Season 1 · Episode 12 · Jan 16, 2019 · 40 min
Aaliyah
“Are You That Somebody?”
vs. The Meters "People Say"
Originally titled “People Say You're That Somebody”
From the Riffs archive First aired Jan 16, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
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This episode recalls the remarkable life and talent of 90’s music and film sensation, Aaliyah, and the funk band that inspired one of her greatest hits. What we geek out over in this episode: New Orleans second line, Aaliyah’s hits, history of the baby coo, Record Producer Timothy ‘Timbaland’ Mosley, Jodeci, and the music of Record Producer Allen Toussaint.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.