Aaliyah tracks non-Timbaland edition

"At Your Best (You Are Love)" is so, so beautiful

Oh shit, I voted for "Rock the Boat" but I might have voted for that if I hadn't skipped it over. I'd round out a top 5 with "Extra Smooth", "Loose Rap", and "Miss You".

man, "rock the boat" is pretty much the best song ever

i think i'm gonna vote "choosey lover" tho

"Rock The Boat." Every element is perfect.

oh god so hard...so many of my most beloved aaliyah deep cuts here.

rock the boat
i gotcha back
back & forth
i can be
choosey lover
it's whatever
at your best (you are love)
come back in one piece
what if
death of a playa
those were the days
miss you

^^that's just the shortlist there, will sleep on this

1. it's whatever
2. never no more
3. rock the boat
4. read between the lines
5. death of a playa
6. extra smooth
7. what if
8. at your best (you are love)
9. i can be
10. i gotcha back

sorry but they're all a bit amazing aren't they. top 3 especially are amongst my favourite songs ever

pox:

Rock The Boat
I Don't Wanna
Come Over
It's Whatever
At Your Best (You Are Love) (Steppers Remix/Single Version)
What If
Choosey Lover
U Got Nerve
Come Back In One Piece
Age Ain't Nothin But A Number

pretty sure Timbaland produced "Death of a Playa" btw

oh my bad

"it's whatever"

i know there's nothing really wrong with "Rock The Boat" but it's never really connected w/ me and i think on some level i hate it just for kind of indirectly causing her death

Come on, son. Luis Morales caused her death, not "Rock the Boat".

jeezus christ I forgot how lovely the "At Your Best" cover is.

I Can Be

It took 10 years, but "Rock the Boat" has finally emerged as my very favorite Aaliyah track.

hating on a track i thought was undeniable is like a cornerstone of shipleyism

my real vote is 'rock the boat' but i voted 'girl like you' feat. treach cuz that song rulez

oh me, having opinions, what on earth will i do next

rock the boat!

lol its abt you having wacky opinions not just having them

i know there's nothing really wrong with "Rock The Boat"

this is the understatement of the fucking decade right here

and yet it's like the 4th best joint on that album at best!

rip babygirl

no way its my fav easy

yeah i mean it's one of those albums where i aint even mad if our favorites aren't the same

imo "resolution" "more than a woman" "it's whatever" are just a little better but obv it's a 10/10 all time joint

lol its abt you having wacky opinions not just having them

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this whole board is people constantly going "your opinion is so wacky/contrarian!", i don't really feel like i'm at all exceptional in this regard

sure fruogbas

Sounds like "Rock The Boat" is going to (deservedly) walk this but I want to throw some love to old sentimental favorite "Back & Forth."

yeah i was listening to "Back and Forth" today and really thinking i haven't appreciated it enough, so good

"it's whatever." about ten years ago exactly i was dealing with untreated mental illness, drinking cough syrup, and listening to a cdr of aaliyah. every song on it is worn in perfect into my head r&b security blanket. "it's whatever" is the most beautiful song. the drums remind me of when you see how they make movie sound effects and it's guys snapping celery for laser cannons or an elbow being bent and snapped. i like how it goes from sounding minimal and almost too broken up and staggery to make sense to being swarmy and hectic as drum sounds come together and she sings over and under her own voice and there are little plucked harpsichord things in there and string swells. i like the cold piano dribbles that occasionally sorta tunelessly echo a phrase in her singing. i like the point toward the end where she interrupts talks over herself, sings in this sleepy happy triumph itt's whatever.

voted for "street thing" for some reason

I Refuse

Lex - really enjoyed your Aaliyah piece in the Guardian today. I'm haven't been a big fan but I checked out those tracks with what you said in mind, and there are some terrific songs in there.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/25/aaliyahs-legacy

Wow that is an excellent piece lex!

thanks!

Sounds like "Rock The Boat" is going to (deservedly) walk this but I want to throw some love to old sentimental favorite "Back & Forth."

"i got a jazz personality, g mentality" <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

"rock the boat" is one of the finest pieces of music ever recorded imo but yeah, i'm gonna throw love to another song here - either "i gotcha back" or "i can be", maybe, real personal/sentimental favourites of mine that don't seem to get much love elsewhere.

bravo, lex

^

Yeah that's a great piece.

This is great: http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/25/aaliyah-angel-so-fly-2/

"It's Whatever" by the most marginal of leads.

Excellent piece lex.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i just remembered this awesome superpitcher track based around an "i can be" sample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hePMo0uw8Y

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

"Back & Forth" > "At Your Best" ?!?!!!?!

...i'd have voted for "back & forth" over "at your best"? i'm glad "back & forth" got love. glad "rock the boat" didn't steamroller the competition, a worthy winner but good to see the love spread.

surprised at how few people seem to feel "age ain't nothing but a number".

"At Your Best" was on my wedding reception playlist, it's just so loving and sweet

I love 'Age Ain't…' but always feel a bit icky thinking about R Kelly writing it.

^

"At Your Best" is one of the most straight-up gorgeous songs ever made by anybody.

wheres the love for 'loose rap'!?

I was the solitary voter

yeah i would have probably voted for it aswell

I talk about how great "Loose Rap" is at any given opportunity.

Totally missed this poll but yeah would've gone for 'Loose Rap' or maybe 'Those Were The Days'.

"I Don't Wanna"

shit i had never heard this until just now... amazing song. jazze!

think i might go for "at your best" these days. it's so perfectly weightless - great nighttime song

lol at dylannn's two posts

Twitter is weird. I inadvertently put KeyBeats up on "Girlfriends"