Aaliyah/Timbaland poll

rip babygirl ;_;

also jesus this is hard

thought it'd be interesting to have just these songs face off against each other, since so often you kind of get her '90s material or her '00s material or just her singles or songs from a particular album ranked against each other, but not specifically her Timbo collabs, which are pretty much all gold.

my top 5:
Are You That Somebody?
One In A Million
More Than A Woman
I Care 4 U
If Your Girl Only Knew

More Than A Woman
If Your Girl Only Knew

between these two for me

those nas and ginuwine collabs are really excellent (and quite overlooked, esp "you won't see me tonight") but ultimately my vote here is "if your girl only knew" vs "i care 4 u" vs "are you that somebody?"

best bassline ever vs i'll come...i'll come...in a hurry vs that wink in the video

"one in a million" is one of my three favorite songs ever & the only song ever to make me cry, so that

try again would prob be #2, maybe we need a resolution #3

i don't really know, this is giving me a headache

"i care 4 u" is such an incredibly affecting scenario, cuz it's double heartbreak, the boy she's singing to who's been thrown over and her own unrequited love that's only been heightened by that development. so sad.

and how despite both of those, the emotion that shines the strongest is her generous tenderness and willing to comfort him

oof try again vs more than a woman vs r u that somebuddy

yeah i'm listening to "I Care 4 U" right now and it's really moving. the run of posthumous singles in the year after she died was so great and so bittersweet.

"We Need a Resolution"

Great poll! I wish I could put money on this, because I suspect "More Than a Woman" is going to come out on top.

im thinkin TRY AGAIN for the "you dont wanna throw it all away" bridge

i would take that bet, because in lists and polls that song always seems to get beat by "Resolution" or "Try Again" or the '90s hits (xpost)

Although not a Timbo production, my favorite Aaliyah moment is "Rock Da Boat," which is erotic in an otherworldly way.

i was just wondering whether someone was gong to bump a thread. rip babygirl. :(

'i care 4 u' for all time

So many great songs, I mean... fuck me. What a fucking asshole that pilot wassssssssssssssssssssss.

I'm thinking We Need a Resolution will win this unless people go for the obvious Try Again. All the songs could win for all I care, she's flawless.

I Care 4 U... sweetest, saddest thing I ever heard, and it gets my vote. Always chose it as my favorite Aaliyah tune, but it's not even about the songs is it. She could make me cry/scream/sweat performing any song, I think I wept when I watched her do the Christmas Song.

imo "We Need A Resolution" and "Try Again" are kinda overrated, not bad of course but i prefer pretty much all the other big singles to those 2

i think they're both incredible tracks but overrated vis-à-vis the rest of her catalogue, in that there's no reason why they should be predictable winners, but they always are - it's more that the rest of her songs are underrated by casual fans ;_;

I don't own One in a Million. I guess I should rectify this.

i feel like "Are You That Somebody?" is or at least should be her OPO canon classic -- interested to see if the results bear that out or not

"One in a Million" vs. "More than a Woman" for me.

Voted the latter.

i just put "i care 4 u" on and have wound up with it on loop, voting for it. what an astonishing, beautiful song.

The electrofied version of Neil Young's "Barstool Blues."

i feel like "Are You That Somebody?" is or at least should be her OPO canon classic -- interested to see if the results bear that out or not

― some dude, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:28 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

agree w/ this altho i like 'one in a million' slightly more, 'somebody' is more representative of her peak power stuff

how do you guys feel about "Erica Kane"? The only one of her singles that's below average.

Post-Aaliyah, Timbaland's productions never quite hit the spot like they used to.

"erica kane" is cool, i didn't know it was a single. i liked that she did this character study of this outlaw femme fatale anti-heroine, then i realised belatedly it was about (eri)COCAINE, do you see, which was a bit disappointing.

it's a soap character!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Kane

"Are You That Somebody?"

I find the repeated chorus of "Erica Kane" kinda boring; it's like she ran out of song to sing.

"Erika Kane" was an outtake originally, only released post-humously because it constituted "new" material at that point.

I wouldn't describe myself as a casual fan but for me it's between "One In A Million" and "We Need A Resolution" - if these are "overrated" it's for very good reason.

Of the songs listed:

1. One In A Million
2. We Need A Resolution
3. Are You That Somebody?
4. I Care 4 U
5. Sticking Chickens
6. Final Warning
7. Try Again

The song missing is "Come Back In One Piece", her awesome collabo with DMX.

Leaning towards Resolution.

1. One In A Million
2. We Need A Resolution
3. Are You That Somebody?
4. I Care 4 U

IMO these 4 tower over everything else in her discography with the exceptions of "Never No More" and "It's Whatever".

Which is not to dismiss the excellent "Rock The Boat", "If Your Girl Only Knew" et. al. but with the above 4 when I'm listening to them any of them could be the finest song ever made. It's amazing Aaliyah produced so many songs in this category, really.

best song on here that prob won't get a vote = "ladies in da house"

actually prob "final warning"

shut up! love that song!

fuuuck

"we need a resolution" vs "are you that somebody" vs "more than a woman"

also tim otm! "it's whatever" might be my favorite aaliyah song. this poll is gonna be a good excuse to listen to some aaliyah tonight

Timbo didn't produce "Come Back In One Piece," and nobody called "One In A Million" overrated iirc

Sorry, yeah it was "Try Again" not "One In A Million" that you and lex referred to.

going to vote for "heartbroken" since no one else will and it deserves a vote.

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

I think "Try Again" was maybe slightly overrated at the time - mainly because lots of rock critic types (myself included) jumped onto Timbaland/Aaliyah between 1998 and 2000 and "Try Again" was the first new thing from them - but I get the impression its rep has receded slightly to a level more appropriate to its actual status as excellent but not best-thing-ever.

iirc "acid squelches!!!"

Tough call between "More Than a Woman" and "We Need a Resolution"

instinct-voted "we need a resolution" but should have gone with "if your girl only knew" for being the first time timbo blew my mind

"one in a million" is my standard answer, but tbh i don't think this is possible.

"Are You That Somebody" because I've never met another song that still possesses all its original power from when I first heard it, at age 8, to now.

Like most things are compromised in some way by time and overplay. But not that song.

tbh 'more than a woman' kinda sounded like zelda music when i first heard it :-/

oof try again vs more than a woman vs r u that somebuddy

― 69, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:32 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark

^^^

think i'll vote "try again" just cuz i'm afraid it'll get overlooked vs. everything else. what a collection of songs, tho.

oops just read the thread, i didn't even know "try again" was the default. i figured that to be "are you that somebody" or something.

i love this remix of "are you that somebody?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGYAkMj38mo

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

really wishing i did vote for "if your girl only knew" now

woah i was pretty sure "we need a resolution" would win. it's what i voted for anyway

ok i am happy with these results

i always forget to vote in the v important polls :(

probably would have voted i care 4 you

imo u shoulda broken the 2nd place tie

troo; one in a million is a lot better than try again

Are You Feelin' Me? not getting one vote kinda lame.

"if your girl only knew" only getting ONE vote is...surprising

"i care 4 u" so underrated ;_;

voted "Are You That Somebody?" because that was the one that really made me pay attention, but "If Your Girl Only Knew" was my second choice. Sad it only got one vote.

"4 page letter" is so pretty

rip babygirl

how did "one in a million" & "hot like fire" & "4 page letter" not crack the hot 100 at all btw

remember hearing both OiaM and 4PL on hip-hop/R&B radio a lot

As many Hot 100 chart policies have been modified over the years, one rule always remained constant: songs were not eligible to enter the Hot 100 unless they were available to purchase as a single. However, on December 5, 1998 the Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. During the 1990s, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without ever releasing them as singles. It was claimed by major record labels that singles were cannibalizing album sales, so they were slowly phased out.

ah, well that explains it

i was looking at the airplay numbers and seriously had no idea what was going on

"one in a million" and "4 page letter" peaked at #7 and #59 on the airplay chart, respectively. "hot like fire" did not place on that chart.

#1/#12/#31 on r&b airplay

how, if at all, would we view her albums differently if "i care 4 u" had made it onto "one in a million" as intended

Well, 'One in a Million' would be significantly more awesome than it already is, but I think there would be enough left on the s/t for it to remain pretty damn good.

well then

yeah what alex said, though i think "i care 4 u" would actually stick out a bit on OIAM and not in a good way - it seems to fit in with the s/t a lot more

i mean the reason the s/t has more of a classic rep than OIAM isn't that OIAM isn't as good, at its best, it's cuz there's basically no filler or anything less than great on the s/t. also, my views are coloured by "try again" being on international copies of the s/t

i guess this should go in the 'aaliyah' poll thread but i guess her label did a short 'documentary' (mostly just an interview) about the process of making the album & some of the songs

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxxtCvru298&feature=related

Final Warning (Ginuwine featuring Aaliyah) 0
John Blaze (Timbaland featuring Aaliyah) 0

^^^been bumping these a lot lately

yeah i've been really into "Final Warning" lately too

how the hell did 'one in a million' not win this

how the hell did 'we need a resolution' not win this

"final warning" is an absolutely stunning song

How the hell did probably Aaliyah/Timbaland's biggest hit win this?

"Try Again" is actually their biggest hit but

How did that ever land in second place?

And how did you not miss a chance to be a pedant?

How could I not? It's Sunday afternoon.

how the hell did "try again" get 12 votes

If at first you don't succeed

i am happy with these results

― some dude, Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:44 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark

how did try again not win...?

because people correctly surmised that are you that somebody is better?

How did Try Again get as many votes as One In A Million is what I want to know

"we need a resolution" was a bit life-changing for me in ways that i currently struggle to describe

tough to argue with these results

If Timbaland used a real baby pic.twitter.com/Mm8ZESKsBH

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