Aaliyah: Melodies from Heaven

Aaliyah Dana Haughton
January 16, 1979 - August 25, 2001

On this day 35 years  ago, the music industry was blessed with an Angel by the name of Aaliyah Dana Haughton. Some may call her babygirl, Liyah, Wonder Woman, Queen of Urban Pop, Princess of R&B, we just want to call her an inspiration. Aaliyah was every young girl's role model and every guys dream girl. Even past her trendy styles(that are still duplicated to this day)and her angelic ballads, Aaliyah left her mark on the music industry. There are even few that would even argue the careers of famous Pop and R&B artist today would not exist if she was still alive. Now while that is debatable, we can all agree, we were robbed of an amazing and beautiful artist. 

To honor her life, we want to highlight a few of our favorite songs that have sampled baby girl. Her music still lives on and has even crossed into new genres such as Indie Pop, Electronic, Experimental and Dubstep. So take a minute and relive Aaliyah in a refreshing light. Rest In Paradise Baby Girl

10. James Blake - CMYK 

(Sampled: Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?)

9. Xx - Hot Like Fire (Hot like Fire)

8. James Blake - "I'll stay" (try again) 

7. Dom Kennedy - gold Alpinas (Never Comin' back)

6. The weekend - What you need (Rock The boat) 

5. Drake - Unforgettable (At Your best)

4. J. Cole - Best friend (best-friend)

3. Kendrick Lamar - blow my high (4 Page Letter)

2. Chris Brown - Don't think they know (don't think they know Digital Black ft Aaliyah)

1. Outkast - Pink & Blue (Age ain't nothing but a number) 

*Honorable Mention just because this was definitely a banger when it was released.

 Lil Wayne - 'Love Me' ft Future & Drake