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Her discography has sold an estimated 32 billion copies globally. A true icon in the industry, Aaliyah's legacy lives on through her groundbreaking work and undeniable talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"trippy-unisex-tee","title":"Trippy Unisex Tee","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn official licensed Aaliyah Unisex Tee featuring the 'Trippy' design motif. 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The album was recorded from August 1995 to July 1996 with a variety of producers including Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Carl-So-Lowe, J. Dibbs, Jermaine Dupri, Kay Gee, Vincent Herbert, Rodney Jerkins, Craig King, Darren Lighty and Darryl Simmons, and within a few months, the album proved Aaliyah's breakthrough and a major milestone in the careers of Elliott and Timbaland.. The album featured several guest vocalists, including Elliott, Timbaland, Treach and Slick Rick. \u003ci\u003eOne in a Million\u003c\/i\u003e garnered generally positive reviews from music critics, including Rolling Stone who named it the 90th best album of the decade. 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Where such peers as Macy Gray and Jill Scott work too hard to establish their ties with classic soul, Aaliyah revels in the present, turning out a pan-cultural array of sounds, styles, and emotions. This sound is entirely unfamiliar -- part of the pleasure is how contemporary it sounds -- but she sounds just as comfortable within the sonicscapes of Timbaland as Missy Misdemeanor Elliott and, possibly, less self-conscious. Aaliyah never oversings, never oversells the songs -- this comes on easy and sultry, and there's a lot of substance here, in terms of the songwriting and the songs themselves. 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