The singer's three albums moved from teenage R&B to cooler, electronic-tinged sounds before her death in 2001.
For a sense of her range, listen to 'One Man Woman' and the more electronic 'We Need a Resolution'. Both show that voice that felt older than her years.
Aaliyah's music has stayed in circulation through samples and steady listener interest for decades. Songs like 'Hot Like Fire' from her second album show that smoky vocal quality she had even as a teenager. Her work with Timbaland and Missy Elliott on 'One in a Million' helped shape what R&B could sound like in the late '90s.
She released her debut album 'Age Ain't Nothing but a Number' at fifteen in 1994. By 1996's 'One in a Million', she was working with Timbaland and Missy Elliott toward a cooler, more futuristic sound. Her self-titled third album arrived in summer 2001 with tracks like 'We Need a Resolution' and 'Rock the Boat'.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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