She wasn’t like Brandy, who was the same age and debuted the same year, but was very clearly and deliberately presented as a teenage girl. Blige and others had already carved out the space where female R&B singers adopted male hip-hop fashion and posturing, but there were hardly any hints of girlishness in Aaliyah’s early presentation.
She wore oversized jeans, combat boots, leather vests, bandanas, and shades. Kelly, Aaliyah looked like a long lost member of Jodeci. When she debuted in 1994, under the guidance of the (alleged) predator R. This is what I envied in Aaliyah: She got to be a girl who sometimes dressed “like a boy.” It was in style then. I would lie on the floor and furtively copy what I saw in a way that could be corrected if anyone saw me. In the privacy of my bedroom, I rolled up my shirt and tried to wind and contort my abs like Aaliyah was doing-never standing up, lest someone walk by and seek explanation. Outside, on my driveway basketball hoop, in front of my parents, and neighborhood kids, that’s who I emulated. But a couple decades of reflecting on my attachment to that particular video has opened up the part of myself that wasn’t only feeling the desire to have and hold, but the envy I felt for who Aaliyah got to be.Īt that age, I would have said that I wanted to be Michael Jordan or Penny Hardaway or Allen Iverson-tall, muscular, perfectly masculine men engaged in a perfectly masculine pastime of dunking on their opponents and pounding their chests in accomplishment. The song is good, seems better after you watch the video. This is the revamped Dre Jon rendition of Aaliyah's classic hit 'Are You That Somebody' NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. The song 'Are You That Somebody' is copyrighted by.
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The original video edited ('Are you that Somebody') to make this movie is property of Craze Productions. It’s something I’m still trying to find words for now. Since anyone reading this has heard the song 1,000 times on the radio and MTV, you know what to expect. Timbaland - Are you that somebody Thank you for watching THE CONTENT OF THIS MUSIC IS NOT MINE TO OWN. It’s not something I would have had the language to express at the time.
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