The Aaliyah-Brandy-Monica Playlist

Written By Kensedeobong Okosun

This playlist emanates solely from the 1990s albums made by these artists and features some hit songs and underrated songs which never gained mainstream popularity. * indicates the catchy songs and *** indicates my favourite songs.

Here is to the Aaliyah-Brandy-Monica trinity, forever!

  1. Aaliyah. “Back and Forth” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pQjYk9150 Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number (1994).

  2. …………… “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7kvhoQJcKQ Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number (1994).

  3. …………… “Down With The Clique” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbJ9dlQg3v4 Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number (1994).

  4. …………… “Street Thing”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-c8HCC_fc Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number (1994).

  5. ………….. “Young Nation” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGctojIjuss Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number (1994).

  6. Brandy “Baby”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcx7CUAI2PE Brandy (1994).

  7. ………….. “Best Friend”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK5CS62KO-g Brandy (1994).

  8. …………... “I Wanna Be Down”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44FR1JLf5w Brandy (1994).

  9. ………….. “Sunny Day” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1DQAmCQ4A Brandy (1994).

  10. …………. “Always On My Mind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1REudWlmE-Y Brandy (1994).

  11. ………….. “Love Is On My Side”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxLSgYHDyhg Brandy (1994).

  12. Monica “Miss Thang”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fde7I_IRvPg Miss Thang (1995).

  13. ……………..“Don’t Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)” * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4S6o_Ircw Miss Thang (1995).

  14. …………… “Like This And Like That” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6k_MRqPXJI Miss Thang (1995).

  15. …………… “With You”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6RHcI_rW8 Miss Thang (1995).

  16. ………….. “Tell Me If You Still Care”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rihQCzj6Xh0 Miss Thang (1995).

  17. ………….. “Let’s Straighten It Out” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akj2kLax-pQ Miss Thang (1995).

  18. …………. “Why I Love You So Much”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADMdxcJMvA Miss Thang (1995).

  19. Aaliyah “Hot Like Fire”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIs3IAjU_vk One in a Million (1996).

  20. ……………“One in a Million”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT3bj-2e9DQ One in a Million (1996).

  21. …………… “Choosey Lover”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgPJz0Anncc One in a Million (1996).

  22. …………. “Never Givin’ Up”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjgNtImUHyc One in a Million (1996).

  23. …………. “I Gotcha’ Back” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS_S2bibr54 One in a Million (1996).

  24. …………. “Never Comin’ Back” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7FvzdDm40 One in a Million (1996).

  25. Brandy “Angel in Disguise” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-pgoTln5do Never Say Never (1998).

  26. ………….. “Learn The Hard Way” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjiDGk3f47Q Never Say Never (1998).

  27. …………… “Almost Doesn’t Count”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8S-xedYuc Never Say Never (1998).

  28. ………….. “Never Say Never” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_hdtmbPlcA Never Say Never (1998).

  29. ………….. “Truthfully” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUg0FudesEk Never Say Never (1998).

  30. …………. “Have You Ever?”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lq0Qwyj6ds Never Say Never (1998).

  31. …………. “Put That On Everything”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8tBM-7eksw Never Say Never (1998).

  32. ………… “One Voice”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrNwDH9vJg Never Say Never (1998).

  33. Monica “Street Symphony” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRhVoyI4c7s The Boy is Mine (1998).

  34. …………… “Angel Of Mine”*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQN0EA8OaJI The Boy is Mine (1998).

  35. …………… “Inside” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd7ujVjHgr0 The Boy is Mine (1998).

  36. …………… “For You I Will” *** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw1mg6WuatA The Boy is Mine (1998).

Kensedeobong Okosun

Kensedeobong Okosun is a music enthusiast, music researcher, music journalist with expertise in music selection & planning, vocalist and an author. Her academic article “Sisterhood and Soul Music as expressions of Black Power” is featured in the edited volume, Black Power in Hemispheric Perspective (Raussert & Steinitz, eds, 2022). She has reviewed Dorothea Gail’s Weird American Music for the Forum for Interamerican Research (fiar, 2019). Her literary review on Nigerian music titled “Nigerians and their Music” has been published on the Nigerian news platform Sun News Online, while her article “Remembering Victor Uwaifo, “Guitar Boy” and the quest to meet Mami Wata” graced The Nigerian Observer.

Kensedeobong’s blog highlights music’s interconnectivity with society and comprises personal music experiences, researched information, concept playlists for multiple themes, etc.

A hard-core 90s R&B fan, she utilises the vehicle of memory, to position long forgotten music of yesteryears on the front-burner.

She is persuaded that music is a core conduit of collective harmony, equanimity, vitality and healing. And as such requires criticality in the filtration process, in order to disseminate meaning. Her blog promotes music equality and diversity.

She resides in Germany.

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