Genius Meanings
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Aaliyah (Ft. Drake) – Enough Said
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Drake makes a posthumous collaboration with the late singer/actress Aaliyah, whom he mentions to be an impact on his singing career. He also has a tattoo of Aaliyah.
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XZaR – Enough Said (Remix)
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XZaR adds a very introspective verse to Aaliyah’s posthumous Single “Enough Said” (which originally features Drake) about a special someone.
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Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
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“More Than a Woman” details Aaliyah’s attraction to a man and her desire to be a better lover than anybody he has ever been with.
It was first written by Static Major as “Draw The
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Drake – OVO Sound Radio Episode 28 Tracklist
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Oliver Set / Frank Ocean - Nights / Aaliyah - Enough Said ft. Drake / PARTYNEXTDOOR - Don't Run / Frank Ocean - Skyline To / Kanye West - FML ft. Weeknd / PARTYNEXTDOOR - Problems
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Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine
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This R&B duet by Brandy and Monica was the lead single off both artists' second albums, Never Say Never and The Boy Is Mine respectively. The song was both Brandy and Monica’s
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Kid Cudi (Ft. Kanye West) – Erase Me
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A break from the perfection of Cudi’s rhythmic wordplay throughout the album, “Erase Me” offers him the chance to be a lounge singer relaying the perils of the “famous rapper
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EARTHGANG – So Many Feelings
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[Intro] / 5:06 AM / Feel like I should go to sleep / Yeah, try to do this one time / [Verse 1: Johnny Venus] / I feel like Farrakhan with the 40 ounce / Malcolm X pushing his
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Doja Cat (Ft. Rico Nasty) – Tia Tamera
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Doja Cat’s first 2019 single features a collaboration with Rico Nasty. The song title takes its name from identical twin sisters: Tia and Tamera Mowry, stars of the popular 90’s
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Aaliyah (Ft. Drake & Static Major) – Talk Is Cheap
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This song was leaked almost exactly 3 years after previewing it in an Instagram post. It was supposed to be on a posthumous collaboration album with Aaliyah, one of Drake’s biggest
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PinkPantheress & Ice Spice – Boy’s a liar Pt. 2
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On this bubbly sequel to her 2022 original song, British singer PinkPantheress recruits Bronx rapper Ice Spice to discuss a man of less-than-stellar character – a boy who leads
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OVO Sound Radio – OVO Sound Radio Episode 69 Tracklist
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Oliver's Mix / Brent Faiyaz - Around Me / Brent Faiyaz - Came Right Back / PLAZA - Switch / Lou Val - No Lacoste / 2K - Wrist on Fleek / Roddy Ricch - Die Young / Quavo - FLIP THE
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Alicia Keys – If I Ain't Got You
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“If I Ain’t Got You” is the 6th track on Keys' second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys.
It was inspired by the death of R&B singer, Aaliyah in 2001, the September 11 attacks
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Drake (Ft. Birdman) – We'll Be Fine
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[Intro: Drake] / Yeah / [Verse 1: Drake] / Never thoughts of suicide, I'm too alive / But I still treat it like it's do or die / Even though dying isn't in the plans / But neither
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Twista, Kanye West & Jamie Foxx – Slow Jamz
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“Slow Jamz” is a smooth, melodic track from Kanye West’s debut album. Jamie Foxx’s hook and Twista’s fast-paced verse are some of the more memorable parts of the album.
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JAY-Z – Meet The Parents
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On this song from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse, Jay-Z tells a dramatic (semi-autobiographical) street tale with a twist. The moral of the story? Be there for your kids no
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Aaliyah – Can't Do It On My Own
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[Intro] / Cause I, ooh oh / [Hook] / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / I can tell there's something wrong witchu
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Aaliyah – Rock the Boat
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“Rock the Boat” is Aaliyah’s second single from her eponymous album released one month before the tragic airplane crash that killed her and eight others in the Bahamas on August 25
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Nesta (Ft. Michaël Brun) – Coming Over
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[Verse 1] / You never been down this road (Road) / No (Ooh-ooh, oh-woah) / What we got to lose? Let go (Go, oh) / No-no, no-no (No-no-no) / Don't need much, girl, I won't judge (
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Aaliyah – I Don't Wanna
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[Intro] / Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah / Oh-oh, oh-yeah-yeah / [Chorus] / I don't wanna be / Be without you, be without you / I don't wanna live / Live without you, live without you / I don
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Ariana Grande – needy
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Along with several tracks off this album, “needy” is one of Grande’s most personal songs yet. In it, Ariana shares her deepest insecurities and how much she craves attention and
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Hendrix – Let's Talk About It
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(Aaliyah) / Cause I, ooooh / Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeaaaah / Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeaaaah / I can tell you some / But you tell me do you wanna talk about, talk
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Eminem (Ft. Sway & King Tech) – Get You Mad
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This song contains various references to feuds Eminem was in during the time of release. Cage, Canibus, ICP. It was his first stab at Canibus.
Off of Sway & Tech’s This or That and
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Sewerperson & JabariOnTheBeat – Pit Stop 647
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[Intro: Aliyah - Enough Said (Feat. Drake) & sewerperson] / Every night gets harder / I'm further from myself than I've ever been / Every time I wonder what's happened / It happens
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DMX – Slippin'
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“Slippin'” is about self-motivation. In this song DMX shares his thoughts on making positive changes in his life.
DMX delivers powerful inspiration by vowing to himself to strive
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R. Kelly – I Admit
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After a long period of musical silence, R. Kelly released “I Admit” as a confession letter addressing a wide range of accusations against him in recent years, including sexual
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Vanessa Williams – Save the Best for Last
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“Save the Best for Last” wasn’t specifically written for Vanessa Williams; there were other singers who were offered the song and they all turned it down.
As Vanessa was recording
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Aaliyah (Ft. Timbaland) – Are You That Somebody?
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The unusual, stuttering beat of this 1998 single recorded for the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack received great acclaim for emphasizing Aaliyah’s vocal prowess, eventually earning the
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J. Cole (Ft. Amber Coffman & Cults) – She Knows
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Born Sinner’s third single features Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman (Cole had previously sampled her on his remix of Major Lazer’s “Get Free”), also heavily sampling the Cult’s
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Edward Frost – Photo love.(Only On Google)
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third track on Haughton…
basically, this is when I realize what I have to do to save Aaliyah.
but also, I wrote this song to kind of address something that’s becoming more
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J. Cole – No Role Modelz
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J. Cole believes that shallow, materialistic “L.A. hoes” got that way because their only role models were talentless reality TV stars. But Cole also had no role models growing up
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Slyrex (Ft. Dom) – Always There
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[Hook: DOM] / Cold nights in December / You know I remember / All the times you lied to me / That one night with Shondra / The other night with Aaliyah / Damn, I just can't see how
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Kanye West (Ft. Syleena Johnson) – All Falls Down
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“All Falls Down” is a self-reflection of Kanye’s personal battle with consumerism. The track was the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song peaked at
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Aaliyah – I Can Be
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“I Can Be” is the twelfth track taken from Aaliyah’s third and self-titled album, Aaliyah.
In 2001, VH1 asked Aaliyah what the track meant for her, she responded saying,
I like
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Toni Braxton (Ft. Dr. Dre) – Just Be a Man About It
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In this song, Toni Braxton is letting her man know that he needs to be a man about his actions. Basically, if you don’t want to be with me just say it instead of sneaking around.
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Tamia – Officially Missing You
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Lead single from Tamia’s third studio album, “More”.
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burningforestboy – RIP AALIYAH
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[Verse 1] / Back it up for me / Your tattoos taste like me / 'Cuz ain't nobody else gon' damage you like me / Ain't what it seem to you / Tell me if you refuse / But ain't nobody
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Don Toliver – No Idea
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“No Idea” serves as the first official single from Don Toliver’s second official project HEAVEN OR HELL. On the track, Don reflects on a relationship with a girl who he truly likes
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Keyshia Cole – Love
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“Love” is a platinum-certified single from Keyshia Cole’s debut album The Way It Is. The song gained its own notoriety for Keyshia’s unique vocal cry on the phrase “I found you” in
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ab-Soul & Jay Rock) – The Heart Pt. 3 (Will You Let It Die?)
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Recorded in Las Vegas three days before the release of his second album and major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick unleashes the third edition of his “The Heart
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