Missy made a point though, and I always thought about it in the back of my mind, that the "awkward" sound they gave Aaliyah kinda stifled her commercially. People say she was a flop, never sold nothin, and they compare her to her peers around that time. Listening to Missy, you gotta look at it differently. She had all the goods for those Janet/Vanessa Williams type radio hits but she wasnt aiming for that I guess. She wasnt a pop girl trying for pop success. We saw what happened with Try Again in the pop realm when the industry learned what to accept from her but sis turns around and gives fucking We Need A Resolution for a first single. Its always a risk that may come with sacrifice, to be different but it also allows for your name and legacy to be mentioned in convos like this about changing the game. you could argue that Missy did relatively well with that same different sound, but that was a part of her package deal. Her quirk. her look. Aaliyah was supposed to be giving Jessica Simpson pop ballads with a wind machine, not walking through the woods stalking people in 4 Page letter
