High Times, Hard Times--the year 2001

Thank you Sister Pillow for offering us a stirring alien love/unlove song from the planet 2001. Let's continue that close study of the early aughties. It goes without saying that we love all of the collaborations between Aaliyah and Timbaland. She was the proper siren for his Middle Eastern infusions, calling forth the exotic in each tune. "More Than a Woman," released a few months after her untimely death in August of 2001, was essentially a eulogy. At my Memphis high school there was a black lesbian subculture dedicated to honoring her memory (with memorial tall tees, jewelry, hats, folders, binders, posters, backpacks . . .).