#static Major

[unstoppableaaliyah]

aaliyah & static major

circa, 1997?

[canmking]

S t a t i c

M a j o r

[joslincox]

Aaliyah (2001)

We Need a Resolution (With Timbaland)

Loose Rap (With Static Major)

Rock The Boat (From "Osmosis Jones: Out of The Body Experience")

More Than a Woman

Never No More

I Care 4 U

Extra Smooth

Read Between The Lines

U Got Nerve

I Refuse

It's Whatever

I Can Be

Those Were The Days

Messed Up

What If

Try Again (From "Romeo Must Die")

I Don't Know What To Tell Ya

Erica Kane

Come Over

Miss You

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[dobby-the-rat]

Evey now and then, I get back on that Valentino fixation train. He's just so interesting looking..!

[aaliyahunleashed]

July 21,2000

Aaliyah performs her hit song “Try Again” July 21, 2000 on the British music charts program “Top of the Pops” in promotion for the soundtrack to her debut 2000 film "Romeo Must Die".

The song was written by Static Major and Timbaland. "Try Again" features an intro in which Timbaland pays homage to Eric B. & Rakim by rapping the duo's opening verse from "I Know You Got Soul". The song was released as the lead single from Romeo Must Die on March 21, 2000.

In 2000, "Try Again" won "Best Female Video" and "Best Video from a Film" at the MTV Video Music Award and was nominated for countless others. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" but lost to Toni Braxton "He Wasn't Man Enough".

Speaking of Grammy, did you know Aaliyah was a 4 time Grammy nominee before she passed? She was bound to win eventually.

[blackjohnjay]

"King Of The Ville"

The Film.

Coming Soon.

Written & Directed By Kevin Agbakwa Minikwu

@PopularLosers

12th Dynasty Productions

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #59: 2008

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Flo-Rida, Leona Lewis, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, OneRepublic, Jordin Sparks, Sara Bareilles Usher, Chris Brown. End description]

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Now well into the latter half of the decade, the direction pop music has been heading is even more evident. The music is starting to skew electronic in its sound and the plugin Auto-Tune is starting to be featured more as a stylistic choice, as seen with T-Pain and Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne's influence over rap would become even more prominent in the late 2000's and early 2010s. Especially with the artists that would eventually be signed to his label, Young Money Entertainment.

There are many reasons why the sound of pop was skewing towards club and dance music. Modern production techniques worked really well with the style, music-purchasing platforms such as iTunes worked better for listening to individual singles rather than full albums (which caters to dance music well), and the 2008 financial crisis. With the recession, more and more people were looking to pop music as an escape. As touring and traditional concerts became less financially accessible for both artists and audiences, clubs and parties served as environments to experience music with a group. To quote this article on the subject:

With themes of luxury, escapism and radical optimism, these upbeat and positive tracks provided comfort in the fantasy of extravagance. Despite most peoples’ situations at the time, almost every song on the radio was about loving life and getting money. Music was fast and people were dancing. (Amanda Kiefer)

But more than that, CD sales plummeted after the recession, while online music consumption soared. More and more, music was making its home on the internet.

There are a surprising number of articles written about dance music in the face of global financial inequality (and many of them have started popping up recently, I wonder why...), so I've linked to a few below.

"How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality" Scott Timberg, Vox

"The Recession in the Music Industry - a Cause Analysis" Peter Tschmuck

"How the Recession is Impacting Music, Too" Laura Palotie (this article is from 2008, so it's interesting as a contemporary reading of the situation.)

[royaltyrules816]

R.I.P. Static Major‼️🎧🎤🎙🎛🎚👑

[joslincox]

Timbaland & Magoo - Indecent Proposal (2001)

Drop (With Fatman Scoop)

All Y'all (With Tweet and Sebastien)

It's Your Night (With Sin and Sebastien)

Indian Carpet (With Static Major)

Party People (With Jay-Z and Twista)

People Like Myself (With Static Major and Sebastien)

Serious (With Petey Pablo and Sebastien)

Roll Out (With Petey Pablo and Sebastien)

Love Me (With Tweet and Petey Pablo)

Baby Bubba (With Petey Pablo)

In Time (With Ms. Jade and Mad Skillz)

Considerate Brotha (With Ludacris)

Beat Club (With Sin, Troy Mitchell and Sebastien)

I Am Music (With Aaliyah and Static Major)

We At It Again (From "Romeo Must Die")

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[rnbria]

In case you haven’t heard…

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