Stream Aaliyah's "At Your Best (You Are Love)" In Honour Of The Late Singer's 43rd Birthday

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Happy heavenly birthday to the Princess of R&B.

Today, January 16th would've been "Are You That Somebody" singer Aaliyah's 43rd birthday, and in celebration, we're streaming her beloved cover of The Isley Brother's 1976 hit "At Your Best (You Are Love)."

As Genius notes, the Brooklyn-born star named the song as her favourite title on her Age Ain't Nothing But a Number album during a 1994 interview. "I love The Isley Brothers for one and all though I think the song is very special – the words and the lyrics are really heavy," she explained at the time.

"The Isley’s – most of their songs, the lyrics are really something. You know you have to really listen and their songs are really deep and I thought that song was really special. When I first heard it, I fell in love with it – when Robert brought it to my attention and I loved it ever since."

Aaliyah was just 22 years old when she was tragically killed in a plane crash on August 25th, 2001. Let us know which of her classics you've had in rotation to commemorate her short but impactful life below. RIP.

Quotable Lyrics:

There are times when I'll find
You want to keep yourself from me
When I don't have the strength
I'm just a mirror of what I see

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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