{"id":33782,"date":"2022-06-07T19:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/streaming-gives-new-life-to-the-legacy-of-aaliyah\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:09:41","slug":"streaming-gives-new-life-to-the-legacy-of-aaliyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/streaming-gives-new-life-to-the-legacy-of-aaliyah\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming Gives New Life to the Legacy of Aaliyah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 21 years since the tragic death of rising R&amp;B star Aaliyah. Her music in the late 1990s and early 2000s, especially with producers Missy Elliott and Timbaland, defined a new era of R&amp;B that combined heavy elements of hip-hop and pioneered the neo-soul genre. Beyond the music, Aaliyah \u2013 or \u201cBaby Girl\u201d \u2013 became a cultural and fashion icon, known for her cool, sultry style that was both fresh and mature beyond her years.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the only Aaliyah album available for decades was her 1994 debut,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3E3QRjL4Cre7Krms420Irl?si=q5Lv0I0KR3aWeo8-t08sUQ\">Age Ain\u2019t Nothing But a Number<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>If you know anything about Aaliyah\u2019s life and career, you probably know she was married to singer R. Kelly, who produced the entire album. R. Kelly\u2019s abuse of Aaliyah and dozens of other women that has come to light in recent years makes it somewhat painful to listen to Aaliyah\u2019s debut, but her later work outshines the former imprint of R. Kelly on her artistry. That\u2019s why fans have begged Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah\u2019s uncle and the founder of her former label Blackground Records, to release the late singer\u2019s entire catalog online. And in 2021, they finally got their wish.<\/p>\n<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-27-at-12.41.59-AM-1024x666.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Marc Baptiste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aaliyah\u2019s iconic studio albums&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/79EIRdmpPSIWfRlxaZdJbG?si=rCL1XEesTbSwHtkvmAssCg\"><em>One In A Million&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0cNaDPtbHC1PMJMRTY2GFc?si=m_dSGtnlShyE6TcB9k_WBg\"><em>Aaliyah<\/em><\/a>, along with the movie soundtrack&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5PdccyECX3DIvmmdQY7FKT?si=mqsiP84cQhKDSc-YtZWjfQ\"><em>Romeo Must Die<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and two posthumous compilation albums&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/50GHwAog5gmnqkypVkDso8?si=1fm20MHNT7WFLGsEr3q1OA\"><em>I Care 4 U&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6WIR99PZ2ch3SdM4zs3WO5?si=WfrMQtUHSM-9_vSuuFLtLA\"><em>Ultimate Aaliyah<\/em><\/a>, were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify\/status\/1423331166749401088\">re-released last fall<\/a>&nbsp;along with over a dozen other albums on the Blackground label in both physical and digital formats. Beginning in August 2021,&nbsp;<em>One In A Million<\/em>&nbsp;appeared on streaming services for the first time ever, followed by the rest of the Aaliyah catalog in the subsequent months. Other artists whose music was re-released through Blackground\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/05\/arts\/music\/aaliyah-catalog-streaming.html\">distribution deal<\/a>&nbsp;with independent music company Empire include Toni Braxton, Timbaland, JoJo, and Tank.<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/aaliyah-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Albert Watson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Aaliyah\u2019s passing in 2001, the music industry evolved along with technology into a digital format. Blackground Records slowly ceased to produce new music, and much of its artists&#8217; work has been absent from streaming services. But Barry Hankerson\u2019s new deal with Empire has allowed the bulk of Aaliyah\u2019s music to be available again. New and old Aaliyah fans are jamming to revolutionary hits like \u201cOne In A Million,\u201d \u201cHot Like Fire,\u201d \u201cIf Your Girl Only Knew,\u201d \u201cAre You That Somebody,\u201d \u201cWe Need a Resolution,\u201d \u201cMore Than a Woman,\u201d and \u201cTry Again.\u201d In addition to streaming, brand-new CD and vinyl copies of the albums have been released.<\/p>\n<p>Two decades without her, and Aaliyah\u2019s music is still \u201cone in a million.\u201d We miss you, Baby Girl.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0cNaDPtbHC1PMJMRTY2GFc?si=m_dSGtnlShyE6TcB9k_WBg[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 21 years since the tragic death of rising R&amp;B star Aaliyah. Her music in the late 1990s and early 2000s, especially with producers Missy Elliott and Timbaland, defined a new era of R&amp;B that combined heavy elements of hip-hop and pioneered the neo-soul genre. Beyond the music, Aaliyah \u2013 or \u201cBaby Girl\u201d \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":33785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352,353,1592,1587,364,1689],"tags":[162,164,173],"class_list":["post-33782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-select","category-blog","category-culture","category-fans","category-rb","category-rap-hip-hop-genre","tag-artist-select","tag-hip-hop","tag-rb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Streaming Gives New Life to the Legacy of Aaliyah - Traklife Music - Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/streaming-gives-new-life-to-the-legacy-of-aaliyah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Streaming Gives New Life to the Legacy of Aaliyah - Traklife Music - Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s been 21 years since the tragic death of rising R&amp;B star Aaliyah. 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