Though, that’s not the only means for comparing the late legend to the relative newcomer.
The rapper/singer has garnered some steam in the past few years (or perhaps, past year alone), after years of strong mixtape releases that date back to her being 16-years old. I really respect that and I appreciate that." It wasn't like she was trying to be anything more than who she was. It never felt like she was trying to reach across or do anything more than just keep that cool, soulful, heavy urban core about it. When you think about it, it really is pop, it really is cultural and that's the one thing that I thought was cool about her music. When an artist's music is so urban based, sometimes people like to take risks with artists like that. The core of her art to me is heavily, heavily urban based. On the overlap, Ciara said, " She was true to who she was and she didn't seem to care about it. Still, though, it’s hard to look past the literal likeness, the fashion choices, and musical sound that persist to this day oftentimes it sounds as though it’s the type of stuff Aaliyah might make if she was still here. Though the first phases of her careers were plagued with negative comparisons to Aaliyah and her music, Ciara has grown and gone on to forge a separate path for herself. Plus, we can't forget the time the two posthumously collabed on "Enough Said."Ĭheck out the aforementioned Soul Culture interview below.
Her legendary singing voice was sampled on the Drake track "Unforgettable," which also featured Young Jeezy. "She just made phenomenal music and she was beautiful and she was a girl that I fell in love with early in my life - I feel like if she was still here I would probably be pursuing her in a major way, you know, because I was truly in love with her very early on." On the ten year anniversary of the singer’s death, rapper/singer Drake told Soul Culture that Aaliyah leads the pack of artists- including rappers- that inspire him. Why? Well, apparently it’s because of Aaliyah’s long-reaching influence. Never shy from showing his emotions or lamenting his woes (or on "Back to Back" his “whoas”), Drake usually resorts to his singing voice for such self expression.