Video: Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody

Hip hop and R&B from back in the day played a large role in the coming of age story for Owl Mag writer, Mayumi Okamoto.

Bell - Are You That Somebody? (Aaliyah Cover) I really hope all you youngins know Aaliyah's version of this song, I hold it very dear to my heart because the only step routine I've ever been taught went to the tune of this track. Anyways, when I first heard Bell's cover of "Are You That Somebody?" I was a little bit confused and a lot of bit tired so I decided to share it with your boy @bnease . After getting his nod of approval and engaging myself in a few more listens, my opinion [...]

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Aaliyah’s Are You That Somebody? is something so very different from BELL ’s usual style, yet their cover is surprisingly amazing. They played it live a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed that so much they decided to record it properly and hit up DN with the mp3. BELL recorded and produced the track themselves with Olga handling vocals and synths and Gunnar Olsen on drums and mixing duties. BELL’s astonishing debut LP Diamonite is still available/streaming over at Bandcamp . mp3 BELL - Are [...]

• Bell - Are You That Somebody? (Aaliyah cover)

Ten years ago today Aaliyah passed away in a tragic plane crash off the coast of the Bahamas. Thinking back, she had a hell of a short-lived career.  She was dominating the music industry, and was just breaking into the film world with 20002s Romeo Must Die. It's wild to think that if she were alive and making music today, she could easily be on the same level as Beyoncé. The classic below absolutely ran Total Request Live for months (back in the day when Carson Daly was relevant) and should spark your memory of the kind of talent Aaliyah brought [...]

Ask a dozen people what song symbolizes summer to them and you'll get a dozen different answers. Or in our case, ask a small staff about the sounds of summer and you'll receive 25 varying tracks that span years and genres.There is no standard go to playlist. No right or wrong answers. You may need to hear Big L's "MVP" every hot July day, but your creepy uncle can't let a cookout go by without throwing "Shake Ya Tailfeather" on the boombox and hoping to see some co-ed rumps twerking it by the swimming pool. All of these songs embody [...]