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...read From a Basement on the Hill as a suicide note (suicide or not). Similarly, the fact that From a Basement was largely unfinished at the time of Smith’s death almost exactly one year ago will prompt many to carp and bicker over which bits are Elliott??s and which are the work of the debatably appropriate finishing team of Smith’s ex-girlfriend and ex-producer. Like Let It Be for the Beatles, this album will never really be Smith’s, and future generations won’t even have...
Really? The man who did an early stint writing for Chris Elliott??s groundbreaking sitcom “Get a Life,” not plugged in to the small screen? No, Kaufman reveals with a flashed smile and a clipped word after a moment of confusion. He does have a television, though he wouldn’t say he watches...
...This Our Last Time” (with Fabolous). If Missy is able to assemble a more impressive selection of guest artists than anyone else, it is because she outclasses most other hip-hoppers so comprehensively. Elephant ends mostly relying on the happy consonance between his name and Elliott??s, while Fabolous mumbles sullenly about Mike Tyson. Missy’s ballads are almost always her weakest points, so these are not huge losses, and Jay-Z’s guest spot on “Wake Up” is discharged with the appropriate skill and brevity. Missy...
...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...