The Gello Show: Remembering Aaliyah

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00:00hello it's yellow and Joanna where we at Joe we are at Campus Marshes downtown Detroit I love it

00:16and here's the deal man we want to celebrate the life and the legacy of Aaliyah we lost a Detroit

00:21princess quite some time ago and we want to celebrate who she was and what she meant to

00:24the city of Detroit so we're here asking people your favorite song your favorite memory

00:29what do you love most about Aaliyah let's go we're up upon the uh I hate to get emotional

00:36with the anniversary of Aaliyah's death but we want to celebrate her life and her legacy

00:39so your favorite Aaliyah song oh man uh rock the boat now why is rock the boat everybody's favorite

00:45what about yours four page letter four do you know the lyrics I'm sending him

00:50four page letter yeah and I ain't closing with him and when I write him get it on top see it's easy

01:01favorite memory of her is Romeo Must Die it's one of my favorite movies and then um try again with my

01:09favorite song and then I have like her lipstick from her collection with Mac I love the leaf oh that's

01:14right that just came out not too long ago right yes I have like one in a million hot like fire

01:20and Brooklyn finest lip gloss so yeah I love it yeah are you wearing it now today today I choose

01:27not to like really in the million you say on and on and on I loved her in Queen of the Damned

01:37um because it was different for her and I loved um one in a million video now can you sing a little

01:46bit of it for us um I can't sing but your love is a one in a million it goes on and on and on

01:57so Hollins let me ask you um if you could tell me your favorite Aaliyah song or memory what would

02:04it be rock the rock the boat rock the boat rock the boat get in position get in position

02:12working for me hello are you an Aaliyah fan yes say it again absolutely what about you because

02:22you look like you do not want to be bothered are you an Aaliyah fan yes I like Aaliyah what about

02:26you yes and you definitely okay so here's the deal we're celebrating the life and the legacy of

02:33Aaliyah obviously Detroit princess we lost her tragically and we just want to celebrate her

02:37life so we're doing an Aaliyah tribute on 105 on the bounce Detroit's throwback hip-hop and R&B

02:41so if you had to give me one of your favorite Aaliyah moments memories or songs videos which one

02:47would it be rock the boat now why rock the boat because I like to rock the boat for what reason do

02:55be like for what reason so so rock the boat is your song what about you oh I love all of her music

03:03probably um the one with Timbaland that's a lot of them she's got a few songs with Timbaland

03:09uh one in a million try again four page letter no um when he when when Timbaland starts rapping

03:19yeah somebody I need somebody that's the name of the song yes now sing it a little bit um

03:29tell me the like a hawk in the sky when I when you were my friend

03:37if we keep bumping heads I know that one of these days

03:44I don't see I don't know if that's good sing it I've been holding back this secret from you

03:54I probably shouldn't what with I give me some everybody