Aaliyah - Original Writing
"I don't think about my success. I'm happy that the work I've done in
the past has been very successful. All I can do is leave it in God's
hands and hope my fans feel where I'm coming from. I took the time to
give my all." - Aaliyah Haughton.
As I sit listening to the infectious, sensuous harmonies of Aaliyah's
smooth R & B, I wonder why it had to happen. Why did someone so young
with such amazing talent, strength and the potential to carry on
rising higher and higher, have to be taken from us? The lyrics swirl
around in my head, saying more about the real Aaliyah than any media
report could ever attempt. Her tragically shortened life followed the
message from within one of her most famous songs,
"If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again."
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16th, 1979 in Brooklyn, New
York. Her Grandmother would tell stories of how she was special
straight out of the womb; born with a full head of hair. Aaliyah lived
in Brooklyn for five years until, together with her parents and older
brother, she was moved to Detroit where they could be closer to
family. Her devoted mother gave up her teaching job to care for Rashad
and Aaliyah full time.
Aaliyah was introduced to music at a very young age; her mother would
play Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and other such legends while she
worked around the house. It wasn't long before Aaliyah was joining in,
having learnt all the words off by heart. She was just six years old
when her talent for singing was recognized by her mother. Before she
even started school, the services of a voice coach had been secured
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...r be forgotten. Through her music and her memory, she
will live on. The album in the CD player draws to a close. It is an
album that she never saw released, an album that wouldn't even have
been put together if she was still with us; a tribute to Aaliyah, I
Care For You. Visions of her float by with the music and songs take on
a whole new meaning now she's gone. When Miss You is played, instead
of thinking of the singer's lost love, we think of ours, Aaliyah.
Every note she sang was a part of her and with every song we
understand more about her. She was a star in every sense of the word
and I believe she continues to be so even now; still a star, shining
brightly down on us.
There is no doubt in my mind that this angel lived up to the true
meaning of her name,
'The highest, most exalted one.' The best. Aaliyah.
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So what can go wrong with a long so strong, a hold you so tight, a night so calm
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York . Raised in Detroit , Michigan . Aaliyah Dana Haughton started voice lessons shortly after she learned to talk As a young actress/singer competed successfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. That same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas.
I have always said the only thing I miss of a past girlfriend is her collection of Barenaked Ladies albums. After recreating her collection for myself, I learned that a new album was on the way. Maroon -- the band's sixth album is filled with 12 brand new songs with enough quirkiness and pop that will forever be the marks of the Barenaked Ladies (BNL). To my surprise Don Was, a Grammy Award winning producer whose name was also on my B-52's and Rolling Stones albums, produced this album. This pop-infused CD displays the BNL's signature of happy, jangly, tunes filled with sarcasm, irony, truth and passion embedded into every song that brings out old memories to everyone.
In the midst of a heartbreak, crisis, celebration, or milestone, we use music to help express the emotions that we feel or may have felt during that time. Music allows for us to escape our reality, though only for a moment in time. It has an adverse reaction on our emotions. Music can trigger feelings regarding a past experience, a loved one, etc. Music is universal. Regardless of the lyrics, tone, or time period of the song music is an incredibly powerful work of art deeply connected with human emotions. Joyce Carol Oates uses pop music as a symbol and motif throughout her short story “Where are you going, Where have you been?” In her short story, Joyce Carol Oates' music references illustrate Connie's life and journey throughout the story.
Aaliyah is a young woman of 25 years old. She grew up in her parent’s house and decided to leave home when she was 18 years old, due to her father’s alcohol use. She finished high school and after moving in with a friend and finding a full time job, she decided to go back to school. Aaliyah is going to school to get her degree in criminal justice. She is not happy at her current place of employment; she is working at a contracting company as an administrative assistant and is ready to move on and find something different to do with her life. On occasion Aaliyah smokes cigarettes and every once in a while she has an alcoholic drink (Argosy University,2014). First off, Aaliyah is at risk for drug or alcohol abuse, being that her father is an alcoholic and sometimes alcoholism is passed down through the blood lines, children of alcoholics are four times more likely to have alcohol problems (NIAAA,2012). Growing up in that kind of environment makes one more susceptible to psychological issues
Aaliyah Dana Haughton also known as the princess of R&B became an overnight R&B sensation at the age of twelve. Just when her career was about to be at it’s highest. She was involved in a fatal plane crash. Aaliyah was a very nice and humble person even with all the fame. You don’t see that a lot in this industry today.
Jamaica Kincaid’s success as a writer was not easily attained as she endured struggles of having to often sleep on the floor of her apartment because she could not afford to buy a bed. She described herself as being a struggling writer, who did not know how to write, but sheer determination and a fortunate encounter with the editor of The New Yorker, William Shawn who set the epitome for her writing success. Ms. Kincaid was a West-Indian American writer who was the first writer and the first individual from her island of Antigua to achieve this goal. Her genre of work includes novelists, essayist, and a gardener. Her writing style has been described as having dreamlike repetition, emotional truth and autobiographical underpinnings (Tahree, 2013). Oftentimes her work have been criticized for its anger and simplicity and praised for its keen observation of character, wit and lyrical quality. But according to Ms. Kincaid her writing, which are mostly autobiographical, was an act of saving her life by being able to express herself in words. She used her life experiences and placed them on paper as a way to make sense of her past. Her experience of growing up in a strict single-parent West-Indian home was the motivation for many of her writings. The knowledge we garnered at an early age influenced the choice we make throughout our life and this is no more evident than in the writings of Jamaica Kincaid.
Principal Brown. Aaliyah, and Gem left Wingdale and rushed to speak to Mayor Price. When they arrived at the mayor’s office they rushed upstairs to see Mayor Price. They bust in his office with a bunch of noise going on about the new information. “Mayor Price all those girls that got taken by the mafia are still alive and I know where they are, Gem said.” “How do you know where they are at and if they’re still alive, Mayor Price asked?” “I saved a new blood today and she overheard the thugs talking, Gem added.” Gem pointed to Aaliyah standing in the doorway looking into the room.
After, she passed, life seemed darker for awhile. Perhaps, losing loved ones, are physical and mental blows, that I can’t seem to get away from. I would cry for days with wondering thoughts on how I could have saved them. As family and friends disappeared whether by death or just lack of communications in friendships, it had negatively affected me, wondering when will the last day be. However, as I begun to face the realities of life, I am learning that you enjoy life today and focus on whatever comes when it comes.
... sung at the funeral of the Princess of Wales resounded worldwide in a shared sense of loss. In whatever style, music is the closest we come to expressing the inexpressible and often surpasses the limits that words cannot bridge and draws the participant closer to the spiritual sense of self-awareness as well as realising the intricacy and intimacy of shared experience and harmony with the other.
my mom and I had a special song that she would sing to me if I was sick, sad, or
hand. So everyone should let go and express the way they feel to an extent where they do not go insane.
I remembered one night getting on my knees and asking God to send me a child that will love me unconditionally and that I will love it and that know one could ever take the love that we both shared away. I also, remembered telling God that I would love this child forever, you know God granted me my wish it was on a Thursday evening on August 16, 1979 at 4:20 P.M. that my little angel was born she was a sweet little angel. She was very special my family, she was the first granddaughter, great-granddaughter and the first niece and her father’s first of his two children to witness coming to this world. I remember when she was just a week old I laid her down on her stomach in my bed, she tried to crawl. La Shundra, was very happy and loved baby, she was so special she touch the hearts of everyone that came to know her even when, she was at her worst until the day she died.
As the kid went into the candy store, the reaction of his face was priceless. Like all kids in a candy store, his eyes livened up and his mouth drooled. It was kind of amusing to watch, but the grandparents loved every second of it. They knew that as the kid grew older, he would go his separate way and would not be as close to them. They wanted to cherish the moment, enjoy every little detail about the boy, and spend as much time with him before he would “leave the nest.”