dragondayz said:

Classically trained my ass. She can memorized a hand full of so called classic songs. This woman is a POSER plain and simple.

Graycap23 said:

Booty Munchin'! Anyway, her playing of that classical piece from the intermission of the "Girlfriend" video was the stuff of legends. That is, if it wasn't mimed.

Graycap23 said:

so you guys just don't even think she's talented? i can't speak on her piano playing at all since i'm not a musician but i do like her voice and i think "no one" is a damn good song. i think she's talented!

The girl is mad pretty. Anyone seen her on iconoclasts with Ruby Dee. Have we figured out whether she is a lesbian or not?

WTF.....

The instrumental of alicia key's song "NO one" is insanely simliar to black eyeed peas's "Where is the love" ....WTF.....Timbaland deserves to be ..I don't know

seeingvoices12 said:

I wonder if he got a half a mil for that one.

seeingvoices12 said:

Timbaland didn't produce that. Alicia and her partner did.

As far as her playing, I saw old footage of her when she was about 13/14 playing some classical song. It didn't look or seem extremely difficult, but I know for sure that I couldn't play it.

guitarslinger44 said:

She has said in the past Clive lets her do what she wants. I really don't think Clive would tell her to make some of the mediocre stuff she has done. She has only had one phenomenal song per album. This one doesn't have anything on there that I think will be a major power hit

lilgish said:

Well, the way she was singing to Ruby on the piano.... I've seen her sing that way to other women, like she was in love

FarrahMoan said:

http://www.dailymotion.co...iend_music

Alicia was so overrated to me back then so I thought everything she did was overrated. I saw this video the other day and finally realized that was a really nice little piece. If I'm not mistaken, I think Alicia and Ray Chew composed it.

I said weeks ago she was going to get handed her ass for sampling PR.

Adisa said:

MsMisha319 said:

wow, this thread is pretty rough...WTF? Her music sounds better than 75% of the R&B music on the fucking radio right now.

goat2004 said:

Which is why everyone thinks she's a genius, but she's not. If you have F grade crap on the radio, C grade crap is going to sound like a miracle from the Heavens

I really like "Lesson Learned". I would have liked to have heard more of John Mayer tho. Other than his musicianship maybe, his presence is kinda pointless.

Janfriend said:

Exactly.....

Another bonus track.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...spckASaeHA

As i stated before on alicia while she is talented, she hasn't done nothing that people in my age group 37 and up haven't seen. I guess to the new generation what she does is considered extraordinary because only about 10 percent actually plays music in some form. She produces,composes, and arranges her own music. So what roberta flack did that thirty something years ago. Patrice Rushen and teena marie have been doing it since the late 70's. I like the radio singles somewhat from alicia's first album but the rest of it sucked big time. Her second album was pretty good imo. I am just not feeling the songs from this new release. No one sucks ass big time. That song is just plain horrible. Also the way alicia composes her music is stale in comparison to the way roberta,teena, and patrice did it. They would take their time and select outstanding musicians to perform and perfect their craft where sometimes alicia's music sounds like it was composed for romper room.

I haven't heard the whole CD yet (playing it now) but I like it.

This CD sounds very honest, flaws and all.

I've always been underwhelmed by her work.

dragondayz said:

Oh God

The video for that Purple Rain song is going to sell this album

http://www.mtv.com/overdr...vid=188551

Janfriend said:

Sounds more like a Sign O The Times song!

Janfriend said:

I think you may be right. People love a good drama video. I like Common and Alicia on film together.
[Edited 11/14/07 5:48am]

What a good review. I think this pretty much sums it up!
http://www.buffalonews.co...06544.html

dragondayz said:

2 bad the cd is not as good as the review.

phunkdaddy said:

I generally agree. For the most part, I like her first two albums. Nothing grondbreaking, but really solid and some great songs. I haven't heard the new album in full yet, but I think "No One" is horrible and her vocals are awful. And, I'm saying this about an artist I generally like. Hope the rest of the album is better.

dragondayz said:

That is a good review, however, I have heard her say numerous times she grew up on hip hop and wants to incorporate that in her music. I never got the impression she was stifled. Someone told me she really wanted that older audience which is why she's heavy on the remaking and sampling of old songs. Most of her fans are younger than her and probably don't know alot of what she's biting. I've been on her message boards. They're not too bright

I guess that reviewer is still keeping hope in Pandora's box, since this is only her 3rd studo album, but I think the only way for Alicia to wow any of us skeptics is to break away from r&b all together and go Elton Johninsh. Shit, I prefer her contemporaries piano playing opposed to hers: Vanessa Carlton, John Legend, and Taylor Hanson. She should collaborate with all of them. Leave Krucial to just drum programming

Janfriend said:

That's why I like it on here. I don't want to be blind to what she bites.

I don't want her to break away from RnB. I think she's trying to break a way from it now, and it's not "fitting" her as well in my opinion. I was a little clearer on what I wanted to hear from her, now I'm not so sure.

alicia keys has always been boring.... and NEVER had any sex appeal... she has nice features.. but just nothing sexy about her


she is trying right now to have sex appeal... but im not buying it... and every video she is playing a piano.....

im sorry i just like artist who are more exciting.....

There is no piano in her new video.

Anyway, I LOVE the CD now. I just "got it" yesterday and it's brilliant. Of course, there are talented people that deserve the same success Alicia has, but this is probably one of the best commercial CD's this year.

The music isn't the same as on SIAM, but Alicia has picked it up lyrically. The piano touches that she adds on songs like No One, LYNSMA(the beginning), and Lesson Learned(the bridge) are brilliant, just for the simple fact that she doesn't do too much or too little, but lets her talent be shown.