QuoteKing: When I was mixing ?Never Givin? Up? in L.A. I ran into Brandy and Wanya, I knew Wanya from Philly and I had worked with Brandy on another project. They said, ?What are you doing out here?? I said, ?I?m mixing Aaliyah at a studio near by.? They ended coming over to the studio and Brandy said, ?What is Aaliyah working on now? I want to hear it.? I just played ?Never Givin? Up? and her eyes watered up. She said, ?She absolutely destroyed this. This is her new sound?? I said, ?Yeah this is where she?s going.? I called Aaliyah that night and told her, ?Brandy and Wanya were in the studio and they absolutely loved ?Never Givin? Up.?? She was like, ?That?s what?s up!?
http://www.vibe.com/2016/08/one-in-a-million-album-aaliyah-week/?utm_source=sc-tw&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign=aaliyahweek
This is so cute
Love reading when my faves show each other love
OOP!
:feelinmyself:
I think she always always stanned
When bran won that award and randomly shouted her out, I feel like that was so genuine. Li' was the first girl to come out so young and I feel like bran admired her edge among other things
Things bran wasn't allowed to give
damn near a decade later during Afrodisiac sessions with Candace Nelson:
QuoteCandice Nelson: I want to say that may have been the first one we wrote from those sessions. It just felt like fun. The beat and everything just felt like early 90?s/late 80?s. It just sounded like fun. I was like ?This is cute!? We wrote it that way, it felt like fun. It reminded us of when we were younger and at house parties. And the Aaliyah reference, I always wanted the opportunity to work with her. Brandy was obviously over the moon about that line. It made her extra cool to me. It was like ?You were cool before, but you?re even cooler now.? *Laughs*
Quote from: Rig's on August 29, 2016, 07:59:52 AM
damn near a decade later during Afrodisiac sessions with Candace Nelson:
QuoteCandice Nelson: I want to say that may have been the first one we wrote from those sessions. It just felt like fun. The beat and everything just felt like early 90?s/late 80?s. It just sounded like fun. I was like ?This is cute!? We wrote it that way, it felt like fun. It reminded us of when we were younger and at house parties. And the Aaliyah reference, I always wanted the opportunity to work with her. Brandy was obviously over the moon about that line. It made her extra cool to me. It was like ?You were cool before, but you?re even cooler now.? *Laughs*
:stressed:
Their mutual love and respect for one another>>>>
Even when the record labels were kind of trying to pit them against each other (FLOPica included)
It could have easily been a Madonna, Janet and Mariah type rivalry :plzstop:
QuoteShe was the first girl on the scene. She came out before FLOPica and I did, and she was our inspiration," Brandy tells The Juice of Aaliyah. It was different with Aaliyah and Brandy. Femme camaraderie trumped competition. Besides being side by side on the Billboard charts, with FLOPica, the R&B divas stuck together, supporting one another in each other's personal and professional life.
There was a moment when I won at, I think, [Soul Train] Lady of Soul [Music Awards]. She sent me flowers saying how proud she was and 'congratulations.' I just thought that was so angelic and sweet of her. People say that Aaliyah is angelic and that just made me feel like 'wow, that's a moment.' Other artists supporting another artist when everybody's trying to put you against each other, which was very special. I was like 'whoa, that's really big of her.'
Li and Bran really used each other!!!
And it seemed very genuine unlike _______ embellished short stories
:stressed:
Awww
Love that song, Aaliyah SANG her heart out
Love that 'Li song!
That's my song!
QuoteTavarius [Polk] who was a part of our team and he sang on it. He was like 13 or 14 years old at the time. He sang the male part and killed it. Aaliyah fell in love with his voice, too, so we kept him on it. He came in and owned it. He sounded like a grown man.
Damn! He really did sound like a grown ass man.
I reallllllllly wish they worked together Omf woulda been everything
Quote from: Mystique on August 29, 2016, 08:12:12 AM
Li and Bran really used each other!!!
And it seemed very genuine unlike _______ embellished short stories
:stressed:
Yet Aaliyah was the one that said that her and Mon were good friends and have hung out at each other's cribs.
Shut yo try hard ass up faggot
Quote from: .betterwiseup on August 29, 2016, 09:44:54 AM
QuoteTavarius [Polk] who was a part of our team and he sang on it. He was like 13 or 14 years old at the time. He sang the male part and killed it. Aaliyah fell in love with his voice, too, so we kept him on it. He came in and owned it. He sounded like a grown man.
Damn! He really did sound like a grown ass man.
Wow, 13? Didn't know this :dead:
Quote from: .betterwiseup on August 29, 2016, 09:44:54 AM
QuoteTavarius [Polk] who was a part of our team and he sang on it. He was like 13 or 14 years old at the time. He sang the male part and killed it. Aaliyah fell in love with his voice, too, so we kept him on it. He came in and owned it. He sounded like a grown man.
Damn! He really did sound like a grown ass man.
!!!!!!
He sure did! But damn to sound like that at 13?! Where's that boy now?
Quote from: Harlem on August 29, 2016, 10:20:44 AM
Quote from: .betterwiseup on August 29, 2016, 09:44:54 AM
QuoteTavarius [Polk] who was a part of our team and he sang on it. He was like 13 or 14 years old at the time. He sang the male part and killed it. Aaliyah fell in love with his voice, too, so we kept him on it. He came in and owned it. He sounded like a grown man.
Damn! He really did sound like a grown ass man.
!!!!!!
He sure did! But damn to sound like that at 13?! Where's that boy now?
Yikes I really thought that a was a damn MAN
Quote from: G on August 29, 2016, 10:22:04 AM
Quote from: Harlem on August 29, 2016, 10:20:44 AM
Quote from: .betterwiseup on August 29, 2016, 09:44:54 AM
QuoteTavarius [Polk] who was a part of our team and he sang on it. He was like 13 or 14 years old at the time. He sang the male part and killed it. Aaliyah fell in love with his voice, too, so we kept him on it. He came in and owned it. He sounded like a grown man.
Damn! He really did sound like a grown ass man.
!!!!!!
He sure did! But damn to sound like that at 13?! Where's that boy now?
Yikes I really thought that a was a damn MAN
Lmao right! Thinking Li was the young vocalist on the song
Quote from: G on August 29, 2016, 10:17:29 AM
Quote from: Mystique on August 29, 2016, 08:12:12 AM
Li and Bran really used each other!!!
And it seemed very genuine unlike _______ embellished short stories
:stressed:
Yet Aaliyah was the one that said that her and Mon were good friends and have hung out at each other's cribs.
Shut yo try hard ass up faggot
Bby!!! :omgwatshappening:
:stressed:
Hey Twin ❤️
:dead: @ her song "Erica Kane" about cocaine.
QuoteBonus: ?Erica Kane?
Seats: I think ?Erica Kane? came out of the Kentucky time, during those pre-production sessions. I think we just had it already, it was done and it was good. We just went and mixed and mastered it and probably embellished it a little more. I have an older daughter, Erin who is 19 now. One day I overheard her listening to ?Erica Kane? and she had no clue that I did that song. My own kid! I?m like, ?You like that song?? and she said, ?Yeah that?s one of my favorites.? I said, ?You know who did that?? and she tripped out. She didn?t know her dad did it. That was cool, when she said that I was glad my own kid liked my work. I remember Static talking about how they would confuse people whether they were talking about the soap actress or cocaine, because the song is about cocaine. The association with the soap star Erica Kane was what he wanted to do, he wanted to throw people off, but indirectly giving a message without being blatant. That was a witty approach for sure. I remember I initially didn?t know what he was talking about (laughs).
Quote from: .betterwiseup on August 29, 2016, 11:21:06 AM
:dead: @ her song "Erica Kane" about cocaine.
QuoteBonus: ?Erica Kane?
Seats: I think ?Erica Kane? came out of the Kentucky time, during those pre-production sessions. I think we just had it already, it was done and it was good. We just went and mixed and mastered it and probably embellished it a little more. I have an older daughter, Erin who is 19 now. One day I overheard her listening to ?Erica Kane? and she had no clue that I did that song. My own kid! I?m like, ?You like that song?? and she said, ?Yeah that?s one of my favorites.? I said, ?You know who did that?? and she tripped out. She didn?t know her dad did it. That was cool, when she said that I was glad my own kid liked my work. I remember Static talking about how they would confuse people whether they were talking about the soap actress or cocaine, because the song is about cocaine. The association with the soap star Erica Kane was what he wanted to do, he wanted to throw people off, but indirectly giving a message without being blatant. That was a witty approach for sure. I remember I initially didn?t know what he was talking about (laughs).
:plzstop:
Quote from: Rig's on August 29, 2016, 07:57:40 AM
I think she always always stanned
When bran won that award and randomly shouted her out, I feel like that was so genuine. Li' was the first girl to come out so young and I feel like bran admired her edge among other things
Things bran wasn't allowed to give
!!!
Wish they worked together..