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Subject: Re: Aaliyah's final video

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dannaire

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Date Posted: 17:47:27 06/02/10 Wed
In reply to: Erin 's message, "Aaliyah's final video" on 08:31:08 10/14/01 Sun

>The video for "Rock the Boat" � the clip Aaliyah was
>working on in the Bahamas before embarking on a fatal
>plane crash � will premiere Tuesday (October 9) at 8
>p.m. ET on BET.
>
>The debut will be part of "Access Granted: Aaliyah
>Rocks the Boat," a half-hour documentary on the making
>of the video, according to BET producer Kevin Taylor.
>Taylor, who was in the Bahamas filming the shoot,
>described the clip as gorgeous and sensual.
>
>"It's very ethereal and heavenly," Taylor said of the
>Hype Williams-directed clip. "There are lots of shots
>of water and clouds, and the video ends with Aaliyah
>swimming up from the bottom of a pool, almost looking
>like she's going into the clouds. It's really
>beautiful."
>
>Taylor said that even though putting together the show
>was tough, footage of Aaliyah joking with stylists
>Eric Foreman and Christopher Maldonado, who were also
>killed in the twin-engine plane crash (see "Aaliyah
>Killed In Plane Crash"), made it bittersweet. "They
>were completely hilarious, like sitcom funny," Taylor
>said. "I've never been around a group of people who
>were funnier."
>
>Director Williams, who's helmed clips for Busta
>Rhymes, Ginuwine and Notorious B.I.G., described the
>shoot as one of his most memorable. "Everyone put
>their heart and soul into the work, as we always do,
>with the intent that the world would enjoy it," he
>said shortly after the 22-year-old singer died on
>August 25. "I know there's a lot of pain involved, but
>that's all the more reason people would appreciate
>what we've done as a group" (see "Aaliyah's Final
>Video 'Very Special,' Director Says").
>
>A spokesperson for Aaliyah's label, Blackground
>Records, said that it's unclear when or if the video
>for "More Than a Woman," which was shot before "Rock
>the Boat," would premiere.
>
>MTVi's parent company, Viacom, also owns BET.
>
>For complete coverage of the Aaliyah tragedy, see "The
>Aaliyah Reports."
>
>�Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
>
>
> Thanx to mtv.com

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