RARITY - SEALED Aaliyah – vocals Timbaland (A1) - vocals Static (A2) - vocals Renzo Pryor – keyboards (B2) The Black Orchestra – strings (B2) Ron Blake – horn (C1) Sean Cruse – guitar (D1) Written by Static (A1 to B2, B4, C1, C4, D2, D4), S. Garrett (A1 to B2, B4, C1, C3-4, D2, D4), T. Mosley (A1, B1, B3, D4), E. Seats (A2-3, B4, C2, C4, D2), R. Stewart (A2-3, B4, C2, C4, D2), S. Anderson (B2, C1), M. Elliott (B3), Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott (B3), B. Bush (C2), Digital Black From Playa (C2), J. Walker (C3, D3), D. Babbs (D1, D3), S. Anderson (D1), Tank (D1, D3) 2 LPs, Gatefold jacket Original analog Master tape : YES Heavy Press : 180g Record color : Red & Gold Galaxy Speed : 33RPM Size : 12” Stereo Studio Record Press : GZ Media Label : VMP - Vinyl Me Please, Essentials Original Label : Blackground Records Engineered by Jimmy Douglass (A1, B1, B3), Michael Conrader (A2, B2, C1-2), Acar Keys (A2-3, B4, C4, D2), Scott Wolfe (C3, D1, D3) Mixed by Jimmy Douglass (A1, B1, B3, D4), Timbaland (A1, B1, D4), Ben Garrison (A2-3, B4, C1-2, C4), Bud'da (B2, C1, D1), Richard Segal-Huredia (B2, D1), Scott Wolfe (C3, D3), Dino "The Cut" Johnson (D2) Executive-Producer – Aaliyah, Barry Hankerson, Jomo Hankerson Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Remastered by Barry Grint Lacquer cut by The Wizzard (Barry Grint) at Alchemy Mastering Photography by Albert Watson, Jeff Dunas Originally released in 2001 Reissued in 2023 Tracks: Side A We Need A Resolution Loose Rap Rock The Boat Side B More Than A Woman Never No More I Care 4 U Extra Smooth Side C Read Between The Lines U Got Nerve I Refuse It's Whatever Side D I Can Be Those Were The Days What If Try Again Awards: At the 2002 American Music Awards, the *album won in the category of Favorite R&B/Soul Album. For the album, Aaliyah was posthumously awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist NPR's "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women" - Ranked number 77 Slant Magazine's list of the best albums from the 2000s – Ranked number 72 The Guardian ranked it number 28 on a list of the 100 best albums from the 21st century Slant Magazine best album of 2001 Reviews : « Aaliyah waited nearly five years to deliver her third album, but considering that she was essentially growing up -- it was the equivalent of spending time in college -- when she came back with an eponymous record in the summer of 2001, she came back strong. Aaliyah isn't just a statement of maturity and a stunning artistic leap forward, it's one of the strongest urban soul records of its time. Where such peers as Macy Gray and Jill Scott work too hard to establish their ties with classic soul, Aaliyah revels in the present, turning out a pan-cultural array of sounds, styles, and emotions. This sound is entirely unfamiliar -- part of the pleasure is how contemporary it sounds -- but she sounds just as comfortable within the sonicscapes of Timbaland as Missy Misdemeanor Elliott and, possibly, less self-conscious. Aaliyah never oversings, never oversells the songs -- this comes on easy and sultry, and there's a lot of substance here, in terms of the songwriting and the songs themselves. Urban albums rarely come any better than this, and there haven't been many records better than this in 2001, period. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording. Ratings : AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.63 / 5
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