mancabdriver said:

If you had an international platform to give props to your idol (s) I’m sure many of you (including me) would come across as borderline obsessive.

I was kinda obsessed with some artists but I've never reached that level so no.

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This is literally the final nail in the coffin.

He has no history in executive producing, so why is he doin' this project? I think they justn want huge name attached to it so it will sell.

Why Tim and Missy are not a part pf this puzzles me.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

He has no history in executive producing, so why is he doin' this project? I think they justn want huge name attached to it so it will sell.

Why Tim and Missy are not a part pf this puzzles me.

I'm puzzled why they never led a project like this themselves in the eleven years she's been gone.

Apparently Missy had no idea that she was even involved in this new Aaliyah project. This is from her Twitter

ViintageJunkiie said:

Apparently Missy had no idea that she was even involved in this new Aaliyah project. This is from her Twitter

@BenGray_: @MissyElliott I'm glad you gonna be involved on this aaliyah album miss!!! ^__^

@MissyElliott: @BenGray_ I had no clue there was one no 1 told me...

Thats messed up... Her and Tim should have been the number one picks for anything Aaliyah

Timbaland is down, apparently he hasn't talked to Missy yet haha

mjscarousal said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

Apparently Missy had no idea that she was even involved in this new Aaliyah project. This is from her Twitter

Thats messed up... Her and Tim should have been the number one picks for anything Aaliyah

I've said it before. Timbaland and Missy are the only ones that need to be working on this. Drake shouldn't be sitting in no ones control chair. I even want R Kelly to be a part of this because I know he has a few outtakes from Age Ain't Nothing but a Number but I don't think he'll be involved. Drake is going to destroy this because they're talking about putting featured artists on these records and that's something Aaliyah NEVER relied on. 95% of her albums were solo songs with maybe 1 or 2 guest spots.

Her producers confirmed that a lot of the tracks she did were never finished, saying she might have only laid down the hook or a verse and that was it.

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ViintageJunkiie said:

mjscarousal said:

Thats messed up... Her and Tim should have been the number one picks for anything Aaliyah

I've said it before. Timbaland and Missy are the only ones that need to be working on this. Drake shouldn't be sitting in no ones control chair.

How long did you want to wait for Timbaland and Missy to step up and do this?

Cinny said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

I've said it before. Timbaland and Missy are the only ones that need to be working on this. Drake shouldn't be sitting in no ones control chair.

How long did you want to wait for Timbaland and Missy to step up and do this?

This is the right time. It's about to be 11 years...

Better Miss/Tim/Kels than Aubrey.

Cinny said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

I've said it before. Timbaland and Missy are the only ones that need to be working on this. Drake shouldn't be sitting in no ones control chair.

How long did you want to wait for Timbaland and Missy to step up and do this?

I bet they've tried many of times. It's not up to them but to whoever owns the masters.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Cinny said:

How long did you want to wait for Timbaland and Missy to step up and do this?

I bet they've tried many of times. It's not up to them but to whoever owns the masters.

Aaliyah's uncle and founder of Blackground Records, Barry Hankerson, owns her masters. Her immediate family has absoloutley no say so when it comes to releasing music. Blackground faded into the background when Aaliyah passed and Barry is only releasing new music to generate money and interest into the failing label.

Damon Dash Talks Aaliyah Posthumous Album

August 14, 2012

While many are saddened by the idea of an Aaliyah posthumous album without the participation of her lifelong friends collaborators, Missy Eilliot and Timbaland, her boyfriend, music mogul Damon Dash is simply happy to "hear her voice."

Now that Blackground has confirmed a posthumous full-length, executive produced by Drake and Noah "40" Shebib, Dame tells The Juice that though he has yet to hear the single, "Enough Said," he relishes in the idea of hearing her voice.

"Anytime I can hear her voice, that's a good thing. And anyone that respected her enough to make a record with her, I appreciate ya'll," he said. "I haven't heard the record, but I appreciate the art of it. I love hearing her voice. I hope it's something that I haven't heard before."

When asked if he'd like to lend a hand in assisting with the project if offered, Dame wrestled with the idea. "That's interesting. I didn't know that," he said to the news of a posthumous album. "It depends on how he [Drake] wants me to help. I don't know what I could bring to the table there, but yeah I would do it. Anything involving Aaliyah and it's positive and the energy [is] right with it, I would be a part of it. My love for Aaliyah will never change."

Link

HonestMan13 said:

This is literally the final nail in the coffin.

I doubt it. Drake probably pulled some of those nails out so he could jerk off inside the coffin.

Aaliyah's response to Drake...

August 27, 2012

Shlohmo Remixes Aaliyah & Drake “Enough Said”

Earlier this month, Drake released a ghostly trackproduced by Noah "40" Shebib that sampled Aaliyah, making for an otherworldly posthumous collaboration.

"Enough Said" finds Aaliyah's breathy vocals looped into the beat above a sharp snare tap, and Drake's solo verse is, well, almost an afterthought in the face of hearing Aaliyah. L.A. producer (and c0-headliner of Prefix's Northside Festival show back in June) Shlohmo came out with a remix of the track yesterday, warping the vocals and beat into a gauzy, slow-as-molasses tumble. It's unnerving, trill and fittingly elegaic.

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