Aaliyah, Lil Kim, Missy Elliott and Da Brat Interview with MTV News (Rare HQ Footage)

🔁 via @mtvnews: "Back in #1999, @mtvnews was on set when @lilkimthequeenbee, @missymisdemeanorelliott, @sosobrat & #Aaliyah united for a super special moment. I can't stop watching how much fun they had 🤗"

OMG!! 😭😭😭 After so many years of seeing low res quality videos, this is making October the best month by far! Thank you so much for sharing and thanks to @tiaralways for the tag! 🙏🏽❤ Truly in awe of Aaliyah's beauty! so nice to see this in HQ! 😩 Watch below for the full video! Enjoy! ❤️

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Aaliyah: Rare Photos Courtesy of Ben Watts

Here are some rare gems shared via photographer Ben Watts of Aaliyah, Missy Elliott and Rashad Haughton at Cheetah club. Shout out to @thelegendaaliyah for finding these from last year, as they were shared on Ben Watt's IG stories. Can't believe we missed these! 😩

Aaliyah: McNichols Arena, Denver, 1998 (Rare Photo)

🔁 via @philippembuido: "TBT...with Aaliyah in Denver all those years ago... #aaliyah" He also mentioned in another comment a full background story behind this image saying... "This is in Denver, 1998 for her show at McNichols Arena. She performed with The Superfriends...if I remember correctly: Missy, Timbaland & Magoo and Ginuwine. I promoted her second album “One In A Million” while at Atlantic Records. I was with her on numerous occasions, taking her to urban radio stations, Denver west. I’ve got a few more pics with her which I will post in the near future. It was a pleasure working with such a beautiful human being.💯"

Thank you so much for sharing! Enhanced the image for better clarity too, enjoy! 😊❤ (Update: Found the full version pic below, enjoy!❤️)

Aaliyah & Missy Elliott: Rare Photo Courtesy of Ben Watts

🔁 via @wattsupphoto: "Club cheetah nyc 90z wiv @aaliyah & @missymisdemeanorelliott ...... original @polaroid taken on land camera #film #aaliyah #polaroid #landcamera #benwatts #shhhh"

Wow absolutely love this! 😍❤ Thank you so much for sharing 😄

Aaliyah: The Underground Video Show Interview with Aaliyah in Chicago, 1996 (Rare Footage)

A 1996 interview with 17 year old Aaliyah as she shares to one day act, while a young Timbaland & Missy Elliott chilling in the background. Thanks to Best Black News for sharing this gem with us all! Watch the interview below...

Aaliyah: Rare Photo

🔁 via @seientertainment: “That time that Missy Elliott introduced me to the One and Only Aaliyah at the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards #musicislife #aaliyah #thiscrazylife”

Thank you so much for sharing! And thanks to all those who tagged me whilst I’ve taken a break from here! 😘❤

Aaliyah: On Set The Of 'Up Jumps Da Boogie' (Rare Photo)

🔁 via @mikemillerphoto “HBD 🎂 @missymisdemeanorelliott shot this in NY about #1996 ish for @timbaland album cover w #magoo rip #aaliyah 👑 and @ginuwine 📷 @mikemillerphoto #mikemillerphoto #missyelliott #timbaland #ginuwine | Wow what a gem! 😍😍😍 Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🏽💚 

Aaliyah, Missy Elliott & Timbaland: Rare Photo

🔁 via @johnnynunez: “As we approach January 16th i want to honor my sister in my Flash back friday who Always took the time out to speak not just pose and run off at times she would pull me aside and say Johnny how are you As PR and management/bodyguards etc were trying to say we have to go 
One time she said in a minute the club was called Halo she danced with me that’s the kind of person she was nothing mattered rich poor popular alone she was a friend to everyone always laughing and happy in this picture at Jimmy’s in Harlem she introduced every one to her New artists she signed 1 of them was @therealtank Her close friend from out of town showed up to support @missymisdemeanorelliott @timbaland @aaliyahhaughton #johnnynunez 
Have a Great week everyone @cspfashion @followback_com @weenonline@blackgirlsrock #samsungusa” | Wow.. thank you so much for sharing such an iconic pic! 😄❤

Aaliyah Archives: News

🔁 via @lilkimisbeautiful (Photo Credit 📷: @tylanol_nchill ) “I think it would be dope if the whole Bad Boy crew were to show love to #Aaliyah, a #BROOKLYN native for at least 2 shows from the tour. Not asking for much, just maybe have clips of her and BIG, of course, on the big screen behind them while they are all singing "I’ll Be Missing You” -the Ohio, August 25th show because that is the day she passed -the Detroit show since she was raised in Detroit. -the New York, NY show because she’s from NY. 
#classic #timeless #aaliyahformac #newyork #ohio#detroit #babygirl #LilKim #badboyreunion#queenbee #legend #icon #iconic #trendsetter#ORIGINAL #legendary #QueenofRap#femalerapper #rnb #rapper #rap #hiphop #music#pop #diddy #diva #badboy | I honestly think that this would be such a dope idea if it were to happen! 🙌💕 It definitely makes sense since Aaliyah was cool with all of those from the bad boy crew! I'm very curious to see other peoples opinions on this. What do YOU think? Please write your thoughts and comments below!

Aaliyah & Missy Elliott: Rare Photo

🔁 via @chifuzion “#tbt Me with Missy & the princess Aaliyah at the Soul Train Awards in L.A. #missyelliot #aaliyah #chifuzion #soultrain #losangeles” | Thank you so much for sharing 🙌 and thanks @aaliyah_spain for the tag! 😘💕

Aaliyah & Missy Elliott: Rare Photos

               

A big thank you to @danas_angels for purchasing and sharing these beautiful rare images of both Aaliyah and Missy at the Soul Train Awards in 1998. It's always lovely to see pictures from these type of events :D

Aaliyah, Missy Elliott & P.Diddy: Rare Photo

Repost via @wattsupphoto “#fromthearchives @missymisdemeanorelliott @iamdiddy x #aaliyah taken at Justin’s Resturant. #missyelliot #pdiddy #ripaaliyah #film printed at 68 degrees #shhhhh” | Was meant to post this awhile ago, but thank you so much for sharing a HQ version of this! Enjoy everyone! :D

Aaliyah: Video Footage Courtesy of ET Online

I was meant to post this awhile ago, but better late than never right? ;) I happened to come across a video courtesy of AaliyahAlways via Tumblr, who kindly shared this video posted from etonline.com. They briefly talked about Janet Jackson's letter to Aaliyah (on the day of the 14 year death anniversary), with talks on Timbaland, Missy Elliot, as well as showing a small snippet of Aaliyah at the 2000, MTV Video Music Awards. It was definitely a breath of fresh air to myself when I watched it, since I have never seen this particular footage before. So I hope this will brighten everyone's day, no matter where they are! Watch below and enjoy! ;) :D

Aaliyah Archives News: Aaliyah For MAC

My edit for the AaliyahForMAC campaign.

As some of you may be aware, a campaign has been launched to allow our beloved Babygirl her very own 'MAC Signature Collection'. The idea first came about by fellow members of #TeamAaliyah who go by the names of Traesha Burke (who you can find via Facebook and Instagram) along with @Regina_Allen (via her Twitter page) who expressed the idea with Aaliyah's Brother, Rashad Haughton. His response thus followed in the most positive way, which you can view below here...

 

Recently we have encountered more feedback from Rashad, the official Aaliyah Twitter page AND MAC Cosmetics! Check it out below...

As you can see, we may have a chance of turning this campaign into reality! But you are probably wondering "What can I do to help?". There are many things which you can do to help this idea come into fruition. Firstly...

1) SIGN THE PETITION

  

You can find the petition link here: https://www.change.org/p/mac-cosmetics-estee-lauder-to-release-a-aaliyah-for-mac-limited-edition-collection-aaliyahformac

The more signatures we obtain, the more likely we are to receive our Aaliyah signature collections! ;)

2) CONTACT MAC COSMETICS DIRECTLY

For the US...

For the UK...

By email or live chat please visit maccosmetics.com for the US and maccosmetics.co.uk for the UK.

3) FOLLOW THE SOCIAL NETWORKS

For daily updates on what's going on, please follow the following pages created by @bionicjen77 who's hard work does not go unnoticed! We appreciate all your efforts girl! :D

INSTAGRAM: @aaliyahformac

TWITTER: @AaliyahForMac

TUMBLR: http://aaliyahformac.tumblr.com/

FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1673185496246991/

4) PROMOS

Feel free to use these promos shown below to get people talking...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) SHOW AWARENESS

The final step is probably the most crucial part of achieving our goal. The more social awareness we have, the more likely people will spread the word. This can be done in many ways by...

• Sharing the petition link.

• Sharing the AaliyahForMac social site networks listed above.

• Sharing the promo images (shown above).

• Hash tagging #AaliyahForMAC as often as possible so that we are able to get it trending. Like Rashad said....#MakeItHappen

• If you're a blogger/Vlogger or Makeup Guru, write/talk about the movement so that we can spread the word!

• Get creative! Design your own edits/artwork of what you would like featured in the collection. The possibilities are endless ;) I have personally made my own edit (First image at the beginning of the post) to help do my part. To my surprise, a lot of people took a liking to this. Particularly...

Woww....All I can say is that I am truly honored and humbled by this. Thank you so much guys, this really warms my heart. I am so grateful that both Rashad and Missy, along with everyone else took a liking to my edit, since I really wasn't expecting THAT many people to like it! Lol Anyhoo, it goes to show how something as small as this, can spark awareness. So if I can do it, you guys can too! 

Right now, our main priority is to get Aaliyah's make up artist Eric Ferrell on board. We have already had positive feed back from stylist Derek Lee and Tre' Major. But...if we could also get Timbaland on board too, that would be the icing on the cake ;) Let's help keep Babygirls memory alive and make this happen everyone! :D

Craig Seymour Interview with Janet Jackson & Jimmy Jam: Talking about Aaliyah & Missy Elliott

Seeing as how yesterday marked the 6 year death anniversary of Michael Jackson (Rest his soul), I felt it would be appropriate to post this detailed written interview courtesy of Imogene who kindly shared this via the Aaliyah.PL Forum. Thank you so much for this! It was definitely a pleasure to read, and I couldn't help but to share with the rest of #TeamAaliyah.

Interviewer Craig Seymour happened to release an unedited audio, 3 hours long, from this particular interview he did with both Janet Jackson and Jimmy Jam back in April 2001. You can download the full audio here right after subscribing to Craig Seymour's mailing list! Below, you will find the main parts referring to Aaliyah and Missy Elliott. Enjoy! :o)

Craig Seymour: Tell me... Aaliyah was gonna be on the album, or something? Are you gonna duet? Someone told me that...

Janet: You're kidding... No.

Craig Seymour: What do you think of Aaliyah?
 
Janet: I love her. I actually met her last year.

Craig Seymour: Why you like her?
 
Janet: I think she's very talented. I love her music, I love what she creates on her album. I love listening to her voice. I think it's beautiful. She's beautiful.
 
Craig Seymour: What about Missy? There are all these things that you’re gonna work together too? Missy and the Timbaland’s whole camp…
 
Janet: Missy's too much... We had talked about doing something together, but we have never done it, and she kept saying NASTY 2000, NASTY 2000...and we never did it, but she was telling EV-RY-BO-DY that we were working together, and we didn't do it...

Craig Seymour: Does that bug you when people say how proud they are, proud of what they have done out of one little conversation at the party?
 
Janet: …Cuz you never know what’s gonna happen. Things can change. […] I’d just rather stay quiet, and just wait until you know for sure. 

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Photo courtesy of Jimmy Jam on his first ever encounter with Aaliyah at the MTV VMA's in 2000.

Jimmy Jam: I love her. I met her at the VMAs afterparty.
 
Janet: Sweet girl...
 
Jimmy Jam: I was like... I just met Aaliyah. She's the BOMB. She's so cool. There's a desire to work together. Maybe it isn't the time, but I wouldn't be surprised if we did something together. I'd love to see her as a fan.
 
Craig Seymour. Do you see her any different from the other teen singers out there like Britney, Brandy, Monica...?
 
Janet: Her stuff seems beyond her age, that's for sure. That's wonderful.
 
Jimmy Jam: A lot of stuff is very innovative, and also she has the depth because first of all, she can dance...
 
Janet: She's sexy... OK... There you go.
 
Jimmy Jam: ...but she's also acting. She's just someone... that I like. I have no idea. I've never talked about this. I'm sure most women coming up, at some point look up what she (Janet) did in her career... but Aaliyah, to me out of everybody is one of the all time. You know what I'm sayin' ...she really tries to set trends.

Craig Seymour: Right, and not just do the same old stuff that everybody else does...
 
Jimmy Jam: It's just fun to watch.

Craig Seymour: You know... It kinda surprises me how quickly her acting career has taken off like... ...we already talked how you set the ground for all the people, but often it means other people get opportunities that you didn't have at that point in your career, you know what I mean... Do you see that at all?  In a way, she's where you were with your Control album, or Rhythm Nation album... She can kinda do all these things...
 
Janet: We were also talking about putting certain things aside... You know... "I'm gonna do that project over that project" and I think that's what actually she's done... She was working on her album, and another film just came up... [...] and she had to put things aside, and move to Australia to work on it. I think it's great though...  that she moves into films. She obviously loves what she's doing. [...]
 
Jimmy Jam: People believe Aaliyah as an actress & want to buy her records, watch her videos, because it's the mentality now... Back then it was [Janet] quits doing "Fame" to do the music career.

Aaliyah & Jimmy Jam, back in 2000. 

(Source – Imogene from Aaliyah.PL Forum)

Aaliyah Archives News: Tink: Million (Produced By Timbaland)

If you remember awhile ago, I mentioned a new artist by the name of Tink who Timbaland recommended to everyone via his Instagram page to check out. Well...yesterday it appears that the singer/rapper announced via Twitter of her new remix version to Aaliyah's 'One In A Million' titled Million. Now normally, I am very critical when anyone touches Babygirl's music, but the very fact that it has been produced and given the stamp of approval from Timbaland himself, I have no problem with it whatsoever since he was the one who created this original masterpiece, alongside Missy Elliott. So what better way to pay homage or do an updated remix then to have the person who originally produced it in the first place? After listening to it, I must say I am actually feeling this! Huge props to DJ Duffey who also did his thing on this! You can also read Tink's tweet below describing it as "A tribute to the legend herself"

As you can see the song is set to release this Monday via iTunes on May 11th, so be sure to check it out! For those of you who lack patience lol You can listen to the full version below here! :o) One love ♥

Aaliyah Archives: News

 

Just to confirm that Missy Elliot is NOT on Instagram. Thanks for clarifying this @styledukormanuth. All this time I’ve been tagging fraudsters! Smh... So for everyone out there, please spread the word! :o)

Aaliyah Archives: News

 

Missy keeping it real as always. Facts only! ;) Most do not realise the influence Aaliyah had and still has to this day. I always say this, but no matter where I go or look, I see Aaliyah's influence everywhere be it in the music industry, fashion industry, billboards etc... The beauty of her inspiration is that she inspires both men and women. Now that's a pretty huge impact that only some are able to achieve. So thank you Missy for schooling these folks who don't know! :o)

Aaliyah: Rare Photo

 

Repost via @juliog1580: “#1580 … (1997) 92.3 The Beat L.A. Summer Jam .. #RIP #Aaliyah @missyelliott @timbaland @ginuwine #Magoo @diprimaradio @juliog1580” | Thank you for sharing, and thanks to @aaliyahalways for the tag! It's nice to finally see this picture in better quality! :D :o)

Happy Birthday Timbaland!

Happy Birthday to Timbaland! Grateful to say that I grew up with this man’s music during the 90’s. So original and way ahead of his time! Have a blessed day! :o) ♥