In reply to cruz.

Well said..,

When you are a true artist the production team work for you. They follow your instructions and give you what you are feeling, adapting what they do to fit you..., Timbaland is/was an amazing producer but the reason he sounds mostly basic with almost everyone but Aaliyah is because SHE had him tailor his sounds to fit her sultry/noir style. Anyone else notice how 'busy' his tracks sound in general, whereas with her they are sparse as hell.

That is Aaliyah's influence on those tracks, she knew how to get what she needed from his production. No-one knows what she would have gone on to do but knowing how she worked prior to her death and how much personal style and musical integrity she imbued her music with, I think she would have easily found a way to work with new people and successfully bring them into HER lane without losing her style or identity.