Veteran music journalist Michael A. Gonzales looks back twenty years on Aaliyah’s debut album, the controversy with R. Kelly, and the follow-up album with Timbaland that changed the landscape of R&B. Includes never-before-published photos of Aaliyah by photographer Jonathan Mannion. Novelist T. P. Carter interviews newcomer and runs down the L.A. electro-bass scene.
Contents:
Aaliyah
Kelela
Edwin Birdsong
Rinder & Lewis
Terry Reid
Jimmy Jam
Continental Baths
Chromeo
Blu
Kaytranada
BadBadNotGood
Com Truise
Doug Shorts