LOS ANGELES – Ten years after the untimely death of Aaliyah, her imprint hasn’t waned – despite resting on a small back catalog that never had a chance to develop.<\/p>\n
The “street but sweet” brand of R&B she crafted, with the help of R. Kelly and strengthened by longtime collaborators\/friends Missy Elliott and Timbaland, both defined and reinvented the sound of ’90s urban music. Her slinky dance moves, breathy falsetto, tomboyish silhouettes and innovative beats that flirted with a number of genres quickly awarded her the moniker the “Princess of R&B.”<\/p>\n
When the singer born Aaliyah Dana Haughton died in a plane crash in the Bahamas 10 years ago Thursday, all fans were left with was a brief discography. Aaliyah purists have waited for additional music to surface; with the exception of a handful of tracks, there’s been nothing.<\/p>\n
The singer’s death at age 22 came as she was having a breakout year that included her critically acclaimed eponymous third, and final, album and a budding film career. She had wrapped filming the video to the project’s second single, “Rock the Boat,” when she and eight others perished.<\/p>\n
After her death, executives at her label, Blackground Records, told the Los Angeles Times that she had “recorded enough material for at least one more album.” Outside of “I Care 4 U,” a posthumous greatest-hits package featuring six previously unreleased songs, additional archived works are still untouched.<\/p>\n
And the question of whether or not any will surface has yet to be answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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