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“The bass was shaking, the crickets were singing, and then she comes in singing,” Ronson said of Aaliyah’s “One in a Million”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tMark Ronson<\/a>, fresh off the release of his\u00a0memoir\u00a0Night People: How to Be a DJ in \u201990s New York City<\/em><\/a>, offers a glimpse into his music tastes and shares his first impressions of Aaliyah\u2019s music in a new episode of Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s Song Shuffle<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe DJ and production mastermind started the Song Shuffle<\/em> game with the classic \u201cOne in a Million\u201d by Aaliyah, discussing how impactful the song\u2019s album of the same name completely blew his mind the first time he heard it.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI remember, I think the year that I started DJing, Aaliyah\u2019s first single \u2018Back & Forth\u2019 came out. And it was a great party song and people loved it, but \u2018One in a Million,\u2019 it was from her first record working with Timbaland and Missy [Elliott],\u201d Ronson explains. \u201cShit just fucked everybody\u2019s head up because their production, this was like the future, her voice, the way she looked.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRonson continued by recalling the first time he played the record at home, and how \u201cterrifying\u201d it felt to know that he would have to remix the slow yet beautiful song into his sets.<\/p>\n