Aaliyah, Try Again | FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘

In the 39^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘, we highlight “Try Again” performed by the late, great, Aaliyah.  

Bring on the bold, FIERCE tracks! FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 provides background information and insight into pop, rock, and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 39^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 (2023), we explore 🎵 “Try Again” performed by 🎙 Aaliyah.

“It’s been a long time (Long time) / We shouldn’t have left you (Left you) / Without a dope beat to step to / Step to, step to, step to (Step / Step to, step to, freaky-freaky.” Fr, Fr 🔥! 🎛 Timbaland (Timothy Mosley) exhibits plenty of personality himself on the intro of 🎵 “Try Again,” the biggest hit of the late, great 🎙 Aaliyah. “Try Again” appears as the 15^th and final track on her 2001 💿 self-titled album. Timbaland produced the no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, which includes picturesque synths and, of course, his ‘futuristic’ beats.  Mosely is also credited as a writer alongside 🎼 ✍ Wayne Hector and Steve Garrett. With awesome production, and solid songwriting, the main part of the equation that earned “Try Again” success is… you guessed it, AALIYAH!

“And if at first you don’t succeed (Oh) / Then dust yourself off and try again / You can dust it off and try again, try again.” That’s right, Aaliyah 👏! She delivers cool yet energetic vocals that are perfectly suited for Timbaland’s ornate backdrop.  Her instrument sounds utterly sublime – angelic if you will.  Of course, she’s at her best on the chorus, which is incredibly catchy.  Even on the verses, however, she’s locked-in and on-point.  The quick melodic lines are ear-catching given her sweet pipes.  It’s devastating that Aaliyah only lived to be 22 years old but, in her short life, she left some awesome music, including the creme de la crème, 🎵 “Try Again”.

🎙 Aaliyah • 💿 Aaliyah • 🏷 Blackground • 🗓 2001

Aaliyah, Try Again: FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 No. 39 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Blackground; Amr Osman, Deiby Tum Tum, Harry Shelton, Jerome Abel, Pavel Danilyuk, RDNE Stock project, Vishnu R Nair from Pexels]

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