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Aaliyah had a vocal range of a soprano.[10] With the release of her debut single "Back & Forth", Dimitri Ehrlich of Entertainment Weekly expressed that Aaliyah's "silky vocals are more agile than those of self-proclaimed queen of hip-hop soul Mary J. Blige."[81] Aaliyah described her sound as "street but sweet", which featured her "gentle" vocals over a "hard" beat.[82] Though Aaliyah did not write any of her own material,[10] her lyrics were described as in-depth.[83][84] She incorporated R&B, pop and hip hop into her music.[7][85] Her songs were often uptempo and melancholy, revolving around "matters of the heart".[86] Her songs have been said to have "crisp production" and "staccato arrangements" that "extend genre boundaries" while containing "old-school" soul music. When she experimented with other genres, such as Latin pop and heavy metal, writers panned the attempt.[86] As her albums progressed, writers felt that Aaliyah matured, calling her progress a "declaration of strength and independence".[80][84] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described her eponymous album, Aaliyah, as "a statement of maturity and a stunning artistic leap forward" and called it one of the strongest urban soul records of its time.[84] She portrayed "unfamiliar sounds, styles and emotions", but managed to please critics with the contemporary sound it contained.[84] Ernest Hardy of Rolling Stone felt that Aaliyah reflected a stronger technique, where she gave her best vocal performance.[87] Others felt that she was "satisfying rather than extraordinary", stating that she added little to modern R&B.[88][89]
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