Jay Midnyte

I almost forgot how beautiful the great queen Aaliyah was... Fader Magazine’s June 08 Annual Icon Edition is a tribute to Aaliyah and her contributions to the music industry with quotes from industry folks, family and friends.

Quotes:
Missy Elliott

“We was gonna save the world. We was gonna change music every chance we got. We was gonna always be family. Forever.”

Damon Dash

“She was already a fashion icon, she was getting into movies, she had already planted that seed. If she was alive today she would be so relevant. I see little bits of her everywhere I look, in a lot of artists.”

Kidada Jones

“I think about her all the time…Anytime she’s brought up or her music comes on the radio, it’s sweet, but it definitely sounds like she found a niche before it was here. If you listen to her music it’s so relevant today, but we had it so long ago.”

Mark Ronson

“If it wasn’t for Aaliyah being the face and voice of [Missy Elliott and Timbaland’s] sound they might have never got to where they did. They were presenting their sort of brilliant but challenging breakthrough music through this beautiful young girl who could sing it perfectly.”

Jomo Hankerson

“I think a lot of that mysteriousness they talk about was just what she was. She seemed like she came here already grown up, from the beginning.” (Source)

Now I'm off to reminisce.