Fun Fact: She had over 100 snakes in the video she was kinda scared of them at first but she got use to them over time & she also had a pet snake named “Boots”.
She had so many great music videos some of the best I’ve seen in entertainment. One in a Million will always be her most iconic but Try Again, We Need A Resolution , More Than A Woman and Are you that Somebody are my favorites. It’s hard to pick just one
it was released at the wrong time unfortunately and only reached #59. This should have been a October release 2001. Not her leading single for her red album.
Baby Girl was on her grown woman shit in this video! I love it! Her tone was sooooo good on this song. Shout out to Elvis for picking one of my faves! Could 'Hot Like Fire' possibly be # 1?!?!?! 🤷🏾♀️🤞🏾
Her voice is so angelic and her runs are fast as lightning. Literally if you blink you’ll miss them. Plus I still don’t understand how her voice is so soft yet thick and commanding at the same time. Especially on I Care For U.
Her beauty and tone is something to behold. The symbolic nature of the snake is his behaviour traits. Cold energy, moving in twists and turns, coming in late, manipulating if she should be the one to change, even though she's seeking them to have a resolution to the issues.
I have distinct memories of watching this video at a sleepover and we all agreed that none of us will ever be as cool as Aaliyah when she's chilling with the snakes 😂
If you guys have seen the movie “Queen of The Damned”, Aaliyah played the role of Akasha. She did phenomenal in that too. I think had she still been alive, she would’ve been in so many movies and tv shows. Another acting credit she was in was Trish from the movie, “Romeo Must Die”. She was taken way too soon. 😔
The look y’all gave each other as soon as Aaliyah popped up in that black outfit! Love it. 😂. Also! Aaliyah LOVED snakes! She owned one! This is my favourite single by her. Vocally, it’s deceptively hard to sing. Lyrically, it’s SO good. It leaves the situation/problems in the relationship unresolved, which I find interesting. And musically, it’s so cool and ahead of the time. And that violin bit was sampled from John Ottman’s “Tricks of the trade” from the soundtrack to the movie Incognito. And Aaliyah looks SO cool here. She was heavily into the goth look and was very into metal and different genres of rock music during this time, which influenced her look. I also really love the blue outfit. She doesn’t normally have her hair wavy, so that was cool too. Additionally: This was the last song recorded for her last album (due to issues Timbaland was having with the label. He actually did this, and his other songs on the album, as a favour to Aaliyah, in the midst of his disputes with the label). It was recorded in March of 2001 and released in April of 2001. It almost didn’t make the album, that’s how close to the deadline it was! lol. Vocally, this is the most “recent” single we’ve gotten from her (a lot of her unreleased stuff that we later heard was recorded between 1998 and 2000, I believe).
There is a ‘making of the video’ available here on RUclips, but it doesn’t really cover the snakes, however she did in fact have a pet snake, which she took on MTV’s TRL which is also here on RUclips….
This classic was released in May 2001. At the time id never seen anything quite like it before or since. I also always believed that Britney Spears was heavily inspired by this clip in summer 2001 to do her own 'snake collab' during her infamous and legendary 2001 VMA performance.
@@JessieDubois8It was Wade Robson who gave Britney the snake idea. Even Britney’s hair in that snake performance was similar to Aaliyah’s in the snake scene
My earliest memory of Aaliyah was watching this video on 106&Park. I was so mesmerized by her and the way she handled the snakes. I was obsessed with snakes cause of her. Aaliyah 1st worked with snakes for the photoshoot for her 2001 album. Her uncle bought her 1 of the smaller ones in the video and made his TV debut on MTV TRL when she scared Carson Daly with it🤣 you can find that and the bts of this music video on youtube. React to both. Aaliyah recorded many of the songs from her 2001 album in Australia. The snakes on her hips are real and she is wearing a snake skin outfit.
Shout out to everyone who made sure to catch the Making of the Video episode for this song on Mtv. When they dropped this video, it was Aaliyah, the WOMAN. No more Baby Girl.
I’m pretty sure it was her idea to wear that first black outfit backwards. It’s normally worn as an open back I believe. I’m thinking it was Gucci by Tom Ford. She had a creative eye for style and aesthetics. ❤
I believe it was a Roberto Cavalli dress. He was one of her favourite designers, and one of the ones she had a working relationship with (as in, he sent her stuff and she didn’t have to go buy or ask). I can’t remember why, but there was a reason why it was work backwards (I wanna say there was a sizing issue, might have been too big the other way). I can’t remember if it was her idea or her stylist’s idea for her to wear it backwards, but I do remember they contacted Cavalli to let him know that they had to have it on backwards lol.
@@JessieDubois8 you’re right 👍🏼 I just looked it up. It was her stylist Derek Lee who decided to reverse the dress. He noticed that the dress covered up a lot from the front compared to the back of it.
I remember when she debued this video on TRL back in the day. She said she loved the snakes and wanted more. This is from early summer 2001, and sadly, one of her last singles.
Hey guys, so I was hoping y'all would do a week 2 for MJB. These videos listed are a bit more storytelling/cinematic. I think you two would enjoy. 1. All That I Can Say 2. Deep Inside 3. Take Me As I Am 4. One ft. U2. 5. Whole Damn Year. All of em are dope. Love the channel btw, been on board with you guys a little over a year now. I always look forward to your reactions to some of our favorite artists. Also, I admire you guys examining of music videos-from fashion, jewelry, locations, etc. Not to mention, y'all are hilarious af frfr. But I hope you guys get around to checking out the list for week 2. Much love & God bless 🙏🏾 🫶🏾🤍 ..
Aaliyah was always a head of the times with fashion. She would've been a huge star. She was just getting into films. She was chosen to be in The Matrix but she passed away. And the role was given to Jada Pinkette Smith.
@weeklytop5 Hey Mike and Joe! So to me this video was heavy influence to the movie that she starred in at the same time of putting out this album. The movie was Queen of the Damned. Her character in both was sexy but dark, seedy. Even though she’s totes gorg, can’t you see bits of vampire and seediness with the snakes?
I think some of Aaliyah's best songs are the lesser known ones, like Choosey Lover, I Don't Wanna etc. I love her but I get a bad taste in my mouth when I see her work with R Kelly and Timbaland, which is basically the majority of her music catalogue. They both worked with her when she was really young; we know the rumours about R Kelly and Timbaland revealed publicly that he was in love with her which is not cool considering he's married and she was a teen, he was in his 20s.
Wow! Aaliyah week 2 is coming to a close. I need to go back to week 1 to confirm, but I think we’re still missing The One I Gave My Heart to, Come Back in One Piece, and Journey to the Past. I wonder what will be number 1
@@deed2157 That’s a great song. But Journey to the Past was Academy Award nominated. And Mike and Joe both love a rap feature on a song, so Come Back in One Piece could be it. We’ll see!
I love thé looks in this video but I prefer More than a woman. I loved the design of being inside the motorcycle and I prefer the song. I also prefer Are you that somebody and Try again. We need a resolution is one of my least favorite songs of Aaliyah’s but I love the dance scene at the end with Timbalands rap.
What do you mean youve been waiting for another Aaliyah and Timberland collab? You had one in the video "If your girl only knew" You didnt recognize Timberland's voice in the beginning?😂Missy and Timberland wrote the song
are you kidding me ..... The only thing these two " base heads " talked about were the damn snakes ... What about the track / mix ? What about her beauty (so hot ... right?) What about her collaborative connection with Timbaland? What about the theme of the song itself ... Y'all are definitely ... from Yack City!
Please tell me you guys have seen Queen of the damned with Aaliyah as a vampire. She had an epic seductive dance scene still famous today. You should watch
Every snake is really there there were 10 pythons and 40 smaller snakes. she thought are fake but before shooting she saw bags at the corner are moving n there is were she found out their of real
@@ijustneedmyselfjust like all arguments, you repeat but your tone and delivery changes. She takes you from being inquisitive, to demanding, to longing all while asking the same questions to her lover. At the end… they resolve nothing. Its genius
I found the video to the Making of We Need A Resolution. It was made in 2001 so the video quality isn't that great. ruclips.net/video/u6XkJ58ajVE/видео.htmlsi=9hCYIIAPOjnrAf2y
Aaliyah was the right amount of goth,girly and street
Love this
She was literally a biker chick! Like she was punk af! 😢
Such a hybrid!
@Kickinthescience definitely. I remember her saying in an interview that she was a big fan of Nine Inch Nails and Rob Zombie.
she had that... ginny say qua
This could be released today and sound fresh asf. Aaliyah was too ahead of her time.
Absolutely
Her loss is still so insane. Aaliyah was ahead of her time back then, now she’s timeless😢.
Aaliyah's makeup is amazing in this.
Done By the late Eric Foreman (1971-2001) who died with her 😢
@@kevaunmitchell1316 Eric Ferrell did her Makeup, he passed in 2020.
@@DajuanH. oh my bad Eric foreman did her makeup for rock the boat
@@kevaunmitchell1316 he was super nice and always interacted with fans.
right 😍every look she gave
Not you were so mesmerized that we didn’t get a pause until after the second verse!!! 😂
Peeped! Lmao
Fun Fact: She had over 100 snakes in the video she was kinda scared of them at first but she got use to them over time & she also had a pet snake named “Boots”.
Man, I just deleted my comment because I posted almost the exact same thing 😂. Only the true fans remember her pet snake, "Boots" lol
right😍 she loves snakes
This is hands down the best music video she ever made.
HANDS DOWN!
@@JessieDubois8 I’ll say that Are You That Somebody is better.
She had so many great music videos some of the best I’ve seen in entertainment. One in a Million will always be her most iconic but Try Again, We Need A Resolution , More Than A Woman and Are you that Somebody are my favorites. It’s hard to pick just one
it was released at the wrong time unfortunately and only reached #59. This should have been a October release 2001. Not her leading single for her red album.
Omg they were so mesmerized by her but same! I’m still blown away by her beauty
Baby Girl was on her grown woman shit in this video! I love it! Her tone was sooooo good on this song. Shout out to Elvis for picking one of my faves! Could 'Hot Like Fire' possibly be # 1?!?!?! 🤷🏾♀️🤞🏾
This is one of her best songs she was so ahead of her time
Her voice is so angelic and her runs are fast as lightning. Literally if you blink you’ll miss them. Plus I still don’t understand how her voice is so soft yet thick and commanding at the same time. Especially on I Care For U.
My fave Aaliyah song, so unique
Her beauty and tone is something to behold.
The symbolic nature of the snake is his behaviour traits. Cold energy, moving in twists and turns, coming in late, manipulating if she should be the one to change, even though she's seeking them to have a resolution to the issues.
Y’all really should do Aaliyah and DMX “Back In One Piece”🔥🔥🔥
I have distinct memories of watching this video at a sleepover and we all agreed that none of us will ever be as cool as Aaliyah when she's chilling with the snakes 😂
AALIYAH IS SO MISSED 😭 RIP💐
If you guys have seen the movie “Queen of The Damned”, Aaliyah played the role of Akasha. She did phenomenal in that too. I think had she still been alive, she would’ve been in so many movies and tv shows. Another acting credit she was in was Trish from the movie, “Romeo Must Die”. She was taken way too soon. 😔
"aaliyah was just chillin with some snakes"
If only you knew the irony behind those words
Exactly! Which is why she was so comfortable.
Clock it!
Mannnn she was telling us a lot in this video! But she was definitely the snake charmer. 😎🪈🐍
I feel like they would like a mya week
I agree. No question.
Aaliyah beauty 🥰😍 miss her.
You know the style when your underwear would peak out your pants. Aaliyah was a model in a Tommy Hilfiger campaign in 1997
The look y’all gave each other as soon as Aaliyah popped up in that black outfit! Love it. 😂.
Also! Aaliyah LOVED snakes! She owned one!
This is my favourite single by her. Vocally, it’s deceptively hard to sing. Lyrically, it’s SO good. It leaves the situation/problems in the relationship unresolved, which I find interesting. And musically, it’s so cool and ahead of the time. And that violin bit was sampled from John Ottman’s “Tricks of the trade” from the soundtrack to the movie Incognito.
And Aaliyah looks SO cool here. She was heavily into the goth look and was very into metal and different genres of rock music during this time, which influenced her look.
I also really love the blue outfit. She doesn’t normally have her hair wavy, so that was cool too.
Additionally: This was the last song recorded for her last album (due to issues Timbaland was having with the label. He actually did this, and his other songs on the album, as a favour to Aaliyah, in the midst of his disputes with the label).
It was recorded in March of 2001 and released in April of 2001. It almost didn’t make the album, that’s how close to the deadline it was! lol.
Vocally, this is the most “recent” single we’ve gotten from her (a lot of her unreleased stuff that we later heard was recorded between 1998 and 2000, I believe).
Detroit is in the building. Queen and we miss her!
There is a ‘making of the video’ available here on RUclips, but it doesn’t really cover the snakes, however she did in fact have a pet snake, which she took on MTV’s TRL which is also here on RUclips….
What a beautiful woman❤
“Joe, kangaroos..are..awful people” 😂😂😂
Elvis is GIVING
Fun fact; this song is sampled from the soundtrack/film score of the movie "Incognito"(1997). It's called "Tricks Of The Trade" by John Ottman.
Number 1 gotta be I miss you or at your best, you are loved.
At Your Best was the one that got blocked at #5
@@corywynne2865No it was Back and Forth
I hope not
@@jikeeallen3103 It's none of those
This is def in my top 5 Aaliyah videos.
This classic was released in May 2001. At the time id never seen anything quite like it before or since. I also always believed that Britney Spears was heavily inspired by this clip in summer 2001 to do her own 'snake collab' during her infamous and legendary 2001 VMA performance.
Oh FOR SURE. Either Britney or whoever came up with the idea for the performance. Cause it’s very blatant to me.
@@JessieDubois8It was Wade Robson who gave Britney the snake idea. Even Britney’s hair in that snake performance was similar to Aaliyah’s in the snake scene
And Britney dedicated that performance to Aaliyah after her passing.
My earliest memory of Aaliyah was watching this video on 106&Park. I was so mesmerized by her and the way she handled the snakes. I was obsessed with snakes cause of her. Aaliyah 1st worked with snakes for the photoshoot for her 2001 album. Her uncle bought her 1 of the smaller ones in the video and made his TV debut on MTV TRL when she scared Carson Daly with it🤣 you can find that and the bts of this music video on youtube. React to both. Aaliyah recorded many of the songs from her 2001 album in Australia. The snakes on her hips are real and she is wearing a snake skin outfit.
Mike has been on a roll lately 😂
Shout out to everyone who made sure to catch the Making of the Video episode for this song on Mtv. When they dropped this video, it was Aaliyah, the WOMAN. No more Baby Girl.
Loveeee this song and video 🥰🥰🥰🥰 her makeup was always so ahead of the times i just love Aaliyah
I love the Middle Eastern influences in the beat
🎉waited for this moment
Aaliyah loved snakes. she had a pet snake named boots 😭
that's an incredibly perfect ironic pet name omg lol
Yes 😊 she loved snakes and dragons
i love this song
This is my fav Aaliyah song!
Whew this week was fire!
Next Aaliyah week please do I Care 4 U! Such a beautiful song in message AND vocally
I’m pretty sure it was her idea to wear that first black outfit backwards. It’s normally worn as an open back I believe. I’m thinking it was Gucci by Tom Ford.
She had a creative eye for style and aesthetics. ❤
I believe it was a Roberto Cavalli dress. He was one of her favourite designers, and one of the ones she had a working relationship with (as in, he sent her stuff and she didn’t have to go buy or ask).
I can’t remember why, but there was a reason why it was work backwards (I wanna say there was a sizing issue, might have been too big the other way). I can’t remember if it was her idea or her stylist’s idea for her to wear it backwards, but I do remember they contacted Cavalli to let him know that they had to have it on backwards lol.
Loves her Gucci and Chanel😍
@@JessieDubois8 you’re right 👍🏼 I just looked it up. It was her stylist Derek Lee who decided to reverse the dress. He noticed that the dress covered up a lot from the front compared to the back of it.
Loved your reaction to this! I totally loved the dance moves in here and the beat.
I remember when she debued this video on TRL back in the day. She said she loved the snakes and wanted more. This is from early summer 2001, and sadly, one of her last singles.
God I LOVE THIS WOMAN ❤ . gone waaayy too soon.
Can you do Aaliyah back in one peace ft DMX please !
Just finished this on Patreon! Thanks Elvis!!
😮😮😮😮😮 yaaaaaaaaay!!!!! I ❤ this song so much and the music video is soooooo beautiful! 😊
You can tell when you guys love something because you don’t pause for awhile lol ❤
Yayyyyyy! Finally 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I hope miss you is on this list 🙌🏾
Thank you for this ❤
not yall getting into my girl😍😍 aaliyah☺
Hey guys, so I was hoping y'all would do a week 2 for MJB. These videos listed are a bit more storytelling/cinematic. I think you two would enjoy.
1. All That I Can Say
2. Deep Inside
3. Take Me As I Am
4. One ft. U2.
5. Whole Damn Year.
All of em are dope. Love the channel btw, been on board with you guys a little over a year now. I always look forward to your reactions to some of our favorite artists. Also, I admire you guys examining of music videos-from fashion, jewelry, locations, etc. Not to mention, y'all are hilarious af frfr. But I hope you guys get around to checking out the list for week 2. Much love & God bless 🙏🏾 🫶🏾🤍 ..
One of my FAVESSSS!
This is my favorite vocally Aaliyah song
My fav MV from her
Yall don’t praise her enough for me sorry
Although I don’t think this was a good choice for a lead single I still love it and the dance
What?? This is a good lead single.
Number 1 has to be "The one i gave my heart to"
Guy they have a making of the video !!Look it up!😉
"Kangaroos are murderers!" 😂😂😂😂
reaction Angie stone no more rain in this cloud
Aaliyah was always a head of the times with fashion. She would've been a huge star. She was just getting into films. She was chosen to be in The Matrix but she passed away. And the role was given to Jada Pinkette Smith.
@weeklytop5 Hey Mike and Joe! So to me this video was heavy influence to the movie that she starred in at the same time of putting out this album. The movie was Queen of the Damned. Her character in both was sexy but dark, seedy. Even though she’s totes gorg, can’t you see bits of vampire and seediness with the snakes?
Did I not say the Aaliyah was gone give yall the views yall needed. Everyone loves Aaliyah
Aaliyah loved snakes 🐍💯. She had a pet snake and she brought it on to TRL to scare Carson
I think some of Aaliyah's best songs are the lesser known ones, like Choosey Lover, I Don't Wanna etc. I love her but I get a bad taste in my mouth when I see her work with R Kelly and Timbaland, which is basically the majority of her music catalogue. They both worked with her when she was really young; we know the rumours about R Kelly and Timbaland revealed publicly that he was in love with her which is not cool considering he's married and she was a teen, he was in his 20s.
Love “loose rap” and “i refuse” from this album
I Can Be is just phenomenal. What a song!
Yea I agree with that bc most of my fav Aaliyah songs were not singles.
Wow! Aaliyah week 2 is coming to a close. I need to go back to week 1 to confirm, but I think we’re still missing The One I Gave My Heart to, Come Back in One Piece, and Journey to the Past. I wonder what will be number 1
The one I Gave my heart to
For sure.
@@deed2157 That’s a great song. But Journey to the Past was Academy Award nominated. And Mike and Joe both love a rap feature on a song, so Come Back in One Piece could be it. We’ll see!
@@deed2157 Haha! You guys were right! Great song choice 😁
This was the lead single off her last era. Ahead of its time. The same album that had Rock the Boat, More than a Woman, which you guys reviewed
I love thé looks in this video but I prefer More than a woman. I loved the design of being inside the motorcycle and I prefer the song. I also prefer Are you that somebody and Try again. We need a resolution is one of my least favorite songs of Aaliyah’s but I love the dance scene at the end with Timbalands rap.
That black dress was worn backwards!
This was the last song released months before her untimely death in 2001 😢
Aaliyah loved snakes and anything vampire related that represented solitude and darkness.
This video definitely better and more creative than Rock the Boat
I agree but the song itself is not better than “Rock the Boat” in my opinion
How did I miss Aaliyah week 2??? Let me catch up, starting here!
Can you guys react to Journey to the Past by Aaliyah ?
I love that she used her own snakes in the video
I remember the making the video on MTV when this premiered
She doesn’t look like she was in a 2001 video.
Joe did you mean "arbor"trailly LOL
What do you mean youve been waiting for another Aaliyah and Timberland collab? You had one in the video "If your girl only knew" You didnt recognize Timberland's voice in the beginning?😂Missy and Timberland wrote the song
Aaliyah loved snakes and had a pet snake.
How does one become a donor?? I have some videos I want yall to react to!!
are you kidding me .....
The only thing these two " base heads " talked about were the damn snakes ...
What about the track / mix ?
What about her beauty (so hot ... right?)
What about her collaborative connection with Timbaland?
What about the theme of the song itself ...
Y'all are definitely ... from Yack City!
Fun fact: She’s wearing the black dress backwards.
Please tell me you guys have seen Queen of the damned with Aaliyah as a vampire. She had an epic seductive dance scene still famous today. You should watch
Every snake is really there there were 10 pythons and 40 smaller snakes. she thought are fake but before shooting she saw bags at the corner are moving n there is were she found out their of real
beyonse
why mike hate kangaroos? 😅
Aaliyah > Beyonce
Wasn't a big fan of this one.
I enjoyed it at the time, but now it just sounds too repetitive to me.
@@ijustneedmyselfjust like all arguments, you repeat but your tone and delivery changes. She takes you from being inquisitive, to demanding, to longing all while asking the same questions to her lover. At the end… they resolve nothing. Its genius
I found the video to the Making of We Need A Resolution. It was made in 2001 so the video quality isn't that great.
ruclips.net/video/u6XkJ58ajVE/видео.htmlsi=9hCYIIAPOjnrAf2y
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