aaliyah

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.

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.

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.

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.

in retrospect, it's striking how she has not in fact been replaced by anyone.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.

She would have been 29 today.

:(

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"

R.I.P. Baby Girl.

:(

it's almost been 7 years in a few years can you believe it

few days**

god, what a sad day. i remember secretly crying in the bathroom after i found out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgF0jJMpKuU

and static major..

never forget

RIP babygirl :(

:-(

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!

Pulled out the final s/t album the other day and daaaaaaaamn it's fantastic, still.

fairly safe to say this is the first time I've been moved by a trending topic on twitter

o rly the Iran election riots didn't do it for you?

haha, indeed, I think I got on twitter just after those

the earliest two deaths that i can remember where i was as a kid are princess diana & aaliyah

At least once a day, ILX reminds me I'm old.

Aaliyah's death seems like last week to me.

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.

HAWK-HANDLING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xio1v_FBDAE

her wink halfway thru <3

:(

Life is so precious.

rip bbg.

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, August 25, 2009 4:35 PM (4 hours ago)

read this somewhere too, maybe wikipedia?

http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/f859l.gif

http://theporouscity.com/media/aaliyah_please.png

:(

http://theporouscity.com/media/aaliyah_please.png

ignore that second post, technical difficulties

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3UqRTnFYu/?igshid=1ob0wezc6ff4r

i miss aaliyah

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.

https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/aaliyah-estate-music-streaming.html

i miss aaliyah

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.

i miss aaliyah

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:50 PM

Sounds like it’s not coming anytime soon: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/aaliyah-estate-update-streaming-services-1234887124/

i miss aaliyah
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:50 PM

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

Awesome!

Fucking finally

Timbaland and Magoo discog too!

although

#IStandWithAaliyah pic.twitter.com/Q2zgAvRAgX

— Aaliyah (@AaliyahHaughton) August 5, 2021

wonder who runs that account.

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.)

that's stupid. what a stupid world we live in.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-the-boat-yacht-party-bday-tribute-to-aaliyah-tickets-509465303437