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she might not got the moves, but she's DEF got the rhythm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OC4Yuc24b4Q

That was good

I can only listen to that performance, Im glad she went 'ghetto fab' instead of this straight up street look she was trying on. It's also around the time she discovered "Aaliyah", its amazing how much of an influence she had on Mariah vocally, sound considering Mariah doesnt seem influnced by anyone new.

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twink69 said:

it's interesting because a lot of people never noticed that, or deny it

Aaliyah's remake of At Your Best was the main influence behind Mariah's Underneath The Stars, in Mariah's words herself.

PricelessHo said:

I never thought about the Aaliyah connection but that's definitely something to consider. Underneath the Stars was one of my fave songs. Just simple and sweet.

Ya know come to think of it, I've always heard abit of an Isley Bros influence in UTS,,,,I knew I'm not crazy

dud deborah cox do a video for her version? this is nice. I am thinking teena marie as she performs this. but the guys are doing their thing in this. she is jamming but come on mariah get into it like you do your other jams.

this one is good too even though you can't see her performing.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...gON0Y2S1A4
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Mariah also has a version of Love To Love You Baby, that she did live awhile back that is almost impossible to find.

don't you mean Ross's Love Hangover?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D3ieGxtVwlQ

lastdecember said:

I was about 2 post this but didnt know what version I liekd better..this is a better sounding version, but the other one without a video was tighter. http://youtube.com/watch?v=IgON0Y2S1A4

I was glad she worked with Jimmy & Terry for a while and still working with James Poyser if not them....she is a big fan of theirs.

PricelessHo said:

No she did it somewhere, i dont even remember what tour it was, possibly the Butterfly tour or Rainbow, but she did it once, not complete, but i havent heard it. I think she could do a killer version of it.

PricelessHo said:

and the 'One a million' album was a major influence on the butterfly album, she worked with Missy after hearing that album (First time I heard that album someone asked me to describe it and I said lazily it sounded a bit like Aaliyah) and she toned down her production and vocals, I think she said Aaliyah sounded 'angelic' on 'at your best'and was in her top 10 songs on itunes, and she started to 'whisper/sing' and she was trying to rock an Aaliyah look in the 'Honey remix video' ,
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twink69 said:

and the 'One a million' album was a major influence on the butterfly album, she worked with Missy after hearing that album, and she toned down her production and vocals, I think she said Aliyah sounded 'angelic' on 'at your best' and she started 'whispering/sing' and she was tring to rock an Aaliyah look in the 'Honey remix video' [/quote]

Remember when everybody and their momma thought that Babygirl had a cross-eye/lazy eye?

Anyway, the Aaliyah look was all the rage back in 96/97 among the sistas..



Not to mention Coko's cheetah nails...



I don't know what I was thinkin' when I thought I was in with those nails,,,,,GHETTO, chile thats what I think now

to MC's credit she so talented she has rocked so many different 'soul' sounds and has the versatility vocally to go from taking on 'Whitney' to Aaliyah to chasing Alicia Keys on 'Mimi album', whatever is 'hot' in R&B she can write and sing something in that sub genre and take your style and make it her own somehow


!!Aaliyah's look was HOT! She always had a sexy 'Sade' thing about her look.
And you know what, I seen those SWV nails recently, I think they making a 'high' fashion comeback, retro 90's coming!

@ the nails

Speakin of Mariah & Aaliyah, did you guys know Mariah wrote about four songs for her prior to her death?

i'm DYING to know if Aaliyah got to record them or not.

PricelessHo said:

Mariah is a good song writer

I heard Mariah was trying to work with her...the fact Mariah went out of her way to write for someone speaks volume, when have you heard of Mariah wanting to write or even agree to write for another singer??? never, she keeps her stuff for herself, and she has said basically she will write/produce for others when her own 'pop' career winds down, and I think the story was, Aaliyah didnt even ask her, she just wrote some songs 'for her especially in mind' and sent them to her. shows how much of a fan she was.

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PricelessHo said:

Yep!

She and Damizza wrote couple of stuff for her. One of the songs don't have much production, just fender rhodes, vibes and celeste making a focus ON babygirl's voice.

I haven't heard the shit but the song's description is just ooooh

Is anybody fimiliar with Aaliyah's version of "Ava Maria"?

OOOMG

aside from the artists she tried to help launch their careers (Allure, Blaque, etc) she wrote a Christmas song for Faith Hill, Where Are You Christmas.

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Harlepolis said:

where can i hear it, harle?

PricelessHo said:

I'll look 4 it,,,,and send it to you by the end of the day

PricelessHo said:

oh yeah, Blaque! I forgot that song! man that chorus sounded more Mariah than Mariah loved it, but forgot it now...
...But I'm sure Mariah aint taking time out to write for Christina A, Britney, Jessica S, Ciara (The bootleg Aaliyah)

Harlepolis said:

me too! if you dont mind, love Ava Maria, never knew she recorded it

Here....

http://www.zshare.net/aud...780b99cf5/

Circa 96/97(its a b-side from one of the One Of A Million singles).

This song was recorded as a gift to her mother btw.

Harlepolis said:

that was just, enchanting

angelic voice indeed

twink69 said:

Wow, I had no idea they even associated with one another. While I've always loved Mariah, I guess she has sort of moved into the space left by Aaliyah as an artist I like not just for their talent but for their personality. I would love to hear those songs someday.

JackieBlue said:

Mariah and Damon Dash are really stight still. She even stuck by him when everyone took Jay's side when they fell out, and one of the reasons she went to Def Jam.

Wow, I didn't know that but it makes sense. I know alot about Mariah but I swear there's always something new that I didn't know about.