Lets Talk About the Hook To Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody"

[PhonZhi]

Very unorthodox and uniquely structured hook.

One of the best hooks I've ever heard


R.I.P Static Major

 

[Collateral]

They don't make music with that type of bounce to it anymore. This was a fukking R&B song that you can rock to in the club. Damn I miss the 90's

 

[PhonZhi]

I was listening to this today like "how do you even begin to write to this beat!!"



The verses are kinda simple because she echoes off the melody of the beat but the hook is just crazy to me. Static Major pen and harmony game

 

[CASHAPP]

They don't make music with that type of bounce to it anymore. This was a fukking R&B song that you can rock to in the club. Damn I miss the 90's

Released 2 weeks after Orlando Anderson was killed.

Legendary song

 

[Groanman]

I lost all respect for Timbo when he signed Magoo.

 

[PhonZhi]

Released 2 weeks after Orlando Anderson was killed.

Legendary song

I actually had no idea this song was so decorated


Are You That Somebody? - Wikipedia


The song was listed 387th on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born, a list of songs compiled by Blender magazine.[3]Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 24 on it's "50 Best songs of the nineties list"[2] It was also ranked 18th on Spin magazine's Top 20 Singles of the 90's, and 5th on The Village Voice's 1998 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Pitchfork Media included the song at number 8 on theirTop 200 Tracks of the 90s.[4] Slant Magazineranked the song at number 19 on their 100 best singles of the 1990s list.[5] This song earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

 

[Ziggiy]

Song is legendary..

This was back when soundtracks actually HELPED a film's box office. Are You That Somebody had every kid (including me) trying to go see Dr Doolittle

 

[JahFocus CS]

Such an angelic voice

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

I vividly remember this song as a youngster and bouncing to the music video

 

[True Blue Moon]

Baby girl... I'm the man from the big VA

 

[Ziggiy]

I vividly remember this song as a youngster and bouncing to the music video

All the girls would sing Aaliyah's part and all the boys would do Timb's rap.


"Baby Girl"

 

[Ziggiy]

Baby girl... I'm the man from the big VA

Won't you come play around my way

 

[Chrishaune]

Aaliyah was bad, and would still be bad if she was alive....

 

[Taadow]

I lost all respect for Timbo when he signed Magoo.

Nicca FUCC YOU, MAGOO IS ONE OF THE GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME.

OF ALL TIME.*

 

[R-Typ3]

Song is legendary..

This was back when soundtracks actually HELPED a film's box office. Are You That Somebody had every kid (including me) trying to go see Dr Doolittle

shyt, I wasn't trippin off no Doolittle I was 15 and trippin off the way 'Liyah was movin in that dress towards the end...Damn I miss baby girl