Ultimate Aaliyah

Ultimate Aaliyah
Compilation album by Aaliyah
Released	May 10, 2005
Recorded	1993–March 9, 2001
Genre	R&B Pop hip hop
Label	Blackground (U.S.)/Believe Music and Recall (UK)/Snapper (Netherlands)/Avex Trax (Japan)[1]
Producer	R. Kelly, Timbaland, Bud'da, Rockstar, Rapture, E. Seats
Aaliyah chronology
I Care 4 U (2002) Ultimate Aaliyah (2005)

Ultimate Aaliyah is the second compilation album dedicated to late R&B singer Aaliyah. It was released on 10 May 2005 in the UK, Australia, and Japan (as Special Edition: Rare Tracks and Visuals). It includes two CDs and one DVD video disc.^[1]

The first compact disc is a greatest hits collection, including all of Aaliyah's significant U.S. hits (in their LP versions) and two of her minor UK hits, but leaves out her top ten R&B hit, "Come Over" (#9 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs); one of her minor U.S. hits; and the rest of her minor UK hits, such as "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" (#75 U.S. Billboard Hot 100), "Journey to the Past" from the film Anastasia (#22 UK Top 40, #28 Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks), "Down with the Clique" (#33 UK Top 40), "The Thing I Like" from the film A Low Down Dirty Shame (#33 UK Top 40), and "Are You Ready?" from the film Sunset Park (#42 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay).

The second disc is entitled Are You Feelin' Me? It contains material from soundtracks and from studio albums by labelmate Timbaland. The title track was released as a single in the UK to promote the album but failed to chart. Are You Feelin' Me? was also made available as a standalone download, allowing purchasers to obtain the rarities without duplicating the Greatest Hits.

The bonus DVD runs for sixty minutes, and features The Aaliyah Story – a documentary compiled of promo clips, interviews, and special features, including MTV special, MTV News Now: The Life of Aaliyah, a Tribute to Aaliyah, Aaliyah's VH1 Behind the Music installment, and her E! True Hollywood Story episode.

Ultimate Aaliyah debuted at #32 on the UK Albums Chart, with 20,000 copies sold.^[1] It has sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide.^[2]

Special Edition: Rare Tracks and Visuals was released two months later, and included the songs "Are You Feelin' Me?" and "Messed Up" as its first two tracks – as on the second disc of Ultimate Aaliyah – plus remixes of "Rock the Boat", "More Than a Woman", and "Try Again". The DVD contains the same documentary as Ultimate Aaliyah.

Track listing

Ultimate Aaliyah

Disc 1: Greatest Hits

1. "One in a Million"² (Missy Elliott, Timbaland) — 4:30
2. "If Your Girl Only Knew"² (featuring Timbaland and Missy Elliott) (Missy Elliott, Timbaland) — 4:50
3. "Hot Like Fire"² (featuring Timbaland and Missy Elliott) — 4:23
4. "The One I Gave My Heart To"² — 4:30
5. "Got to Give It Up"² (featuring Slick Rick) — 4:41
6. "4 Page Letter"² — 4:52
7. "We Need a Resolution"⁵ (featuring Timbaland) (Stephen "Static" Garrett, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley) — 4:02
8. "Rock the Boat"⁵ (Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats, Stephen "Static" Garrett) — 4:35
9. "More Than a Woman"⁵ (Stephen "Static" Garrett, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley) — 3:49
10. "I Care 4 U"⁵ (Missy Elliott, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley) — 4:33
11. "Try Again"⁴ (featuring Timbaland) (Tim Mosley, Stephen "Static" Garrett) — 4:44
12. "Back & Forth"¹ (featuring R. Kelly) (R. Kelly) — 3:51
13. "Are You That Somebody?"³ (featuring Timbaland) (Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, Stephen "Static" Garrett) — 4:30
14. "Don't Know What to Tell Ya"⁶ (Salah El Sharnobi, Omar Batiesha, Tim Mosley, Stephen "Static" Garrett) — 5:01
15. "Miss You"⁶ (Johnta Austin, Teddy Bishop, Ginuwine) — 4:05
16. "At Your Best (You Are Love)"¹ (R. Kelly, Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper) — 4:52

Disc 2: Are You Feelin' Me?

DVD

1. The Aaliyah Story (1:00:00)
2. Photo gallery (Slide - 15:04)

Special Edition: Rare Tracks and Visuals

CD: Rare Tracks

1. "Are You Feelin' Me?"
2. "Messed Up"
3. "Rock the Boat" [Club Mix by Mixzo]
4. "Rock the Boat" [Club Mix by Doug Lazy]
5. "More Than a Woman" [12" version]
6. "More Than a Woman" [Bump N Flex Club Mix]
7. "More Than a Woman" [MAW Main Mix]
8. "Try Again" [Timbaland Remix]
9. "Try Again" [D'Jam Hassan Remix]
10. "Try Again" [Krunchie Remix 30/11/04]
11. "More Than a Woman" [Krunchie Remix 30/11/04]

DVD: Rare Visuals

1. Interviews
2. TV performance
3. Promotional videos:
   • "Don't Know What to Tell Ya"
   • "More Than a Woman"
   • "I Care 4 U"
   • "One in a Million"
   • "Hot Like Fire"
   • "If Your Girl Only Knew"
   • "Come Back in One Piece"
   • "Try Again"
   • "Are You That Somebody?"
   • "We Need a Resolution"
   • "More Than a Woman"
   • "Rock the Boat"
   • "Miss You"
4. Photo gallery

Charts

Notes