In [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Aaliyah[/lastfm] we heard a muse for a then-underappreciated [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Missy Elliott[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Timbaland[/lastfm]; we saw a rare female R&B singer who managed to be sexy with mystery (and not all of the skin-baring that usually goes with that adjective) and yet – with only three studio albums to her credit – we were still only getting to know her when the 22-year-old perished in a plane accident with eight others, a decade ago today.

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