aaliyah

Lifetime's Aaliyah Biopic Is the Laughingstock of the Internet

Rich Juzwiak · 11/16/14 12:40PM

Lifetime's stiff treatment of the life of Aaliyah Haughton, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, was not exactly so bad it was good, but it was fun to mock. Basically, you had to put in work to find good in the boring, terribly cast, musically inept slog. Aaliyah died in a plane crash at age 22 in 2001; Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B felt longer than her actual, brief life.

Today's Song: Satin Jackets 'Aaliyah's Boat'

Rich Juzwiak · 09/13/12 04:35PM

What we have here is a current Balearic remix of Aalyiah's already breezy 2001 hit "Rock the Boat," nothing more nothing less. It took me a second to hear past the slight cheese — this is actually quite lovely.