Aaliyah Aaliyah

4 stars out of 5 - "...A near-flawless declaration of strength and independence....AALIYAH is CONTROL, VELVET ROPE and JAGGED LITTLE PILL all rolled into one..."
8 out of 10 - "...Deeper than anything she's delivered before...This is a hard record....the drama plays nonstop: slinky resistance, sideways flirtation, an edgy dance on the verge of getting it on..."
"...A largely up-tempo, thrillingly melodramatic set that again takes a melancholy...view of matters of the heart....the zingy hip-hop-textured musical tracks...echo the feverish passion of the lyrics..."
3 stars out of 5 - "...Respectable rather than radical..."
"Her primary currency was an effortless cool matched only then by Janet Jackson and, all these years later, by Rihanna."
Ranked #39 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".
7 out of 10 - "...A gentle subversion of diva-dom....a graceful album...sensible, responsible, fractionally freaked in atmosphere..."
Paste (magazine) - "Though it rarely earns the same breathless praise as VOODOO or THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL, AALIYAH more than holds its own in the neo-soul canon."