Rochelle Jordan "King A (Aaliyah Tribute)"

I was laying on my mom's couch when I received the news of Aaliyah's passing. It was '01 and I was rocking a two-way pager. Back before the days of twitter I had subscribed to news alerts and I was jolted up by the news of the crash and later of her untimely passing. Some moments in life have such vivid memories. Aaliyah's death is one of those moments. Toronto sonstress Rochelle Jordan offers up a tribute by way of Are You That Somebody. Enjoy.

"When god puts you on this earth for a purpose, nothing can stop his plan. Not even death. She blessed and touched many people world wide with not only her amazing music, but her wonderful spirit. I just wanted to pay homage to one of the few artists that influenced me musically as a child and contributed to the woman I am today." - Rochelle Jordan

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What I'm Watching: Aaliyah "I Miss You"

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Aaliyah's passing.

R.I.P. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001)

TMB's Throw Back Video of the Day ... Aaliyah - "One In A Million"

Who doesn't miss her? You just can't help it. And no matter how hard they try, the music industry will not and cannot 'create' another Aaliyah. It's impossible. So in honor of her legacy and how we all thought of her, here is "One In A Million" off of 1996 album with the same name. Enjoy.





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*Side Note: This post is intended for yesterdays Throwback Video of the Day, so please look forward to a second one this evening.

Throwback Sessions w/ EMS ... Aaliyah - "Try Again"

So many try to be like you. They can't. RIP Aaliyah 01/16/79 - 08/25/2001


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Aaliyah ... 8 Years Later

Man, I remember exactly where I was when I got the news that Aaliyah died. I was laying on the couch in my mother’s house and my two way pager (yes, the Motorola two-way, which I guess was the original text messaging) went off. I was getting a news alert about Aaliyah. The message said that the young singer was involved in a plane crash. I was shocked. I immediately turned to MTV (back when MTV actually talked about music more regularly) and surely they were reporting her tragic death. I flipped over to BET and watched AJ and Free (yep, back when 106 & Park was decent) talk about Aaliyah, with different people calling in to talk about how they felt. It was sad. She has another young artist cut down during a rise. At the time I was publishing a small entertainment newsletter, so I started working on a piece, as my phone and pager went off for the next few hours with people calling to ask me if I had heard the news.

I still can’t believe it eight years later. We’ll never really know her full potential as an artist or what her overall contribution to music would have been. Over the last few weeks I’ve discussed with folks online what things would be like in music had Aaliyah not died in that plane crash. I don’t necessarily think that the landscape of female artists would have changed much, but perhaps Aaliyah would have just been a dominating force on the scene. What do you think?

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