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Throwback R&B Track Of The Month – January 2019

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Throwback R&B Track Of The Month – January 2019

Aaliyah’s “More Than A Woman” Is Her Coming-Of-Age Story

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More Than A Woman

Aaliyah
Produced by Timbaland

Aaliyah was just gaining her independence when her self-titled LP dropped in 2001.

After unburdening herself of R. Kelly‘s stranglehold, Aaliyah turned to Timbaland, whose mentoring plan was ultimately less exacting.But even Timbaland felt a strong magnetism towards his younger pupil. But unlike his predecessor, Timbaland was able to quell the stronger of two impulses, giving rise to a partnership solely based around her malleable talent. With Timbaland in the fold, more attention was paid to her choreography, to encouraging results.By the time “More Than a Woman” had dropped months after her death, Aaliyah’s notoriety was back to its all-time high. And yet, her handlers lamented the decision to push “We Need a Resolution” as the lead single, due to a poor sales record. “More Than a Woman” was next in succession, and the first of many PLANNED posthumous ventures off her self-titled LP. That album, Aaliyah, will ultimately be viewed as a self-aggrandizing step for a burgeoning star – one who’d finally grown tall enough to reach the pedals by herself.Quotable Lyrics:Midnight grindin’
My heart rate’s climbin’
You go, I go
Cause we share pillows
Chase me, leave me
There’s still no separating
Morning massages
With new bones in your closet.
Aaliyah

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