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