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...Left Eye” Lopez and the other usual suspects. “Aaliyah, baby girl, I’ve learned to love those while they still awake,” she raps as the ghostly image of her close friend floats in a nearby picture frame. Elliott then asserts, “I know Lisa, ’Pac, and Biggie, and Jay, and Pun are still number one,” as the images of the late artists eerily float behind her. Later, she once again appears, along with her back-up dancers, in shirts embossed with Aaliyah?...
...culpable member of this distinguished list of grave-diggers is also the least cited. At some point in Missy Elliott’s long, esteemed career, she added “pimp for dead rappers” to her resume, and the general population neglected to take note. Unwittingly, Elliott makes an unambiguous case for her guilt in her newest single and accompanying video, “Pass That Dutch,” offering evidence of the shamelessness with which she regularly exploits her fallen peers...
...sight of Elliott decked out in Aaliyah-imprinted clothing of late is not in and of itself unusual, but its continued presence two years after the singer’s untimely demise demands justification. The initial deluge of mourning should surely have passed by now, no matter how close a bond the two shared. The unflattering context of the recognition is also fairly confused; the image is used in a video whose chorus includes the lines “Pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat / Don’t stop, get it till ya clothes...
...husband R. Kelly, could tell you. But no one would argue that she was a 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...
...bringing back senior Iraqi army officers who served under Saddam Hussein, sources tell TIME. Many in Washington privately say they regret Bremer's decision to disband the Iraqi army on May 23 and U.S. officials are urgently searching for potential leaders of a new Iraqi army, TIME's Michael Elliott reports in this week's issue {on newsstands Monday, Nov. 17} The article includes a chart with details about members of the Iraqi Governing Council, and whether they are up to the task of rebuilding Iraq...