The album’s success relied on the listener divorcing the effortlessly smooth and mature vocals from the fact that they were coming from a 14-year-old.Īge Ain’t Nothing But A Number then is the debut album of a teenager with bags of streetwise style and an innate uniqueness (the cover includes a guide to pronouncing her one-of-a-kind name, marking her out from the pack). Was she singing about things that she actually knew about? Was age really nothing but a number? Surely half of the point of what made Aaliyah such an impressive talent from album one was that she was young, and yet her voice had the confidence and finesse to believably communicate love and yearning without ever growling or straining. And yet, Aaliyah’s first album contains the germ of her mystique – flawless vocals that flowed effortlessly over the new jack swing that was all the rage. Kelly, who was omnipresent during her early career.
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Numberīefore Brandy and Monica came Aaliyah, the teen protégée of R. It’s clear from Aaliyah’s output that she realized her identity through her art. In just seven brief years, Aaliyah rose from a young ingenue to a respected artist who repeatedly captured and held the attention of the late 90s / turn of the millennium zeitgeist.
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