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Originally posted by V3$$3L.
Ugh. Would it really hurt you people to contribute something other than "tombstone" / "sadface"? Are you THAT desperate for posts?
On topic, this woman was a beautiful individual, on the surface and beneath. I remember the day she passed vividly: I was on vacation and this 6 hour marathon of the best videos from summer '01 was about to finish on MTV2. Then I saw the end of an MTVNews report saying Aaliyah (1979-2001).
I was freaking out in disbelief, trying to make sense of the whole thing, figuring she was just retiring from music or something, but nothing I could think up had any true logic to it. The obituary played again; Baby Girl was in fact, dead.
I was devastated that day, and even more disturbed that I had gone a period in my life not being able to stand her. I'd recently just come around to liking her, thanks to "We Need A Resloution" and for that whole day I felt hollow.
While her final studio album was nowhere near perfect, you could tell Aaliyah intended on pushing the envelope and going outside the boundaries of her genre with progressive songs like "Resolution" and the fact that she was set to work with Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails.
Sadly, we will NEVER know what fruit she could have bore to the musical world, and unlike late musicians like Cobain and Pac, she was still, in essence, blossoming.
Rest in Peace.
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the way i felt about her whole death was i could deal with it. i mean i JUST and i mean JUST met her 2 weeks prior at 6 flags magic moutain in Los Angeles and she signed my the back of my shirt sayin "with faith and heart, any dream can be achieved w/ love Aaliyah." those words touch deep to me and then when i heard on the radio that she had died in a plane crash, it took me a long time to beileve it. i didn't wanna accept the reality of the situation and the reality that life is short and it can come around full circle whenever it choses to. and like u said in your post sadly we will never know what else would have become and i think thats wat gets me the most about she came back strong after 5 years...I Care 4 U....brilliantly written and sang. Aaliyah wasn't afraid to step outside of her relm and be who she knew she was. We have many airtist out there today who "sell out" to the pop culture of the techno hip-hop/pop beats to make a quick buck...but that's how it is now in this industry, a hustle but Aaliyah stayed true to herself and she will always be missed!
Rest In Peace
