― DG, Sunday, 26 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Like I said, she seemed like a solid, nice, mostly clean-cut girl. As for the thing about her plane - it happens, the dynamics of planes are so random at times, they could've thrown in a handful of souvenirs from the island and that could've been the straw, if it was indeed overloading that did in the plane. It's not necessarily a diva- syndrome where her PAs were tossing things against the will of the airport, they could've just not known or figured they weren't adding a lot of stuff so it'd be fine.
― Ally, Sunday, 26 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― DG, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And, speaking as someone that ain't exactly Mr. R&B, her newest album is a damn fine album indeed. I, too, am avoiding purchasing said album for the time being, because I don't want the impetus behind me buying her record to be her death.
― David Raposa, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― tony, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
hahahaha!!!! people die everyday, she was just one of them.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"No more to build on there. And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs." - R. Frost
― zacko, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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.
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.
― 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 years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 18:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 21 May 2003 18:17 (twenty 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
when he told me his last name after having already told me he was from Detroit I damn near fainted
― s. cloverlandthug (The Reverend), Sunday, 25 August 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
so I'm near ready to pull the trigger on getting "Ultimate Aaliyah," a comp released in the UK. It seems like it has everything you need, cept "Age Ain't Nuthin' But a number," which I would understand if there was a desire to not emphasize. This copy is $35, 2 discs, and no DVD, which I'm not interested in.
Is this what I should go for if I want her shit in one place? That "I care for you" thing is cheaper, but it doesn't have "we need a resolution" or "rock the boat."
I've never bought a CD produced for the Euro market: are there still issues w/ regional coding?
and in case anyone sez "schmuck, you can d/l any song you want": I want to have a physical representation for songs I hold in such high esteem.
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
CDs have never been region coded
― Number None, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
For $35 you could buy used or maybe even new copies of all three of her studio albums. That would seem the better investment to me. The only thing you'd be missing then is some of the soundtrack contributions, which that compilation does collect nicely, but are easy enough to download at a buck a pop. Feels like at that price point you really could legally own almost her entire discography, not just a selective two disc sampler.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
just buy the albums tbh
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
i don't really rate the first album, is that bad?
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
she has 3 albums, buy them
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
what's essential but not on the albums, other than "are you that somebody" ?
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
"don't know what to tell ya", "come back in one piece", "miss you"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
"Try Again", "I Miss U", and "Come Over" obv
"John Blaze"
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y33w_john-blaze_music
"Girlfriends"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69n8MAPPTq8
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah, "Come Back in One Piece" totally
"Man Undercover"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKLXP-MaVY
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
oh, "Final Warning" obviously obviously obviously
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3zq_6MaPo
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
i recently bought a used copy of the dr. doolittle soundtrack for 2 bucks for "are you that somebody"
― dyl, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
that soundtrack had some jams on it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-vOB_Dez8o
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 21:06 (ten 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