Here's a snippet of her new single.
http://www.alicia-zone.net/en/

Oh gawd!! Could this be more obvious

Dragondayz, I hope your ready for the "She is so unoriginal and overrated" brigade!

thekidsgirl said:

I think I'm ready lol. All I can do is listen at this point. There isn't too much to defend.

Okay.....This has "Purple Rain" All over it, I hope prince gives this girl a slap!

dragondayz said:

Well I mean, with this song it's just too easy!

I'm still excited for the album though

andykeen said:

Ding, ding, ding!!! Now lets see who else will catch it

damn, I mean, DAMN....

WTF was she thinkin'???

Revolution said:

I don't know.

No comment.

thekidsgirl said:

those last little lines in Purple Rain were just asking to get sampled..they are so so pretty.

dragondayz said:

I like Alicia but I am not really feeling the vocals on this one

andykeen said:

Yeah, Rick-James-style. WTF is she thinking?

Based on this song and the last, it seems she's been on a diet of Prince and Keyshia Cole. I like both tracks so I don't mind but I love the way you say "inspired".

Is that the polite way if saying ripped, these days?
It's like added diced pieces of Purple Rain and Diamonds and Pearls to this recipe. No not diced. What's it called when you cut things in big chunks? Well, that.

I'm still waiting 4 something original from her. I'm not holding my breath though.

emilio319 said:

Not just Purple Rain. It's a Prince pie...all different kinds of Prince toppings...from different songs.
But it's got other stuff thrown in too.

I like it.

Didn't Prince knick the ending chords of "Purple Rain" from the end of another 80s hit?

lord it's the entire intro of pR on loop ... but her tone in which she's singing the song is awful

Dang, the snippet ends before the Cloud guitar solo...

sounds exactly like Purple Rain. but i like it!

Her voice is not this way in the song on the radio. When that person recorded it I guess they slowed down the song and that's why her voice sounds so deep.

I found the whole song.

http://whatz-new.blogspot...ingle.html

dragondayz said:

Is this a clean version? I hear some kind of ticking noise on both DLs. I hope that's not part of the song. Actually I can't get through it. I really don't like the vocals on it. It sounds distorted.

JackieBlue said:

I don't think it's the clean version, and I made a mistake because it's not the whole thing either. I think it's just a slightly better quality clip of the on I had already posted.

dragondayz said:

Okay so it can only get better then. I really want to hear Go Ahead.

Damn, her vocals are shot. Especially in this one, check when it gets to "the end" and she's straining her vocals when she goes "WHEN YOU SEE ME!" like she couldn't hit a note proper, lol. Not hating just stating.

Timmy84 said:

Is she going through puberty twice??

Cinnie said:

Beats me.

Like I'll Never SEe Classics Being Ripped Off Again :p hahah

thekidsgirl said:

Who WOULDN'T catch it? Now that is truly "Prince inspired".