While I don't understand where Timbaland came from with "Lady Gaga copied me" I do see from a sense where he came from with comparing Ciara to Aaliyah. When Aaliyah was alive, she was UNDER APPRECIATED which made her seem, in death, as OVERRATED. But she was not that. One of the things about Baby Girl though was she was classy. She didn't have to show her butt cheeks and breasts and make dance moves where it looks like she's having sex with the male dancers or the cold floor in order to make people like her. People were already liking her. She had a new sound. A style that she created that WAS AND STILL IS HER OWN. "Street but sweet?" Come on. If you hear anybody else claiming that's what their image reflects around then you know where it originally came from.

Aaliyah was and always will be Aaliyah. She came into this world, did her thing and she knew how to maintain her class and respect as a woman. She didn't act out in public, throwing up her middle fingers, showing what color underwear she was wearing with short, tight mini dresses. She always was true to her self.

When Aaliyah died, I believe that's when people began to attract MORE to her, because as an artist she had a physical and mental mystique. When you heard her sing, and seen her perform it was just always something about her that made you wanna get to know her. You seen her with the dark glasses, or hair over one eye, with the all black baggy clothing, the smooth dance choreography and the silky vocals and it would make people want to know exactly who is she? Because she kept her life so private, which in most cases is a GOOD THING she left people with a charm. A wonder. Questions.

Ciara and Aaliyah have similarities as far as Ciara's earlier image was much more similar to Aaliyah's "Back and Forth" and One In A Million days. But as far as the singing they are two completely different people.

Aaliyah COULD SING. The thing that people don't know about her, was that she kept most of her powerful vocal range hidden and let her more softer, smoother tone come through on her records. Which I guess made people accuse that she couldn't sing. But you are wrong. SHE COULD.

I believe if Aaliyah were alive today she would have had 2 more or maybe 3 more albums and who knows? Maybe she'll let that voice come out that came out when she sang the National Anthem and re-did some of the Isley Brothers classics.

I can't see myself hearing Ciara on "Choosey Lover, At Your Best, Don't Let Me Down Easy." Aaliyah just had that. She had talent, and she was kind and she showed respect for her self, her body, and people around her.

She was beocming a budding new face in the acting industry, and even wanted to start her own clothing line.

While there are a few similarities to Aaliyah and Ciara, they are two different women that were here in two different eras.

So just let them be who they are, and stop the comparisons. Cause there is NONE.