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...visualizing, or he was never a 20-year-old proctor in the 25 and older house. Malcom A. Glenn ’09, a Crimson associate sports chair and summer managing editor, is a history concentrator in Leverett House. He agrees with the late great singer Aaliyah??age ain’t nothing but a number...
...high school I became very involved in cultural clubs and learned a bit of tango, Japanese fan dancing, and Irish step dancing. My best times, however, were always spent dancing in my room (and almost breaking things or myself) or spending hours trying to learn the choreography in Aaliyah??s “Are You That Somebody” video...
...particularly significant or innovative artist of her time. Her songs were no more extraordinary than those of any number of inspirational, vocally gifted artists working in the genre at the time. Though Elliott likely realizes this on some level, she may have a stronger impression of Aaliyah??s potential than the average listener. But if this is the case, her decision to commemorate nothing more than Aaliyah??s fine facial structure in her music videos is an unusual one; a much more worthwhile effort might be to privately push for further release of any demos...
...final rationalization to be offered for Elliott’s constant barrage of Aaliyah imagery and shout-outs is to recognize any social injustice that may have led to the loss. But the circumstances of Aaliyah??s death, unlike those of Biggie or Kurt Cobain, can hardly be regarded as a teachable moment. The singer was aboard a Cessna passenger plane in the course of a Bahamas music video shoot, when the plane crashed into the ocean, killing all of its passengers. No grand social force appears to have contributed to the death of Aaliyah, and the only...
...process of elimination, Missy Elliott’s motivation for the persistent use of Aaliyah??s image and persona in her songs and music videos can only be to cash in on the lasting public awareness of the singer, thereby gaining further recognition for her own work. Elliott may not expressly be aware of the driving force behind this blatant misuse of her late friend’s likeness, but in “memorializing” the loss of Aaliyah, Elliott has reduced a promising young artist’s memory to nothing more than a promotional...