Melly

[Melly @Tatimamaz]

@MidnightMonaye @spoilerbull Wait until you hear about him kidnapping Martin Luther King's daddy😂

[culture @notgwendalupe]

remember when Whitney Houston invented math

[ERIC LAMONT @BlameEricLamont]

Celebrating Aaliyah’s final album, self titled: AALIYAH aka THE RED ALBUM, will be bittersweet for all time.

She was on such a critical and commercial high. Two multiplatinum albums. A platinum soundtrack. A hit movie. Filming her next two movies. Signed on for several new film projects. She was having her moment. This was her first studio album in FIVE years.

She relaunched on the heels of Romeo Must Die, an era that saw her nab a hit movie and several hit singles, including the first song to ever go #1 off airplay alone: TRY AGAIN.

Led by “We Need A Resolution”, this album felt like a personal page pulled from her diary. While not a writer, Aaliyah had a team of her own writers to custom build songs for her. She wasn’t just handed material. WNAR didn’t set the charts on fire like her previous hits, but it still reset the culture visually and sonically. It hadn’t been done before.

“More Than A Woman” was next in line until “Rock The Boat” produced by Eric Seats and Rapture, written by Static, started to become the standout on radio.

Not only did AALIYAH become a blueprint for futuristic R&B/Pop/Urban Pop, it showed you who Aaliyah was as a grown ass woman.

I often think of what a world tour would have been like and a full rollout for the era.

We know how the story ends.

Aaliyah was truly just beginning and that’s why so many of us to this day still feel cheated. But, she left behind a timeless, classic, masterpiece which set the tone for many acts that followed the next 25 years.

Fun Facts:

“I Care 4 U” was originally written for her second album by @MissyElliott but the album was mastered. IC4U was saved another 5 years for self titled.

WNAR was originally titled “Sposed To Change”

Production for the album originally began in 1998 but paused for Aaliyah’s film career. She resumed in 2000, filming Queen Of The Damned by day, recording at night.

Baby Girl WANTED THIS. Won’t ever be another.

Long Live The Queen Of Urban Pop & The Princess Of R&B.

#Aaliyah25

[Bukky @_Ebuka]

COCO GAUFF IS A WIMBLEDON SEMI FINALIST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER CAREER!!!!

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

Black folks gone think you money laundering. CUZ IT DON’T MAKE SENSE!

[Melly @Tatimamaz]

@BlkHistStudies *murdered*

[IG: olesoul57.2 ♉️ 5/12 @olesoul57_2]

Who is in charge of inventory?? 🤔😅

[Iris @GaiaTheeGodess]

They gon be mad 😭😭😭😭

[Melly @Tatimamaz]

@Captain_Jones3 @ScarlettFever86 Coco Jones live is everything, she needs to come out with a live album

[Melly @Tatimamaz]

@LadyThalia169 @CartiRoLink Certified bop!

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Four Supreme Court justices have argued that Donald Trump can change the Constitution with an executive action, BUT JOE BIDEN CAN’T FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

It’s rigged. Burn it all down.

[TheeCodingQueen 🪷🦋 @ChildPleez007]

They'll investigate this, but won't investigate Black people that were hanged. This country is so unserious

[Aletha @CampbellAJ70]

This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!
It’s better to show you than it is to tell you! Look at this shit…sleep on us if you want! The shift is real 😂😂😂

[Jordan “Wilt” Chamberlain @_izeah]

#Juneteenth ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[BLH @_RareDefined]

In honor of #Juneteenth! 🫶🏾

Angie Stone had a song for the nation.

[Jay @SonOfJames32]

Happy Juneteenth!

[Ky ᰔ⁷ @cinnahobii]

ALL THE NON BLACKS TO THE BACK ‼️

[King 👑 Virgo ♍️ @TheRealDJVirgoB]

Good Morning Black People

[SIMONE @alwaysimone]

Black people didn’t ask any questions. We just woke up this morning, saw the timeline & was like “we ride at dawn!” I love us, man.

Forever riding for Barack & Michelle Obama 🖤