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Serious Smoke Is Haitian American artist, musician, and photographer, hoping for a chance, looking to advance, trying to make a grand in no man’s land! His lyrics are no joke, an up and coming artist with SERIOUS talent. Twitter: @serioussmoke

Lil B began rapping at age 16 with hip hop group the Pack. After two locally successful mix tapes, and at the peak of the Bay Area's hyphy movement, the group's song "Vans" became a surprise hit. The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine. @LILBTHEBASEDGOD

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Miss You

Aaliyah - Original Writing

"I don't think about my success. I'm happy that the work I've done in

the past has been very successful. All I can do is leave it in God's

hands and hope my fans feel where I'm coming from. I took the time to

give my all." - Aaliyah Haughton.

As I sit listening to the infectious, sensuous harmonies of Aaliyah's

smooth R & B, I wonder why it had to happen. Why did someone so young

with such amazing talent, strength and the potential to carry on

rising higher and higher, have to be taken from us? The lyrics swirl

around in my head, saying more about the real Aaliyah than any media

report could ever attempt. Her tragically shortened life followed the

message from within one of her most famous songs,

"If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again."

songs take on

a whole new meaning now she's gone. When Miss You is played instead

of thinking of the singer's lost love, we think of ours, Aaliyah.

Every note she sang was a part of her and with every song we

understand more about her. She was a star in every sense of the word

and I believe she continues to be so, even now; still a star, shining

brightly down on us.

There is no doubt in my mind that this angel lived up to the true

meaning of her name,