
At least once a day, ILX reminds me I'm old.
Aaliyah's death seems like last week to me.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i remember exactly where i was when i found out - hmv oxford, in the dvd aisle. on the phone to a friend who also loved aaliyah. had to take a moment in a quiet corner of the shop.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
HAWK-HANDLING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xio1v_FBDAE
her wink halfway thru <3
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Life is so precious.
― mo radalj, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
rip bbg.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:35 PM (4 hours ago)
read this somewhere too, maybe wikipedia?
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/f859l.gif
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://theporouscity.com/media/aaliyah_please.png
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Friday, 26 February 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
ignore that second post, technical difficulties
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Friday, 26 February 2016 01:11 (eight years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3UqRTnFYu/?igshid=1ob0wezc6ff4r
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 25 June 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
i miss aaliyah
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 25 June 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
listening to the self-titled for the first time in many years and it's. . .oh, let's just say a hundred times better than i remembered it. and i remember thinking at the time, "she died after making her best album." untimely death or no, what an amazing album.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 26 June 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/aaliyah-estate-music-streaming.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
I love Aaliyah, but the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this thread get bumped was "Ah! Leah!" by Donnie Iris.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
i miss aaliyah― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:50 PM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:50 PM
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
Sounds like it’s not coming anytime soon: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/aaliyah-estate-update-streaming-services-1234887124/
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
Aaliyah’s music will officially be available on all major digital streaming platforms + physical albums. #AaliyahIsComing (Thread) ⁰08/20 - “One in a Million” Album pic.twitter.com/yCpw6XnBYq— Blackground Records 2.0 (@Blackground) August 5, 2021
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 5 August 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
Awesome!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 5 August 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Fucking finally
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 August 2021 23:40 (two years ago) link
Timbaland and Magoo discog too!
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 August 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
although
#IStandWithAaliyah pic.twitter.com/Q2zgAvRAgX— Aaliyah (@AaliyahHaughton) August 5, 2021
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 5 August 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
wonder who runs that account.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Friday, 6 August 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
It's her mom & brother - here's a long article about the recent developments. (Hope they get an accounting from the uncle and whatever $ they're entitled to, but this is very welcome news overall.)
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 6 August 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
that's stupid. what a stupid world we live in.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Friday, 6 August 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-the-boat-yacht-party-bday-tribute-to-aaliyah-tickets-509465303437
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 January 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link