If Aaliyah was alive would Beyonce still be BEYONCE?

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would Rihanna is be there?

or would it not alter their career trajectories?
 
Aaliyah has become in all due respect, is overrated in death

I'm still shocked she's so much more admired in death than she was while she was alive. Because she was rather boring and she never sold records like Beyonce or Rihanna.

It's odd how Aaliyah has been more revered than Left Eye...who was far more popular and had more charisma and personality

Aaliyah's claim to fame is have underage relations with the pied piper perv
 
Aaliyah has become in all due respect, is overrated in death

I'm still shocked she's so much more admired in death than she was while she was alive. Because she was rather boring and she never sold records like Beyonce or Rihanna.

It's odd how Aaliyah has been more revered than Left Eye...who was far more popular and had more charisma and personality

Aaliyah's claim to fame is have underage relations with the pied piper perv

Complex pretty much said what I was thinking.

Beyonce was polished, even going back to Destiny's Child, Looks, singing, dancing, dancing in heels. She had the talent and I think if Aaliyah was still alive, she might be what Mya or Ashanti is today.

fuck you both
 
Complex pretty much said what I was thinking.

Beyonce was polished, even going back to Destiny's Child, Looks, singing, dancing, dancing in heels. She had the talent and I think if Aaliyah was still alive, she might be what Mya or Ashanti is today.
Aaliyah had the Timvalabd and Missy machine,no way she'd go the Mya route. Rihanna wouldn't exist if she were alive
 
Aaliyah's trajectory would have probably taken her away from music and into acting where she would have been solid B level movie star. Her musical prowess is largely overrated at this point and in its prime was heavily dependent upon Tims producing and Missys writing..

I do think her family has sort of fucked up her legacy by not making her music available on streaming

but maybe that's added to the mystery and allure of her :dunno:
 
Aaliyah had the Timvalabd and Missy machine,no way she'd go the Mya route. Rihanna wouldn't exist if she were alive

So where do you see her going after 2001? Beyonce was a force in the 2000s and still going strong and this decade is almost over.
 
Aaliyah was a great late 90s/early 2000's entertainer for a niche crowd who Missy/Timbo beats worked in harmony with her song and dance.

Beyoncé is a world class entertainer able to cross over genres; better singer; probably not a better dancer; but commands a stage and an arena.

Aaliyah wasn't good for many more good/great albums but her movie game would have been aight; she'd have ended up like Ciara IMO; had a good run, fell into the background.
 
Aaliyah has become in all due respect, is overrated in death

I'm still shocked she's so much more admired in death than she was while she was alive. Because she was rather boring and she never sold records like Beyonce or Rihanna.

It's odd how Aaliyah has been more revered than Left Eye...who was far more popular and had more charisma and personality

Aaliyah's claim to fame is have underage relations with the pied piper perv
yep she couldn't sing worth shit
 
Aaliyah was trash as a singer and an even worse actor. Get outta here talkin like she was an all-time great entertainer.:smh:

She was a product of great production(Timbaland, Missy, and formerly R. Kelly), good song writing, and choreography. I'm not saying she didn't have talent, but she's definitely overrated in death.
 
Aaliyah was trash as a singer and an even worse actor. Get outta here talkin like she was an all-time great entertainer.:smh:

She was a product of great production(Timbaland, Missy, and formerly R. Kelly), good song writing, and choreography. I'm not saying she didn't have talent, but she's definitely overrated in death.

I used to love Romeo Must Die, but some of those scenes :smh:
 
Where does this thing that say there's only room for one good/great talent at a time come from???? That's so stupid. So if there's a Prince there's no MJ, there's no Katy Perry because there's an Adele, no Freddie Jackson cause there's a Luther, there's no other rappers cause there's Migos...Make's no sense just like the, there would be no Jay Z if Pac and Biggie were alive. There would be no awards shows if there was only one talent at a time.
 
Where does this thing that say there's only room for one good/great talent at a time come from???? That's so stupid. So if there's a Prince there's no MJ, there's no Katy Perry because there's an Adele, no Freddie Jackson cause there's a Luther, there's no other rappers cause there's Migos...Make's no sense just like the, there would be no Jay Z if Pac and Biggie were alive. There would be no awards shows if there was only one talent at a time.
actually there would be no JAY Z (not saying he wouldn't be a rapper just not as big as he is today) if big and pac were alive..
 
Aaliyah was trash as a singer and an even worse actor. Get outta here talkin like she was an all-time great entertainer.:smh:

She was a product of great production(Timbaland, Missy, and formerly R. Kelly), good song writing, and choreography. I'm not saying she didn't have talent, but she's definitely overrated in death.
Dont forget the most important thing
Her looks
 
Aaliyah went multi plat on all her albums so why are cats saying she didn't sell records? I think they definitely would've coexisted its always room for more than 1 artist. You had Patti, Diana, Aretha etc. so ain't nothing new.
I always thought Ciara really came out copying Aaliyahs style.
An I keep telling folks, Ashanti was the #1 female artist in the game for a time. Her debut album sales opening week were big
 
Disagree. Ashanti would have still had her run.. She came in a different lane and different sound and road the wave of Murder Inc when they were hot as fish grease.
exactly
Murda inc was already running the game she was a shoe in. And that "foolish"song wasnt gonna be stopped
 
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