Aaliyah- If Your Girl Only Knew [Live At The Apollo] 96'

CopyRight: Blackground Records
A performance of the Hit song "If Your Girl Only Knew" at the Apollo in 1996 , by Aaliyah.

[@oneandonlynitarosedale7582]

I love her swagg, it always on point. I need a jacket and a shirt like that. I got the female boxers

[@lambert115]

she did fantastic i love her dance moves and outfit she was flawless

[@mimato]

Back when music was poppin' and Steve had hair. Damn, those were the days.

[@blah9664]

lol right. .miss these days.

[@yolandahoward9634]

james myers People were sexy, and had more talent..

[@Captainkirk08]

Her sound, her style and her timeless tracks. Aaliyah was a trend setter.

[@Keepcalmandbangscrew]

Dam we missing you...

[@rolandbaldwin]

Miss you BabyGirl. 14 years ago you left us! Forever an angel!

[@yoLocal408babyy]

Roland Baldwin now it’s been 18 years

[@SameOlHim]

Now THIS is the Aaliyah voice I loved! Some performances I don't care too much for her deep tone but in this particular performance she killed it! We miss your music baby girl.💕✨

[@jonathanpetteway2628]

I prefer her to sing ballads live....Songs like these doesn't show off what she's capable of doing....But I enjoyed her stage presence

[@davonbenson4361]

Yeah, that Journey to the Past song hits different.

[@originalnation4046]

I LIKE HOW EVERY ONE RAN TO THE FRONT TO RESPECT THE RNB QUEEN

[@GeeAyeEm1]

Loved her man... *sigh*

[@turshaimaultsby8741]

She was so smoove man 😭😭

[@DonoDono1995]

LOL WOW!! I didnt realize she was THIS popular. They all got up and started shouting their name when she came on, and singing the lyrics. I was only 2, and boy I loved her album SO much!!!

[@smv3775]

Donovan yeah people like to play her like she wasn’t popping when she was alive

[@MrDaRiAn21]

I miss the 90s style, R&B, and Aaliyah

[@kydakid1]

Omg she killed this performance and I love when she starts dancin at 2:15 the way she danced was so cool and also she sounded great rip baby girl u are missed by ur fans

[@qtoffss]

i wanna bring back the 90's music because today's music suck's everybody on the radio today sounds the same.

[@carlosAaliyah4ever]

Her Smile,her Style is so fly I Can´t Deny she is amazing...Miss you Love You...R.I.P Babygirl...♥

[@KeeksSnoogie79]

Her falsetto tones slays big time :D she didn't have to scream in her music to be so good she sounded perfect the way she was. If this industry was full of high note singers I'd drive myself insane. Good to see we have female artists like Aaliyah and Toni Braxton who got the soft falsetto tone.

[@SIRGAGA123]

hair was LAID!! & real

[@TheAaliyah4everboy]

this to me is her best performence that i've seen on youtube

[@MattyIce2001]

Aaliyah = SWAG..She had "swag" before anyone knew what it was!

[@streetknowledge8200]

.......She's a shining star in my book... On the first page......!!!

[@streetknowledge8200]

Aaliyah....Without a doubt & no questions asked....Broke the hinges from the stage.....!!! I love you Aaliyah you are my heart for ever....

[@ashleybaran9264]

sweet angel we love & miss you...rip Aaliyah

[@denisewins]

Amazing Woman!!! Miss her voice always...

[@THEREALSPEAKIN]

MY WIFE KILLED DIS JOINT REAL TALK

[@anjelheaven]

I #LOVE her expression @ 2:22 , she knew she was the bomb!

[@maricelabaltodano]

she is sooo pretty

[@_SheBreathesMusic]

She was the sexiest tomboy, she had so much steez lol. Rest In Paradise Babygirl & Happy Early 32nd Birthday (which is 2mrw)! :D

[@dpulver100]

look at the crowd !! RIP

[@wisegal88]

That was the shit!!! Love Aaliyah!

[@blah9664]

love me some Aaliyah..she was so special.

[@chasitynuvo1844]

LOVE AALIYAH

[@misspretty301]

omg i want her outfit hair everything 😍🔥🔥🔥

[@nik9999]

those were the days! when patent leather could be worn in vastness with all its glory!!! people just look at me strange these days

[@earthtakenorganicsbyke9767]

My girl:)✊🏾❤️

[@arionwoods807]

The best ever!!! Point blank

[@inneruniverse17]

Amen to that. :)

[@jack.kino2024]

guarantee rhianna wouldn't be around if aaliyah still was.. nott whitney vocal range, but her aura and presence made her unique. rip

[@0nTheT0p]

2:15 - 2:30 dope move, only Aaliyah could do it!!

[@Cledyston]

The attitude, man!!!! So much attitude!!! She could back it up, cuz she had the talent!! Awesome, awesome singer and dancer!! I miss her greatly. Not even Beyoncé comes close. It's like she's trying. Aaliyah was all natural!! The way she talks to the audience and then lets out a "yeah!" when she's pleased! Bey stages that. I don't buy it!!

[@BazzyRae]

I love how she softens her voice up for the album and live she's a beast and those angellic falsettos of hers are just beautiful. I love this era where females could dress with big clothes and show a lil stomach and be sexy, now every black female is selling sex to sell records it seems, leaving little to the imagination in leotards and that isn't even the bad part b/c every female likes to dress sexy like that sometimes (I do) BUT - the bad part is they never switch it up

[@courtneicey15]

lol...real or fake aaliyah's hair was always on point!! so let da haters hate!!

[@timafiggy]

harlem girls let em know we always had A's back! yes we invented entourage!

[@kennethjohnson4610]

Tim and Missey and magoo were in the vip section during this performance. Fun fact lol

[@Shon9tilR]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Christinanadia]

Aaliyah was too smooth... lol luv 2:22 also.

[@SunnyDee___]

Damn @ 1:56 Aaliyah was getting it in

[@Sc0rpion]

@elishamjfan Because I like Aaliyah. :) But I just wanted to see what you'd do if you saw another comment about Bey.

[@Cedrclovesutube]

@wwenewyork YEP YEP TRUE THAT.

[@thalialuvmx]

@sistagirl488deleted i'm with you...she doesn't have much vocal range, she sings one octave and that's about it

[@elishamjfan]

@Sc0rpion why are you even watching aaliyah videos!!!!!!!??

[@NENESOBREEZY]

AND THE DANCE AT 2:17 TO 2:30

[@aaliyahh.7880]

@gr8thingz12, Lol she WAS natural. She had gotten a relaxer like 1 time, but she says it broke off her hair so she didn't get anymore after that. But anyway ... @1:54-1:58 they was getting down lool xD.

[@mikaldblack]

DAM her hair B laied, LOL, I love her signature hair style

[@canttouchthis421]

Wow..arguments about her hair length....Jim Crow sure did a job on us!

[@wwenewyork]

@sexcboymac1 me too! i had a dream i told her not to get on dat plane! and she was like dont worry i wont! and then i went home and i found out she did!:( i was so mad i wish she would've listen too me!

[@Talkin2Me4000]

Yeah thats all her hair! And she didn't prefer to sing that low, its just harder to sing on the exact same pitch as the song when she's moving and dancing around. So she sings it lower and she hits her falsetto (high notes) when the time comes 4 them.

[@Richboy219]

Damn, the audience went crazy when Steve Harvey said her name. lol

[@lovelyalexus6912]

I

[@thalialuvmx]

@MarssGOTcars ima need for you to calm down, im just stating fact, rhianna doesn't have much vocal range, that's not bad, it just means she's able to still utilize her limited vocal range to make good songs...ur hostility was unnecessary =(

[@TheEve30]

@austinfrombustop that's so true they sound like a creep!

[@MichaelErnest666]

We were not ready for her true voice, it's to angel like, it will give you the chills, sometimes you can hear it just wait for it....

[@plaiddots11]

FLAWLESSLY CAPTIVATING VOICE!

[@VitalizetheMind]

that velvet falsetto! flawless.

[@itskiki8162]

Rest In Paradise Sweet Angel..

[@ronniecampbell33]

I always loved her music I always said when I was a little girl she was my sister I was a big fan of her and rip aaliyah my favorite r b singer

[@tobiaskelly1993]

Aaliyah had the WHOLE package :) Swagg , talent , originality , gorgeous

[@Blackskye211]

babygirl has swag for days!!! R.i.p aaliyah gone but never forgotten.

[@Tylerj-fp4bj]

She killed this

[@Ms2010diamond]

Her talent and vibe is missd

[@bettycarroll9659]

:'( Gone way too soon

[@anjelheaven]

Did y'all hear those falsetto notes? Talk about perfection!

[@armontahje34]

that run she did from 2:45-2:47 dope as hellll!! gone head baby girl!!

[@dadrienedavis]

Yall have to understand that Aaliyah was a soprano. For those of you who don't know music, that's the high female voice. Almost all of her songs were written down in the tenor/baritone range (male voice parts) I'm a bass (The lowest voice part) and I find it quite hysterical when the sopranos attempt to sing as low as me because they sound horrible. That was kind of Aaliyah's case. It's not easy for girls with natural high voices to sing low notes ESPECIALLY throughout a whole song, but Aaliyah sounded better than a lot of girls because she was a good VOCALIST and she danced and sang at the same time. Having a good voice and being a good vocalist are two complete different things. Aaliyah was both, in my opinion. Just go listen to her live performances of The one I gave my heart to or At your best. She could actually sing, but a lot of people like to make fun of her because she's dead and that's really petty.

[@sdjklsdjksdjklf]

Franky Eldevarez None of these people have even seen her live lmao You can't judge vocality based off a KZbin video.

[@JimirDavisVEVO]

Aaliyah's range was out of this world. She always commanded her low notes effortlessly, what are you trying to say?

[@dadrienedavis]

Because people try to say she flat out could not sing just because of how she sounds on songs like this one, where she's singing in a lower register. Her voice may not have been the best while singing that low but compared to other females who tried to sing that low ESPECIALLY throughout a whole song , she was excellent.

[@cortezmiller1899]

Franky Eldevarez Tenor and baritone are men registers. You meant to say contralto or alto for women.

[@jordancox8756]

Her voice will always be remembered

[@HerAkanE505]

GOD I WISH I COULD SING LIKE THAT! LOW TO HIGH!!! WITH EFFORTLESSNESS!!!

[@hollycarlson2986]

@ Frankly Um no. Aaliyahs' song were not written in the vocal range of a tenor. Missy, Timberland, and Static knew her voice. Aaliyah always had an incredible deep solid range that warm, smooth, and dark. It's not Toni Braxton deep but it was still there. If anything her songs such as What If, I can be, extra smooth, and man under were written in a alto range which is the lowest in a female however of course still higher than a male tenor. Aaliyah doesn't get enough credit for her low range. It's like if you aren't constantly belting and over singing people don't think you are a good singer.

[@sdjklsdjksdjklf]

Holly Carlson Agreed. The people who are saying she can't sing simply do not understand singing.

[@cortezmiller1899]

Aaliyah isnt a alto ok. Shes a soprano.

[@Jsoulchild]

17 years old with mad swag. I love her reaction to the the crowd singing in. She was giggin' and cheesin'. :D

[@DESXBLXBL]

I think her adlibes r out cold. When they was sayin " what ya sayin what sayin what ya sayin uh" n then her adlibing near the end of the vid around 3:00.

[@anthonychobot7454]

I Used To Have A Crush On Her When I Was Only 13

[@kitwkiesha]

One of her greatest vocal performances!! RIP Babygirl!

[@GAMEBOIMARCUS]

People said she couldn't sing? I never heard that, but I can see why, it was the 90's and back then, you had to SING in RNB, BUT! those singers didn't dance LIVE at all, Aaliyah did and sang LIVE, now, let's compare to other dancers/singers like Janet(no shade), Britney and Ciara, yes they dance, but either don't sing LIVE or just yell, Aaliyah did it both, M Carry, Brady,Monica and Houston SANG, but couldn't dance to save their lives. This is why we all love Aaliyah so much, she USED her mic.

[@bunny52k]

omg when she dances its like she doesnt even try!!!! like she just goes.... dats how great she was nd i miss her so much...... my parents already dink im crazy bcuz im always listenin to her n always dress like her....... My mom looked at me crazy when i ask to go to da store in get some boxers lls

[@charliejoppart]

God I miss her I would probably still buy every album of her if it would come out!! She could entertain without being provocative like other artists are doing today...

[@jayvfreshprince]

The Girl has got some attitude!!..damn missing her :( RIP AALIYAH!

[@brandooo87]

DUDE!!!!!! She barely moved and that shit was still cold!!!!!! There's nobody like her.

[@palkiad]

Ugh. That freaking part from 2:38 - 2:45 is just....bliss. Love love love this performance.

[@Prettiboimico]

2:35 she fucking SLAYEEEEEEEEED!

[@LaTaye2]

I remember watching this when i was a kid and being starstruck...

[@Dnez44901]

Thats cool how everyone bum rushed the stage! Mad respect for Aaliyah.

[@jayblac]

AALIYAH WAS OUR SELENA LOL

[@xSweetHoneyBeex]

she invented the word swag

[@bajeboi]

@amarvinwinansfan if you want to see Aaliyah true vocal ability watch her sing the one i gave my heart to live on youtube or journey to the past at the oscars

[@lieroywestenburg1054]

That choreo tho it was just perfection effortless perfection

[@cookiethesnitch]

SOLE4real1 is right. Aaliyah's hair was actually really. She grew it out. And her hairstylists would add to it with a few tracks when they were on the road. Read those Black Hair magazines.

[@anjelheaven]

Oh me ohy my did y'all hear those falsetto notes? I can't believe people have the audacity to question her vocal talent!

[@KingLild2010]

@thalialuvmx Rihanna range is A2-C6 thats MAD RANGE LEGENDliyah range is E2-Eb6 studio MAD RANGE live Bb2-F7 stop hatin

[@ripaaliyah]

i wish i was there.... damn i hate the new singers like rihanna.

[@yaboitrey4evaontop]

lol I LOVE AALIYAH SHE WAS TIRED AS HELL LOL SHE WAS LIKE "YALL SING IT FOR ME GO ON" "YEA" AT THE END OF THE VIDEO!! THAT WAS FUNNY LOL

[@soul3ars]

Aaliyah was great...With that being said, I don't see why most people find it necessary to compare artists and put one down in order to compliment another (i.e. the Rihanna and Beyonce comments). I was a huge Aaliyah fan back in the day...and yep she had a swag like no other, I'm watching this video and remembering when I saw it years ago when it hit airwaves. I never could admit it back then but I had a huge crush on Aaliyah before I knew anything about being gay Lol

[@lockedbarber]

Sometimes I wish she liyah would have stepped more out of that falsetto. She had a very powerful alto mezzo-soprano lower register. The falsetto sounded sweet but its the reason why people thought and still think to this day that she was a weak singer. SHE SHOULDVE HAD MORE POWERFUL ballads. I guess the producers wanted to give her a unique sound and really paid on that term "street but sweet". There were other artists emerging when she did and her producers wanted to make her unique.