Time to dead the Aaliyah was a “whisper singer” non sense

[tuckgod]

She was a very talented vocalist.

A soprano with range.

She was a stylist that was comfortable with her abilities so she didn’t have to over sing like a lot of other artists.

@Kamala Harris this song alone shyts on Beyoncé’s whole existence.

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

I love Aaliyah but she aint fukking with Beyonce. So stop.

Enjoy Aaliyah and leave it at that. Stop the comparisons.

 

[tuckgod]

I love Aaliyah but she aint fukking with Beyonce. So stop.

Enjoy Aaliyah and leave it at that. Stop the comparisons.

Shut the fukk up bytch

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Her singing worked great for her. There are great "power voice" singers that wouldnt sound good singing 4 Page Letter.

Imagine Fantasia yellin' "I'M SENDIN YOU A FOUR PAGE LETTERRRR"

Edit: 'Tasia CAN soften her singing, so maybe she was a bad example. I just wanted to use that gif

 

[tuckgod]

Her singing worked great for her. There are great "power voice" singers that wouldnt sound good singing 4 Page Letter.

Imagine Fantasia yellin' "I'M SENDIN YOU A FOUR PAGE LETTERRRR"

 

[Black]

Her singing worked great for her. There are great "power voice" singers that wouldnt sound good singing 4 Page Letter.

Imagine Fantasia yellin' "I'M SENDIN YOU A FOUR PAGE LETTERRRR"

Lol She ruined lyfes hypothetically over singing. Smh

 

[T'krm]

Love Aaliyah, and her music, but 'soprano range', my ass!
And she was -- for the most part a whisper singer. Could still sing tho(when she wanted to.)

 

[Bmezy]

Aaliyah had a beautiful tone/timbre, but she wasn’t a great singer. It also doesn’t have anything to do with ‘volume’ or what ppl call ‘power vocals’. I don’t know what it is about untrained ears that immediately associate high pitched and large column of sound as vocal excellence. There are vocal musicians with crazy control, expert musicianship and acute sense of pitch that were amazing vocalists without having to holler their lungs to Zeus or shriek high A5s/Bb5s at the top of thf staff. I blame the black church for this.. example of top tier vocalists without the power/range tropes are artists like Brandy, Jazmine Sullivan, Kim Burrell etc

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

Shut the fukk up bytch

Why so serious?

 

[tuckgod]

Why so serious?

 

[Standing on business]

Anyone with a honest bone in their body knows Aaliyah wasn’t that good of a singer.

 

[Bmezy]

Determining vocal merit also depends on the ears listening. I’m an instrumentalist/singer and a lot of my friends are musicians, so we predisposed to singers that vocalize as if they’re playing instruments. Me and my boys have (I play keys and the sax) our lil monthly sheds and discuss this stuff a lot. To the common consumer, their favorite male singers would probably be a Stevie, or MJ or Prince, while we would gravitate to a Tank (my favorite male vocalist) because of the level of musicianship in his singing



Most ppl wouldn’t get it cause their ears can’t interpret what’s going on, but to us it’s insane showmanship.

 

[Luke Cage]

She was fine though

 

[BangBike]

Aaliyah has more replay value...

 

[Standing on business]

Determining vocal merit also depends on the ears listening. I’m an instrumentalist/singer and a lot of my friends are musicians, so we predisposed to singers that vocalize as if they’re playing instruments. Me and my boys have (I play keys and the sax) our lil monthly sheds and discuss this stuff a lot. To the common consumer, their favorite male singers would probably be a Stevie, or MJ or Prince, while we would gravitate to a Tank (my favorite male vocalist) because of the level of musicianship in his singing



Most ppl wouldn’t get it cause their ears can’t interpret what’s going on, but to us it’s insane showmanship.

You don’t say

Tank is the most talented pure R&B artist of this generation