Boo hoo!
The HIGHly anticipated Aaliyah tribute album will never be heard!
While Drake announced plans to release a recording of some unheard samples from the late and great songstress, the heavy bashing it’s gotten from family and fans has forced the rapping superstar to pull out.
And since Drake abandoned the project, producer Noah ’40’ Shebib had NO other choice but to put the project on the shelf to collect dust.
SO SAD!
Noah said:
├óΓé¼┼ôI├óΓé¼Γäóve been obsessed with Aaliyah forever, and I know Drake has his relationship with her. But that opportunity (tribute album) was mine. Drake said, ├óΓé¼╦£Can I do it with you?├óΓé¼Γäó and I was like, ├óΓé¼╦£Of course, we├óΓé¼Γäóll do it together.’ The world reacting to Drake├óΓé¼Γäós involvement so negatively, I just wanted nothing to do with it. That was a very sad experience for me. I was naive to the politics surrounding Aaliyah├óΓé¼Γäós legacy. [Aaliyah├óΓé¼Γäós] mother saying ├óΓé¼╦£I don├óΓé¼Γäót want this out├óΓé¼Γäó was enough for me. I walked away very quickly.├óΓé¼┬¥
Well, if Mama Aaliyah isn’t comfortable with it than we don’t want to hear it anyway!
We were excited about hearing some new material, but we guess we’ll just have to be satisfied with classics like Try Again and Don’t Think They Know!