Introductory & Aaliyah

Hola y'all!  I'm not the best at introducing myself because I make every single thing awkward, as in the moment right now.  To start off this blog with the purpose behind it I'll introduce an artist who I kind of stumbled upon tonight (particularly while listening to Pandora).

Artist: Aaliyah Dana Haughton

I remember listening to her music when I was younger, in the late 90s and early 00s.  She was a soul like no other, a rhythmic beauty building her empire on her own; thinking back to it now, maybe she wasn't trying to build an empire.  When people made music back then it wasn't always about the profit and trying to get ahead of other artists; people made music for the pure joy of it.  It never mattered how awkward or weird it sounded, it was coming from the heart and that is all that mattered.  Artists like her are found now-a-days but it's slightly rare.  She had a voice that was a light soprano and would change into a heavy alto when needed.  Sadly her life ended tragically when she died in a plane accident August 25, 2001.  I remember that day because I was in the car and right when they were announcing her death on the radio I saw a plane flying over the car; I think that might've been the day that I despised planes.  Nonetheless, she'll always be in the hearts and minds of everyone that listened to her music.

Trying to make this thing a little interesting I've decided that I'll pick out three songs that are my favorite and one (or more) music videos.  I'll try to post them, so if anyone wants to they could listen to it or just go on youtube and search it up.

Songs
1. Try Again
2. It's Whatever
3. Are You That Somebody

Music Video
1. Rock The Boat

Before I end this I do want to make a statement on one thing.  I love the music video to Rock the Boat, but it was always kind of eerie watching it.  At the end of the video when she is in the ocean she starts to swim up to the surface of the water.  While she is swimming to the top, there is this beam of light that is shined on her making her look like an angel.  For some odd reason I've always loved that part, because she looks so beautiful and peaceful being in the sea.  Also, the video was shot a few days before she passed away.