ClockingTea

Early 90’s Baby

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

I’m not sure about Ryan Destiny, but then again, I don’t know her that well, but Normani will do a good job, I’m sure.

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•—/ 🎥 • @RyanDestiny & @Normani will be performing as part of the Aaliyah: One In A Million Tribute curated by @MissyElliott tomorrow night during #EssenceFest 🤎 •

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

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Brandy performing “When You Touch Me” LIVE at Essence Fest🤯🤯🤯🤯

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 I just admitted she admired her all-black girls in the 90s admired her, but my point is Aaliyah and Beyoncé don’t sing alike, don’t dance alike, don’t perform alike, don’t dress alike, so yes, seeing Aaliyah made her feel she can do it, but Aaliyah wasn’t her end-all, be-all.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 I know that. I remember the hate but my point is it put more eyes on her because people wanted to know what she had to say about it and if it was true

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Well, yeah, because what’s marketable about a 15-year-old marrying a 27-year-old compared to 2 girls getting kicked out of a group by the lead singer’s dad? But it did indeed put more eyes on her.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Also, one reason we were excited for “One In A Million” because we wanted to see what Aaliyah was going to have to say about R. Kelly, considering she went into radio silence for a year.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 She sold more without him because the album promotion ended prematurely, and people were turned off that a 27-year-old and a 15-year-old got married 😂, but he was her first cling-to-fame and success.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Beyoncé admired Aaliyah like we all did, but Aaliyah wasn’t her blueprint or a person she considered one of her greatest idols, like Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, or Michael Jackson (who also paved the way for Aaliyah). Their musical styles are so different.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect Aaliyah was not outselling Beyoncé.😂 Survivor & Bootylicious were 2 of the biggest hits of 2001, and Rock the Boat, We Need a Resolution, and More Than a Woman were not.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect Let’s not forget we were interested in Aaliyah at first because she was promoted as R. Kelly’s artist, and he was the biggest R&B artist at the time, writing for other artists. It didn’t help that she was pretty, and that controversy of marriage put more eyes on her!

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect Aaliyah definitely needed R. Kelly, Timbaland, and Missy though, and she needed a Jay-Z rap too, the way that self-titled album sales were doing.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 But any other time DC was Beyoncé’s group, and the girls didn’t have any time to shine or didn’t sing.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Aaliyah broke one record. And like I said, we still loved her despite her not being a huge star or seller y’all just have to deal with the facts that she wasn’t the top R&B girl in her field… She was top 10-15, but she was not top 3.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect I like how y’all not backing down even though y’all be loud and wrong as hell. Stand by your girl, period, but facts are facts, boo😂 Rihanna outsold Bey, but Aaliyah got outsold by a lot of her peers also and wasn’t a top girl, and that’s okay. WE STILL LOVED HER.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect Brandy was on break in 1999-2001 and Aaliyah still failed to play catch up.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Show the part that Destiny’s Child was #1

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Nah, you mad I’m competing with facts 😂 Cause you brought up Aaliyah winning awards against them even though I mentioned DC sales clashing with Janet and Britney, and I said Macy Gray also won awards against Britney, but would you say she was a threat? No

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@LoudlyIncorrect @Laserz2025 Macy Gray also won pop awards against Britney and Christina, but was she a bigger star than them? Aaliyah’s sales weren’t competing with Destiny’s Child, Britney, Christina, or Janet.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect Mopped and Outsold are 2 different things😂 It was only a million or 2 difference. MOPPED is DC selling 10m+ WW with Survivor and Aaliyah selling way less than that.

[ClockingTea @ClockingTea1247]

@Laserz2025 @LoudlyIncorrect The album declined week after week on the charts after the debut.