Background
After releasing her 1996 album One in a Million, Aaliyah graduated from high school the following year and recorded several songs for film soundtracks. They helped raise her profile as radio hits, including her 1998 single "Are You That Somebody?". After it became the biggest hit of her career at that point, Aaliyah wanted to keep a lower profile and avoid overexposure. A follow-up album was planned for February 1999, but she postponed the recording process in order to develop an acting career, which led to a starring role in the 2000 film Romeo Must Die and her accompanying soundtrack single "Try Again". The film heigthened her profile significantly, while the single became her first number-one pop hit. Her label Blackground Records used the film and its soundtrack album to set up a distribution deal with Virgin Records America, which would distribute Blackground's subsequent releases globally, including her third album. Aaliyah sought to schedule the album's recording around her film career.
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