10 Uncompleted Aaliyah Projects That Had Amazing Potential
Destiny Unfulfilled: 10 Uncompleted Aaliyah Projects That Had Amazing Potential
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As we remember 22 years since the loss of Aaliyah, keep scrolling to learn about 10 uncompleted projects that Baby Girl had on the horizon:
1. Releasing A Manga Series Based On Her 2001 Japanimation Album Promo
Originally designed by Warren Fu specifically for the original Aaliyah album run, it was highly speculated that a manga/anime tie-in was in the works as well. The character design alone would’ve been an easy fit on Toonami.
2. Collaborating On A Japanese-Inspired Clothing Line With Best Friend Kidada Jones

Kidada herself confirmed this in FADER‘s 2008 Icon Issue (#54) in tribute to Aaliyah, telling the outlet, “We were in the process of starting a girl’s clothing line, it was called Dolly Pop. Right when she passed we were getting ready to sign our contracts for that. We were making plans for this brand that was gonna be girly and cute and have Japanese inspiration. This was seven or eight years ago, so the whole Japanese inspiration wasn’t at the forefront.”
3. A State Property Remix To "More Than A Woman" Produced By Just Blaze
A flip on a 1968 Moonrakers sample? Let us hear it, fam!
4. Starring In An Interracial Love Story Set During The 1958 Newport Jazz Festival

In a throwback Yahoo! LAUNCH interview with the film’s co-producer Robert Teitel for State Street Pictures, he told the outlet, “George [Tillman] and I had lunch with Aaliyah, and we were talking about some of our projects. We’ve been having a tough time trying to do a period piece. It was hard to get off the ground. Aaliyah fell in love with the story. The writer-director, Alison Swan, pitched it to her. They came up with this take. Aaliyah was so committed to it. George and I went to the studio – we have a deal with 20th Century Fox. With Aaliyah, it just elevated the project.”
5. A Live Duet With Seal At An October 2001 Breast Cancer Benefit Concert In LA

This event occurred just two months after her passing on October 27, 2001, where Aaliyah and Seal were scheduled to perform a live duet together. Instead, the “Kiss From A Rose” crooner ended up performing a somber rendition of “Prayer For The Dying” in tribute to her while Aaliyah’s brother, Rashad Haughton, presented the event with a $41,000 check in her memory.
6. Merging R&B And Rock With Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) And Jonathan Davis (Korn)
Now this would’ve been an epic cross-genre music collaboration! Particularly with Davis spearheading the Queen Of The Damned soundtrack, Aaliyah’s now-final starring role in the film would’ve made that a must-happen mashup.
7. A Footaction Collaboration
Being that Aaliyah herself was a certified sneakerhead, we can only imagine the possibilities.
8. The Originally-Planned 'Sparkle' Remake With Whitney Houston
Aaliyah’s leaked rendition of “Giving Up” had us sold from the beginning.
9. Both 2003 Sequels To 'The Matrix'
Aaliyah as an action star was only teased in Romeo Must Die thanks to some clever wirework, and the combined efforts between The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions could’ve easily opened up doors to heroine status in the vain of Halle Berry and Zoe Saldaña.
10. The Janet Jackson Collaboration
It was going to happen. We were robbed. That is all.
Destiny Unfulfilled: 10 Uncompleted Aaliyah Projects That Had Amazing Potential was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
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