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Not another Aaliyah video! Indeed it is. I'll do stuff like this all the time; meaning I'll do an album review and all the music videos that come along. I believe this is the last Aaliyah video for this album but don't quote me on that. I still need to check.
I still stand by my view that the song is rather boring in a way but having a catchy chorus makes up for it. You can easily catch yourself singing the chorus:
I'll be
I'll be more than a lover
More than a woman
More than your lover
I said I'll be
More than another...
I found the music video a bit interesting. A motorcyclist is shown and the camera goes inside the mechanism of the motorcycle to show Aaliyah and some girls dancing inside. I'll be a little weirded out to see little people inside my motorcycle but whatever... The background of the video seems a bit weird to me. My theory is that it was computer generated or something and things weren't as advanced back in 2001. Its my theory and I'm sticking to it.
She's in white again in the video. The entire time in this scene, they're just dancing. The camera goes on a upward angle on the girls sometimes, which extenuates their butts and makes their romp shaking much more provocative. Half of the time, I keep staring at the things in the background moving instead of the pretty dancers though.
There are brief cameos of Aaliyah in black and sunglasses facing her body towards a funky glass wall. There are only a few and they're all short little clips.
And still inbetween all of this, there are still clips of the motorcyclist driving along at a fast speed. Conveniently for the person, there seems to be no traffic.
The scene changes to a different dance floor, which while still being inside the motorcycle, it looks like an actual dance place complete with a DJ, speakers, and more dancers. There's a specific scene in which Aaliyah is shaking her romp in front of this guy and he tries to touch it. Being the tease that she is, she doesn't let him. I didn't see much of a point in this but this video doesn't have a point to begin with so I shouldn't really be complaining.
The video concludes with more pictures of Aaliyah dancing in this new setting and the motorcyclist stopping, taking off her helmet, and reveals to be Aaliyah herself.
In conclusion, the video is just like her other ones: random images put together to the song and more reasons to show off Aaliyah's dancing abilities. It was very average so I'm giving it a 5/10. Just like Rock the Boat, I'll give the video props for the lovely dancing and, in this video's case, an interesting setting. I still don't really know how to react to the dancing people inside a motorcycle. It was a "WTF" moment for me.
For the song, I'll give it a 4/10. It wasn't great for me and I don't really understand the popularity it got. It would've been lower if it weren't for the fact that the chorus was so bloody fun to sing.
Off topic: Did you notice the difference in the images? I started taking screenshots from videos with better resolution since I was frustrated with getting crappy screenshots from youtube videos. Yes, I previously used youtube. I'm just a bit excited. I always like blogs with pretty images and I'd like my blog to be so too. Well, enjoy.
This song has a music video. I have mentioned this song in an earlier review. The song is nothing special but its rather catchy and makes for a great opening for Aaliyah's 2001 album.
The entire music video has NOTHING to do with the lyrics of the song. There's nothing wrong with that. If there was, there would be a lot of bad music videos. To summarize the entire video, it just features Timbaland in the same place while Aaliyah is all over the place. In one moment, Aaliyah's sitting in a futuristic, spherical chair that is moving. In another, Aaliyah is lounging in lacy black clothing in heels. There's another part where she's floating as if she were laying on something invisible. Her face shown on a TV at one point also. My favorite cameos
of her are the part in which Aaliyah, all covered in dirt, is lounging in almost nothing while snakes wrap around her body and the part when Aaliyah struts her hip hop dance abilities with a group of male dancers behind her.
The song somewhat leaves you hanging since the rap that featured Timbaland is at the end of the song. Once its done, the song is done. It doesn't happen a lot in these kinds of songs because the chorus would follow it. I'm not entirely sure if I think its a good thing or a bad thing... its just different.
I suppose I'm rather surprised that this song had enough ratings to get a music video. I'm not sure how popular it was since I only got into Aaliyah's wonderful music about a few years after she died- so probably around 2004ish. Moreover, the song seemed like more of an introduction than anything else.
Visually, the music video is very interesting. Its nice to watch when you're not looking for a connection between all of these images you're seeing. The rooms that Aaliyah lounge in are very modern and at times futuristic looking. Its very pleasing to the eye.
Am I supposed to change?
Are you supposed to change?
Who should be heard?
Who should be blamed?
Am I supposed to change?
Are you supposed to change?
Who should be hurt?
Who should be shamed?
The song seems to describe a relationship turning into a what I call a relationshit due to excessive arguing and pinning the blame on each other.
Her main message is repeated towards the end of the chorus:
We need a resolution.
We need a resolution.
We need a resolution.
We have so much confusion.
It seems, at least to me, that Timbaland plays the part of who Aaliyah's conflicting as he concludes his rap with:
I'm tired'a these things.
I'm tired'a these scars.
I think I'm gonna get me a drink.
I'll call you tomorra oh.
Overall, the music video is nothing special. Its not bad either since I'm not repulsed at all watching the thing. Its rather forgettable, more so than the song. I would give it a 6/10 and would give the song in general around the same rating.
For the record, I apologize for how disorganized the review is. My thoughts were all over the place and such. I realized this as I was re-reading this before posting. Even the pictures are out of order. This is my first music video review or probably many so please bear with me.
