Gotta give it up for Alicia playing live

Her band rocks and her back-up singers sing lika dream

Not to mention Alicia herself... lawd have mercy.

And her male backup-singer warms up with Purple Rain... and it was the chain!!

Alicia... I love U baby

Did I mention she looks fine as hell

ehhh...she's aiiight....

She the closest thing to perfect on this earth

IMO Alicia has real talent. She can sing, write and play and she doesn't look like a skank either. It seems as though she has her head on straight and that's partly because she knows she has real talent and doesn't have to rely on her tits and ass!

the only issue I see here is that Alicia is a trained artist.
I doubt that she'd be singing at all if it weren't for her pedigree.

Some people are natural talents (Aretha, Patti, Prince) with no initial formal musical training.
Some people have no musical inclination, but they went to arts schools and learned their craft.
I do salute her knowledge of music theory and applications, but she's not a natural.




And before you ask, yes, I am a classically trained pianist, but I was singin' and playin' in church and directin' the choir, and singin' and actin' in plays long before all of that.

bigonez said:

I beg to differ that... Ever hear her open her mouth to speak?? For such a pretty face and such talent, she sounds like an illiterate ass.. There is nothing worse than hearing a pretty girl open her mouth to sound like she didn't get any further than the 2nd grade...

mochalox said:

My sentiments exactly.



I couldn't have said it better myself.



Tell 'em baby!!!!

mochalox said:

Have you seen her live in concert?

Cause that's basically what this thread is about..

CokeJohnson said:

Yes, I've seen her live. Her shows are okay. Her band makes the show.
She's no Mary J. or (should I dare? *bites_knuckle*) Beyonce, even.

I'm just saying, we shouldn't "big 'er up" just yet.

mochalox said:

OMG, i cant, let me read that agian, yes, you did just say that?!?!?! BEYONCE. I saw her in concert and was Blowin away. i love her and would like her to have my children. as far as when she speaks, ok she might come across a little street, but you know, if it aint ruff it aint right

bigonez said:

i said that b/c despite the genuine and very real hate I have for Be, she does at least strive to put on a show.
I mean, if she never became a recording artist, she'd still be somewhere singin' her wittle heart out. Now if we can get her to take some music theory/application classes....

mochalox said:

Its not the matter of being trained or natural. Its the matter of you either got it or you don't, I'm a pianist by ear-oriented since the womb days but I learned how to read & write music when I got in high school. It doesn't hurt being trained, it helps alot

Donny was TRAINED all the way through but the brotha got it, Duke Ellington was a trained pianist, Teddy Wilson was a trained pianist, Herbie Hencock was a trained pianist and Patrice Rushen was a trained pianist but they ALL got it.

Unfortunatly 4 Alicia, she's not soulful which lead 2 the thinking that becoz she's trained which is not it. She just doesn't know how to hit people's cores/nerves simply as that, like I said some folks got it and some don't,,,she doesn't got it.

As far as other people resenting how she talks, its ALL an image nothing real about her manner of speach. People look at her act as "ghetto" all I say is get a grip, I'm ghetto to the core and I been around my people eversince the creation and we don't act like that, hell we DON'T show it to strangers, or at least we try.

And far as her music goes? Gimmiks, mix Mary J with Roberta Flack and there you got Alicia Keys. Clive found the BEST forumla to sell his shit, all I have to say is Alicia will be the one who'll get hurt by this in the long run becoz NOTHING about her music is fresh.

Norah Jones on the other hand got it good and promising

Harlepolis said:

Maaaaan that was harsh....i still love her.....but that might be because I am NOT trained and I DON’T have it...

Harlepolis said:

Basically.

Harlepolis said:

ok. I'll agree to that. I guess when I get ready to give kudos to a performer, it's b/c they've given me goosebumps and they make my back shiver.
Malice-cia just doesn't give me that feelin'.
I mean, when James Brown sings, "This Is A Man's World," I feel it.
But when Malice-cia takes that same track and does a few harmonious runs on it, it's just not the same.
Like I said, before, she's aiiight.

bigonez said:

that's okay, You'ze aiight too.

bigonez said:

Sorry, I don't mean to. I'm just speaking my mind out LOUD!

It's cool, speaking your mind is what this board is all about. I have a friend who is very talented in music so I can understand your viewpoints, because he analyzes music and musicians all the time.

mochalox said:

i like that, no,no dont stop, oohhh yeah that's my spot....

bigonez said:

Alicia U rock baby

Dont worry bout those who have been drinking a little too much hater-juice..

I'm still up in the air about Alicia. So far the only songs of hers that have moved me have been "If I Ain't Got You" and "Diary". But I've have yet to be impressed enough to buy her albums. Her third LP might lock me if she can acquire an identity of her own.

psykosoul said:

Exactly. The ONLY song I like that she's ever put out is "You Don't Know My Name."

CokeJohnson said:

it's not hater-juice. It's hater-aid.

mochalox said:

Let 'em know!

Let's have some love for Alicia ya!!

"Alicia Keys ... Alicia Keys ... YAAAAAY!!!!"

BabyCakes said:

can u say Beyonce Knowles.....she speaks alot better now. Thank goodness for English tutors....

BabyCakes said:

I think you're laying on quite thick - just b/c the girl wants the world to know about whatever street edge she's supposed to have ("can't go onstage w/o my hair braided!") I've never heard her sound straight up dumb. There's a big difference between "street" & "illiterate"...

Oh yea, and she's great live First album sucked salty nuts but the second is cool...





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[This message was edited Sat Jun 19 0:16:51 2004 by CalhounSq]