lastdecember said:

Her WHOLE career is made-up, look at who her boss is? History repeating itself much?

I won't talk about the image because its pointless, but as far as her music goes, there's absloutly NOTHING sincere about this woman's voice or music. I liked the song she did with Mos Def in the video(You Don't Know My Name) but everytime I hear her voice straining, the pressure somehow makes me think to myself that "She must've been singing in the john".

I hate the fact that she(along with her people) hype her albums before it get release with ALOT of verbose, self-praising bullshit and make a big deal about her piano playing ONLY to fog how exactly similar the album is to the rest of "R&B flavor of the month" album

If she made an album full of songs like "Empire State" and the James Bond song, people will drop the "Alicia=Boring" talk.

Harlepolis said:

What is this fascination with the "empire" song? What the hell am i missing, its a corny rap song where Jay Z is losing his breath 7 or 8 times in the rapping, no one mentions that "off key" note. Its such a forced painting by numbers corny duet with predictable corny lyrics it amazes me that people talk about her being sincere? what is so sincere about empire state? Because they are from NYC? so am i, nothing sincere are special about that rap or her delivery, i think alicia is on the track because beyonce or rihanna were out of town, they could have gotten anyone for this, nothing special.

lastdecember said:

True!

But I'm telling it how I see it(or how I hear it, in this case) its still the most intersting thing she did(along with the James Bond theme), and these are decent songs at best,,,,thats how BORING the lady is.

Harlepolis said:

that track is without a doubt the most interesting things he's done so far along with the song Heartburn from her 2nd album. everything else she has done sounds exactly the same. where is the growth and risk taking? nowhere!

I think its the other way around, the first album was shit, it was so calculated and the whole ghetto girl image was so MADE UP. The change that everyone is talking about is very simple, NOT re-doing vocals and layering them, that simple peeps, if you layer them and do one line a day then rest and then do a hook and then go on vacation and then come back and do the chorus your voice will be sound the same all the way through, and then when you are live REALITY sets in. To me, i want a vocalist that doesnt sound like they taped the shit together over a year and its so slick its like an oil spill in alaska, if i want that i'll listen to beyonce or mc 24/7, or some rb cat out now.

I, personally don't like her (Alicia Keys') voice, but I will say that her piano playing is to be marvelled at for someone so young. Vocally, I'll pass. She's no powerhouse, nor is she any better (I reiterate, vocally) than what's on the current roster of female vocalists that are simply sub par (i.e. Keisha Cole, Ciara, Rhianna, etc...) Gone (aside from Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Ledisi and a few others) are the Soul Sistas who erupt into vibratto so powerfully and effortlessly that the very sound of their voice tells you that they are fully involved in the message which they convey.

I love her, her new singles is nothing special.

Joined by Jennifer Lopez, the Black Eyed Peas and Adam Lambert, Keys will take the stage to perform an as-yet-determined song during the anticipated show November 22.

Wow.....her creative well is DRY.

Graycap23 said:

Not according to Swizz Beats.

I've always considered Alicia Keys to be highly overated. She is a very nice looking girl But musically she is no more talented that Idia Arie or Tweet both of whom I belive are superior vocalist when compared to Keys.

Alicia Keys looks has taken her further than her music would have.Just like I feel Halle Berry (whom I do like) her looks have taken her further than just her acting. We all know a lot of other black actresses who are better.

daingermouz2020 said:

Exactly.

I've always considered Alicia Keys to be highly overated. She is a very nice looking girl But musically she is no more talented that Idia Arie or Tweet both of whom I belive are superior vocalist when compared to Keys.

Alicia Keys looks has taken her further than her music would have.Just like I feel Halle Berry (whom I do like) her looks have taken her further than just her acting. We all know a lot of other black actresses who are better.

shorttrini said:

Well thats what im saying, people can say she is boring this and that, but if you can honestly say she has no talent, on a forum where the likes of Vanity are praised, then i think you seriously need some help, but thats my opinion. Alicia has talent and so do many others, some more some less, and we can argue all day who deserves the spotlight and never come to an agreement. But as for getting props from Prince,Stevie and others, how is that NOT supposed to influence your way of thinking? Alicia is getting respect from the top of the gamers, the all timers, and she just happens to get the spotlight too, well that is a good thing, at least there's talent there whether u like it or not, and she isnt shitting on the past, like others who just sample it for gain.

lastdecember said:

Vanity is ONLY praised for her past beauty and her once nice body and that is ALL! Prince helped soften the blow for Denise Matthews. Alicia has put out some great music but here lately it has been slipping a bit. I do believe she can make a comeback though...

Alicia Keys is promoting that I'm a little angel bullshit and I think people are getting tired of that. She oughta give us something different because she is becoming predictable.

I think it's a great song, I like it.

Here is a bad-quality clip of her "supposedly" next single. She performed it at her event the other day. So far, I'm liking what I'm hearing.