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Thread started 12/20/13 2:34pm

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"Alicia Keys is a genius, she IS music"

P at Nokia Theatre 2009.

C'mon P, her last album SUCKS so much, it's prostitution to the top 40 and u know it!

Cut the crap dammit!

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Reply #1 posted 12/20/13 2:43pm

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That was four years ago. I know there's not a lot going in know...but to dig out some one line quote of appreciation of a friends music and call it out as bullshit...jeesh.

U want somebody to call out bullshit at your birthday party after someone is a bit too gracious with a toast?...




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...four years later.
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Reply #2 posted 12/20/13 3:09pm

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BobGeorge909 said:

That was four years ago. I know there's not a lot going in know...but to dig out some one line quote of appreciation of a friends music and call it out as bullshit...jeesh. U want somebody to call out bullshit at your birthday party after someone is a bit too gracious with a toast?... . . . ...four years later. [Edited 12/20/13 14:44pm]

Oh c'mon for ONCE I'm being mean Orgstyle lol lol lol

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Reply #3 posted 12/20/13 3:16pm

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YES but it's a shame we don't get to see that as she just releases all this commercialised crap. When she started out she was impressive but now it all sounds just the same as everything else. It's like Beyonce, she is actually musical, plays the piano but you never see that as all she releases is all the commercialised crap. Such a shame such talent goes to waste, I know they are both capable of so much more but at the end of the day its the biz and the 'almighty dollar'. In fact i'm sure they've been pushed that way, doubt they have much say in it. The state of the music business is dire, it should be about the music but sadly it isn't, it's just a suit run business where cash is king and developing as an artist and evolving is not something that's seen as important as long as what they do over and over again brings in the short term buck.

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Reply #4 posted 12/20/13 3:40pm

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I've bought her last few albums and they've become less and less chart friendly and her last one was from first to last fantastic.I've yet to hear a more soulful album, what really does my head in is that the production is really sparse and prince like but is so well done.'girl on fire ' is all killer and no filler, something I, ve not been able to say about about a prince album since the' gold experiance'.
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Reply #5 posted 12/20/13 4:38pm

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mmart2008 said:

I've bought her last few albums and they've become less and less chart friendly and her last one was from first to last fantastic.I've yet to hear a more soulful album, what really does my head in is that the production is really sparse and prince like but is so well done.'girl on fire ' is all killer and no filler, something I, ve not been able to say about about a prince album since the' gold experiance'.

That's some juxtaposition.

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Reply #6 posted 12/22/13 5:13am

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TheFreakerFantastic said:

YES but it's a shame we don't get to see that as she just releases all this commercialised crap. When she started out she was impressive but now it all sounds just the same as everything else. It's like Beyonce, she is actually musical, plays the piano but you never see that as all she releases is all the commercialised crap. Such a shame such talent goes to waste, I know they are both capable of so much more but at the end of the day its the biz and the 'almighty dollar'. In fact i'm sure they've been pushed that way, doubt they have much say in it. The state of the music business is dire, it should be about the music but sadly it isn't, it's just a suit run business where cash is king and developing as an artist and evolving is not something that's seen as important as long as what they do over and over again brings in the short term buck.

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Beyonce is musical? That is hilarious. Beyonce does not play the piano, nor can she play any instruments. Prince even said she isn't and showed her a few keys. She can't even write a full song. She relies on others and take credit for their work.

The only thing commercial on Alicia Keys last album was the single "Girl On Fire", hence one of the reasons why it wasn't a big seller. Personally, I don't care for it but commercial it was not.

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Reply #7 posted 12/22/13 6:18am

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"I Am" is a great pop / soul album.

Not so sure about the rest. Lately she seems to have tried to appeal to that "EDM pop" crowd that's into those "oh oh oh, eh eh eh" type of overly simplistic choruses, heavy kick drums and all that. It's not really working for her. Yeah, "No One" was simple in the same matter and a lot of people found it annoying too, but I thought that's where she still got it right. The song with Maxwell was quite alright though (it sounded more like a Maxwell track, really).

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Reply #8 posted 12/22/13 1:28pm

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Another indicator that Prince has lost his musical judgement.

“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Reply #9 posted 12/22/13 3:10pm

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databank said:



BobGeorge909 said:


That was four years ago. I know there's not a lot going in know...but to dig out some one line quote of appreciation of a friends music and call it out as bullshit...jeesh. U want somebody to call out bullshit at your birthday party after someone is a bit too gracious with a toast?... . . . ...four years later. [Edited 12/20/13 14:44pm]

Oh c'mon for ONCE I'm being mean Orgstyle lol lol lol


I feel ya.... My bad... lol
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Reply #10 posted 12/22/13 7:48pm

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databank said:

P at Nokia Theatre 2009.

C'mon P, her last album SUCKS so much, it's prostitution to the top 40 and u know it!

Cut the crap dammit!

u tell em girl friend! biggrin

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Reply #11 posted 12/23/13 8:59am

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Translated: "Alicia Keys is hot, she is ASS"

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