"Enough Said" Aaliyah ft. Drake

Well, this is certainly one of the more...unusual things to happen in pop music in recent memory. When rumors began circulating that Drake was planning to produce a new album featuring unreleased recordings of the late R&B superstar Aaliyah, public reaction could best be described as perplexed. (Though the Toronto rapper never met Aaliyah, he has a tattoo of her face on his back.) Yesterday Drake debuted the project's first single—the sparse, spacey "Enough Said"—and it doesn't clear up a whole lot. While Aaliyah's sound was defined by her groundbreaking collaborations with Timbaland and Missy Elliott, this haunting Noah "40" Shebib production sounds very much like one of Drake's existential ballads. "Enough" is no insult to Aaliyah's legacy, but fan concerns over what kind of vanity enterprise Drake is planning are certainly justified. Still, it's undeniably wonderful to hear Baby Girl's distinctively slinky vocals once again. B