Aaliyah - At Your Best (You Are Love)

Originally by The Isley Brothers

Extra Thread - Aaliyah f/ Drake - Enough Said

I still don’t know how I feel about Drake executive producing Aaliyah’s new album.  I get that he’s really into her and may be her #1 fan, but he didn’t know her.  I love 40’s slow, melodic beats and it should go well with her vocals, like in Enough Said, but truthfully, as much as I like Drake, I think his raps are going to ruin the album (just like it did this song).

I wrote a post a while ago saying that I wasn’t looking forward to Drake’s new album “Take Care”.  But, after actually listening to it, I was definitely wrong.  This album sounds very similar to his mixtape “So Far Gone”, which was in my opinion, one of the best mixtapes of all time.  I guess I’m more of a Noah “40” Shebib fan than I previously thought.

On to this cover.  I favourite track off of Take Care is actually “Over my Dead Body”, which features the lovely Chantal Kreviazuk.  Unfortunately I couldn’t find a cover of that track to do it justice.  I did, however, find this cover of “Headlines” by a duo called VanJess.  They give a female perspective on Drizzy’s hit track.  I also LOVE their mix of Frank Ocean’s “Thinking About You” afterwards.  Great work.

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