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‘Aaliyah’: The Legacy of the Perfect R&B/Pop Record
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‘Aaliyah’: The Legacy of the Perfect R&B/Pop Record

By
​Peter Piatkowski
/ 21 July 2022

Aaliyah’s patented brand of Black pop, a mélange of hip-hop, electropop, and soul, set the standard by which other urban-pop singers were judged and set the stage for Beyonce and Rihanna.

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My Favorite Aaliyah Things

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Quentin B Huff
/ 14 August 2011
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Quentin B Huff
/ 12 January 2010
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Queen of the Damned (2002)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 21 February 2002
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Queen of the Damned (2002)

By
Todd R. Ramlow
/ 21 February 2002

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