i voted "rock the boat" with "more than a woman", "it's whatever" and "read between the lines" my next three.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I have to completely disagree with the Rev and vote "More than a Woman"
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
"We Need A Resolution," easy.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, hate to go for the first track, but I don't think she ever did better.
And, that's the song that finally got me to appreciate modern R&B and listen to Lex.
― I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
kudos for lex for having the courage to speak up for this otherwise neglected chanteuse.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
― deej, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
rock the boat
― admrl, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
love this album so much
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
great record can't pick
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
"we need a resolution" is great, one of the best timbaland beats, i feel like people overlook it in comparison to "try again" or "are you that somebody" but i consider those 3 to be the best pop songs of that era.
― pipecock, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"We Need A Resolution" definitely. I LOOOOVEE this album, but it's easily my favourite Aaliyah song ever.
― Roz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm pleasantly surprised with the amount of love in this thread.
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:59 (sixteen years ago) link
"more than a woman" is the song that popped into my head as soon as i saw the thread, so that. very hard call tho.
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i do think that the last four songs are a bit weak, but then again it's hard to say because 1-10 straight through is just pure goodness.
― Roz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"What If" is actually one of my fave songs on the album...
But "Rock The Boat" gets my vote easily.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 8 November 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Tape Store, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 6:59 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
?? this is ilx canon material
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
haha i know right. "How strange, where are all of these Daft Punk fans suddenly coming out of the woodwork from?"
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 8 November 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, yes...all those long, enthusiastic Aaliyah threads crowding ILX!
― Tape Store, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I Love Everything Aaliyah R. I. P. I Love Music aaliyah I Love Music Aaliyah at number 1? I Love Music Aaliyah or Beyonce I Love Music the 'new' Aaliyah album I Love Music songs that sound like the 'came to give love' outro by aaliyah I Love Music I've already got the Aaliyah best-of ("I Care 4 U") do I really need One in a Million or anything else? I Love Music why the internet dont show the autopsy of aaliyah or biggie small also lisa left eye I Love Music Aaliyah "2004 Editions"? I Love Music POX: Aaliyah I Love Music AALIYAH poll
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I Love Music why the internet dont show the autopsy of aaliyah or biggie small also lisa left eye
― max, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Why didn't they make the CL6 wit' a clutch?
-- Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, October 5, 2004 2:26 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Did you actually read any of those threads?
― Tape Store, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
where is jadakiss when you need him
― max, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Tape Store, Thursday, November 8, 2007 3:36 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
do u mean the death thread where everyone is really sad?
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, the one where ten people talk about this album? Or maybe these:
I've already got the Aaliyah best-of ("I Care 4 U") do I really need One in a Million or anything else?
-less than 10 posts
why the internet dont show the autopsy of aaliyah or biggie small also lisa left eye
-irrelevant
Aaliyah "2004 Editions"?
-5 posts
POX: Aaliyah
-list thread (20 posts), with multiple people not even listing ten
― Tape Store, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
lol u were 12 when i started posting on ilx
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
if ilm isn't indie dudes venerating aaliyah, i don't know what it is.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
lol ur still here
― Tape Store, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
LOL
― max, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont think anyone can really point fingers about that sort of thing
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
see u in 2017, tape store
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
:-(
― deej, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
good work guys
― jabba hands, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I Love Music why the internet dont show the autopsy of aaliyah or biggie small also lisa left eye > jamie lynn spears thread.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
"We Need a Resolution" -- without a doubt.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 9 November 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I should probably vote in my own poll, huh. I need to listen to the album first, maybe three times, if I'm ever going to make up my mind.
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 November 2007 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
How fucking cool is "Extra Smooth"?
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 November 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 10 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, I'll vote for "Extra Smooth". Some of the others are just as good, but I have a feeling they'll get more love.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 10 November 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 11 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
SO RONG
― Tape Store, Sunday, 11 November 2007 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Results 1 - 10 of about 187 for "from aaliyah to zz top". (0.33 seconds)
6. "I Care 4 U" 4:33 2 10. "I Refuse" 5:57 2 2. "Loose Rap" (featuring Static) 3:52 1 7. "Extra Smooth" 3:55 1 13. "Those Were the Days" 3:24 0 12. "I Can Be" 2:59 0 11. "It's Whatever" 4:08 0 9. "U Got Nerve" 3:43 0 8. "Read Between the Lines" 4:20 0 5. "Never No More" 3:58 0 14. "What If" 4:24 0
WTF2K7 ILX?!?!?!
― Tape Store, Sunday, 11 November 2007 00:28 (sixteen years ago) link
(more proof that this album is NOT a part of "the ilx canon")
the ilx R&B canon is pretty small if it exists, but if it does this album is top 3 easy
i'm gonna go ahead and say i never totally understood "We Need A Resolution." seemed like a really odd choice for the album's lead single at the time and especially now.
― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 11 November 2007 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Tape Store, Sunday, 11 November 2007 00:28 (1 hour ago) Link
dude yr seriously wrong. just because ppl dont care about voting in polls =/ not in ilx canon
― deej, Sunday, 11 November 2007 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
also this got like 40 votes!!
― deej, Sunday, 11 November 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
good luck getting that w/ the keyshia cole album or whatever
Forgot to vote but would've just added to the "We Need a Resolution" chorus.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 11 November 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the point is that there are many album tracks that are just as good as the singles. These are really boring results.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 11 November 2007 06:02 (sixteen years ago) link
What did you expect though.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 11 November 2007 06:06 (sixteen years ago) link
rip babygirl
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Best album ever.
― uberweiss, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
so many of my favorite albums are 10 today
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
er, this year
Pretty sure I voted "We Need a Resolution," but "Rock the Boat" eclipses it on hot summer days.
― ephendophile (Eric H.), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
To answer the poll: 1. It's Whatever 2. Never No More 3. Rock the Boat
― uberweiss, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
1. "I Care 4 U" 2. "I Refuse" 3. "Rock the Boat"
"I Care 4 U" still brings me to tears.
― prolego, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWMW7hVdTs
i know this isn't from this record but i used to watch this video all the time on mtv back in the day
― markers, Monday, 18 July 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
so many of these are just always listenable
― bnw, Monday, 18 July 2011 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
extra extra extra smooth
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
"it's whatever" 4 all time man
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it is
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
man i was like, 11 or 12 when these singles were coming out
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
such a stupid and preventable fucking death
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
if I was forced by gunpoint to pick a favorite song ever I could choose "rock the boat" and be happy w/ that choice
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
this is one of those albums where i want to like... watch a feature length documentary on it
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason i don't have strong memories of her death, though i do remember her owning the music video channels i'd watch at summer camp for a minute there
― bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
i remember where i was when i heard about it but i didn't really grasp the impact of it at all
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
I remember I was watching MTV late at night and it scrolled across the bottom of the screen.. I was like WTF and didn't believe it until the next day, when it was a big deal everywhere.
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
i was in oxford hmv, on the phone to a friend, and i had to go and take a moment in the dvd aisle (which, back then, was the empty niche corner of the shop).
"i care 4 u" is my favourite on this album but i can't really imagine living without any of them.
― lex pretend, Monday, 18 July 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I can ever listen to "Rock the Boat" enough or too much.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
^^ her best single. More flippy floppy drums plz
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 June 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that song is just absolutely perfect in every way
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 June 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
It works the middle.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZsEEPo_Tw
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 08:04 (eleven years ago) link
tbh what a fucking record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
people in the pfork thread complaining about it getting a 9.3: you're right, it deserves a 10
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 29 July 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
Every song that got zero in this poll is amazing, esp. "Never No More", "U Got Nerve", "It's Whatever" and "I Can Be". There's a voluptuousness to the production that really feels like the last word on that era of R&B (and chronologically it kind of was: by 2002 it felt like Murder Inc's neo-classicism was the dominant sound).
Obviously the central tragedy of Aaliyah passing is the loss of Aaliyah herself, but one of the apparent side-effects was that it seemed to kill Key Beats' career stone-dead. I remember being so excited about their sound based on Destiny's Child's "Perfect Man" and "Independent Women Part II" and then all their work on this album.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 06:22 (four years ago) link
on spotify today. still sounds like the future
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 September 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
It does sound great. Really wish I had held onto the promo CD that was in my sort-of possession at the time... oh well
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Friday, 10 September 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Finally, I can place the proper "Rock the Boat" in all my playlists!
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Friday, 10 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
"U Got Nerve" hits so hard
― Roz, Saturday, 11 September 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
I must have missed this poll if those were the days got zero
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 11 September 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link