Tagged: Aaliyah
Stream: Hudson Mohawke’s Pleasure Mix
It’s not a holiday weekend in Scotland, but that didn’t stop Glaswegian producer Hudson Mohawke from making the ultimate end-of-the-summer dance mix. Hot off the heels of his Satin EP, he’s released a mix on … read more »
This Week in The FADER: August 28, 2011 Edition
** We glimpsed Aaliyah’s life via stories from Missy Eliottt, Kidada Jones and Method Man first published in our 2008 Icon Issue. We also re-upped DJ Caps’ Aaliyah U R Missed mix, a celebration of … read more »
Come on Irene: Songs For The Hurricane That Claimed New York
Hard not to include four Bob Dylan songs,* here, but in between reading rounds, correcting captions, writing incredibly witty blog posts, procuring rations, batteries and wind up emergency radios from Brookstone, stocking up on Bushmills, … read more »
Aaliyah: Angel So Fly
Baby Girl, better known as Aaliyah, conjured the future between the beats. She was as enigmatic and cutting edge as R&B, pop and the rest of the music world may ever see. We glimpse the … read more »
Vinyl Archeology: Static Major Wrote Songs for Beautiful Dreamers
When songwriter Stephen “Static Major” Garrett’s lyrics converged with Aaliyah’s voice it created a vortex. Not a “matter turns to nothingness,” vacuum-type of vortex, but a supernovaical vortex that housed and churned all the human … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Style of Miss Jackson In Poetic Justice, If You’re Nasty
The end stanza to Maya Angelou’s poem for the John Singleton-helmed ’92 classic, Poetic Justice, reads like the star of the film’s live-by axiom. I’m a woman / Phenomenally / Phenomenal woman / That’s me. During this … read more »
UK Funky Takes on Aaliyah. Sort of
UK funky singer Kyla, who gets pretty much a lifetime pass for “Do You Mind?” has covered Aaliyah’s “At Your Best.” Except in no way is it UK funky. It’s actually an extremely straightforward cover. … read more »
Aaliyah, RIP
Two years ago, we made Aaliyah the star of our annual Icon Issue, interviewing her friends, family and fans to pay homage to the Baby Girl who gave us so much greatness. Nine years after … read more »
Stream: James Blake, "CMYK" MP3
We realize you dudes have every right to be mad that we held out on this gem for so long but it’s like when you discover a really great place to get cheap sandwiches and … read more »
Drake f. Young Jeezy, “Unforgettable” MP3
Respect to Drizzy, but this is fully Jeezy‘s song: he eats the beat, his tinfoil growl a singular thrill plopped next to Drake’s nice-guy melody, which comes off a little thin. You get the feeling … read more »
