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

[Bmezy]

Op is right that she is a light lyric soprano, though.. A singer today that has way more ability and skill with the same voice type would be Halle Bailey (Chloe sister)


https://youtu.be/BGB3Eh-Nxcs

 

[Cᵣₐₛₕ&ₜₕₑCₒᵤₚ]

Aaliyah with a longer career with Missy/Timbo backing would have been a dynasty. She captured their vision perfectly ​

 

[semicko82]

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

 

[Ducktales]

Ok she can’t sing better than Beyoncé, but musically it is not a comparison her music sounds way better. You won’t find men listening to Beyoncé. Aaliyah is different

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

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"

You ruined Aaliyah for me. I’m here imagining Fantasia singing “Come Over” with that voice

 

[brickfare]

she’s cool but y’all gotta throw on an Alice Smith album or something at some point then talk to me about singers

 

[brickfare]

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.

man Tank’s ability is

more excited about his stuff coming to DSPs than Aaliyah’s if we keeping it a buck

 

[semicko82]

Ok she can’t sing better than Beyoncé, but musically it is not a comparison her music sounds way better. You won’t find men listening to Beyoncé. Aaliyah is different

This

 

[Buckeye Fever]

You ruined Aaliyah for me. I’m here imagining Fantasia singing “Come Over” with that voice

"BAY-BAAAAAAYYYYY.....COME OVAAAAAAAAA""

 

[tuckgod]

she’s cool but y’all gotta throw on an Alice Smith album or something at some point then talk to me about singers

Alice Smith is great but what the fukk this got to do with the thread?

 

[tuckgod]

Love Aaliyah, and her music, but 'soprano range', my ass!

What are you blabbering about?

That’s exactly what she was.

 

[Po pimp]

It’s not always about vocal talent. Beyoncé was a better technical singer than Aaliyah, but Aaliyah made more enjoyable music, in my opinion.

 

[invalid]

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

 

[invalid]

You don’t say

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

I think Miguel is more talented.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

She knew how to use her voice as an instrument within the rest of the production

Minnie Riperton understood the same concepts and she’s one of the greatest vocalists of all time. She just seldomly showed her entire range, only when the production called for it.