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Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat” Was Written 2 Years Before Her Label Released It

Before Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat” single was released by her label two years after Static Major wrote the song. The label felt Aaliyah wasn’t ready for a sexual single at the time and had intentions on making “More Than A Woman” the second single from her self-titled album. The album released on July 7, 2001, would be the late singer’s last album.

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  It has been 14 years since the voice that changes the female sound of hip hop, R&B, and pop in the 90’s has passed. Today, January 16, we celebrate the birthday of Aaliyah Dana Haughton, she would have been 36 years old. Kelefah Sanneh of The New York Times” dubbed Aaliyah as “a digital diva who wove a spell with ones and zeroes”…”Simple vocal riffs repeated and refracted to echo the…