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On Wednesday (September 28), Misdemeanor provided a little insight into Aaliyah's ad-libs on the 1996 One In A Million single,'4 Page Letter.'

Missy Elliott Reveals Surprising Secret About Aaliyahs 4 Page Letter Ad-Libs Published on:Sep 29, 2021, 2:20 PM by 0 Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Missy Elliottoften interacts with her fans on Twitter, sometimes unearthing some inside information involving her music industry past. On Wednesday (September 28), Misdemeanor provided a little insight into Aaliyahsad-libs on the 1996 One In A Million single,4 Page Letter, in which she begins the track with, Yo, turn my music up. Up some more. Up some more. Up a little bit more. According to Missy, it was all a happy accident. Fun fact, she explained. When I was in the booth singing this, my engineer had the music too low, so I was telling him to turn it up, but Aaliyah thought I meant to do it so she sung it like I did on the demo but it was a mistake, she wrote. But she loved it. so we kept it like that. A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) Written by Missy Elliottand produced by Timbaland, 4 Page Letter found Aaliyah professing her love for a crush. The track served as the fourth single from her sophomore album One In A Million, following If Your Girl Only Knew, the title track and Got to Give It Up. Despite the success of 4 Page Letter on the R&B singles chart (it peaked at No. 9), the album didnt fare so well. The project debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 upon its releasing, selling roughly 40,000 copies in its first week. Sales jumped significantly around Christmas 1996 to over 71,000 copies sold, pushing the album to a peak of No. 18. Aaliyahs 1994 debut, Age Aint Nuthin But A Number, also hit a peak of No. 18. Read more