Who brought out the best in Aaliyah? Timbaland or R. Kelly?

[TheDarkCloud]

Aaliyah’s career was on the decline when she passed. She has some classics but people love overstating her popularity. Her posthumous album barely went platinum at a time when artist were doing numbers. Aaliyah wasn’t a great singer, she couldn’t dance, and her stage performances were low energy and underwhelming to say the least.

Her career was not on the decline when she passed. The Red album was sitting at gold certified after only one month and it had marked the highest first week sales of her career.

 

[theflyest]

Definitely R.Kelly, I still listen to that album:

I prefer R. Kelly’s production anyway. I love the shyt he did with Aaliyah and changing faces

If you like that pure traditional r&b sound you’ll go with Kellz, if you want more of a crossover sound you’ll probably before tim

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Aaliyah’s career was on the decline when she passed. She has some classics but people love overstating her popularity. Her posthumous album barely went platinum at a time when artist were doing numbers. Aaliyah wasn’t a great singer, she couldn’t dance, and her stage performances were low energy and underwhelming to say the least.

I think she could've had a decent career in movies

 

[Budda]

Both, both were perfect duos musically (fukk R Kelly though)

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

I would have put my best into Aaliyah

 

[Mac Ten]

Timbaland’s stuff was a brand new funk…. She caught lightning in a bottle with Timbaland


Timbaland
Missy
Static Major & Playa
Ginuwine
Magoo



Im
Glad that JD and Puff didn’t do it.


Timbaland had that potent product that was strong enough to attract Jay-Z who has used Tim for most of his albums.

 

[bigde09]

The real question is would Aaliyah’s music still be dope if she didn’t work with them?

 

[bzb]

as wrong as it may sound, i think aaliyah's time with kellz helped put her on the path for success. he knew how to make good music and he knew what it sounded like. aaliyah took that to another level with timbo.

i remember her passing away then it seemed like left eye died right after that. beautiful souls gone too soon.

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Static Major brought out the best in Aalyiah's music.

Elaborate… didn’t know he worked with her

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

The nikka who groomed/raped her or the one who loved her in his head? What kinda thread is this

Breh I didn’t know all that

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

The real question is would Aaliyah’s music still be dope if she didn’t work with them?

No

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Elaborate… didn’t know he worked with her

He was the key songwriter on A LOT of her music.

He wrote Are You That Somebody, Try Again, We Need A Resolution, Rock The Boat, More Than a Woman, etc.

 

[Gritsngravy]

The nikka who groomed/raped her or the one who loved her in his head? What kinda thread is this

This thread lowkey outta pocket, like the title is normal and flagrant at the same time

 

[Womb Raider]

Breh I didn’t know all that

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

This is how I feel as well.

I respect the work she did with Timbaland but I always thought her best music was made with R. Kelly. That first album is tainted but that shyt is a classic at the core of it. The title track itself is probably the smoothest track in her catalog.