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Perfect cd, Aaliyah's music is not out to buy since her death besides her first album so finding her 2nd and 3rd albums is a great find, please family release her music again Digitally......We miss you Aaliyah
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Hard to believe this album is as old as it is,and it's not that old.So much changed after Aaliyah's sad passing;it seems to me as if after that and 9/11 three months later that everything was just so...different. Well either way you look at it Aaliyah was on the cusp of something very special here.It may take a couple listens to understand why but,when you do hear it it smacks you right over the head. Put simply at the turn of the millenium R&B artists such as Destiny's Child,starting with their hit Jumpin' Jumpin' began using certain microtonal Arabic/Middle Eastern phrasing in their digitized melodies,something actually pioneered 30 years before in "real" music by Motown bassist James Jamerson. By this time computer softwere such as Pro Tools were making not only that type of melody but instrumentation available to music producers,seeing as it was all there on a computer.So....after a six year absense from the recording studio Aaliyah returned here with a CD that both shocked and impressed the music world. In this artists world of hip-hop/R&B it was usually about working in a singles medium;albums tended to be longwinded "mix tapes" with the hits lodged between and some decent tunes mixed in.In this case the brilliant writing of Static and Missy Elliot (as well as Aaliyah's own personal production touches) make this one of the few contemporary R&B recordings that is actually close to being a genuine album rather then a format to showcase singles,which meant Aaliyah was now doing for her genre what people like Sam Cooke,Curtis Mayfield,Stevie Wonder,Patrice Rushen and Prince had done in past decades. While she very much enjoys her music being totally up to the minute,Aaliyah's strong sense of past/futurism is very strong so along with the modern touches there is elements of old style R&B now called "neo soul" and...a sound totally unknown on top of that.Along the way she also turns in some superb songs such as "We Need A Resolution",a perfect example of her new musical approch."Rock The Boat" of course is the most obvious single;it's catchy,modern but something about it is also timelessly dancable."More Then A Woman" finds a very funky mode where you'll here Missy and Statics "sonic soundscapes" melding to create coherant grooves as opposed to just noise-something the rest of the album follows through with.On "I Care For You" well,the sound is as deep classic soul as you can get and Missy is FULLY in charge production wise. "Extra Smooth" is yet another curious one;a clever song that,somewhere in the melody actually owes as much to swinging jazz as modern R&B (by the way it's more in the sound presentation then the instrumental style:thank you very much!) and really kicks up a storm!.It is on "I Can Be" that this album really achieves it's fullest flower.This epic ballad has everything that makes this album great;the Eastern tonal qualities,an excellent composition and a soulful intensity where Aaliyah declares herself to be an adult on a mission in every possible way.Not only that but the well done use of cinematic orchestration on this song,certain death for other tunes of this type just brings it further to life. Anyone cautious about modern R&B albums would be well advised to seek this CD out.As with much of my favorite music in any genre this represents a sadly untaken musical direction for the modern "hip/R&B" sound that's only been made to sound even better as the genre since this time has continues to go somewhat astray.Vollständige Rezension lesen
This CD from start to finish puts you in this dreamlike state of mind, laced with feelings of seduction & longing (for your one true love). The CD's tracks, in order, take you on a journey that makes you feel you're reading Aaliyah's personal diary that reveals love, pain, hope, & dismay. I put the song "I Can Be" on repeat mode a gazillion times. It never gets old, as is the case with the album's other tracks. There's a song on this album for every state of mind a person could be in. The entire album sounds good with the bass on your car stereo or home stereo cranked and it sounds equally good with the bass completely cut out. This CD's a keeper.
Yeah I like a list cuz she's a very good center and she's beautiful I think the world had a great loss when she had died passed away but now she's with the maker and that's Almighty king of God and I still wish your family strength and many prayers for them but I like Aaliyah she's a very good singer and also actress
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I paid $17 for this and there was no fragile label on the package so this item was crushed by the time it reached my mailbox. I didn’t even open the package all the way and pieces of the cd case were falling out. The cd was cracked almost in half as well rendering it useless. Such a great album and such a huge disappointment for me.
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