Her presence remains mighty and ineffable, and her music seemingly more influential and more highly regarded with each passing year.Įven with just three official albums across her seven-year recording career, Aaliyah’s catalog is tough to pare down to essentials. ![]() ![]() But while her music has long been absent, her impact has never been less than unavoidable: At no point in the last 20 years could you foray deep into the worlds of hip-hop, R&B, pop or even electronic without running across an Aaliyah cover, an Aaliyah sample, an Aaliyah reference - or just an Aaliyah acolyte spouting the gospel through their words and/or their music. With Aaliyah’s classic 1996 sophomore LP One in a Million now available on streaming and at digital retailers - and the rest of her long-absent catalog soon to follow - younger generations will finally able to experience the greatness of Aaliyah’s too-brief catalog for themselves.
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