This unauthorized biography of Alicia Keys tells the story of her beginnings at the Professional Performance Art School in Manhattan to her success as an international singing sensation.
Alicia Keys first burst on the music scene as a young musical prodigy writing songs and ... more
performing background vocals for Columbia and later Arista Records. It was an odyssey that would lead to over 10 million albums sold, numerous awards and accolades....
Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
Advantages: A Chance to hear Classical music work so well with Hip Hop and Jazz Disadvantages: None what so ever.
The diary of AliciaKeys is a brilliant album which combines a wide variety of sounds in a unique way. AliciaKeys uses her raw talent effortlessly to create a vibrant hip hop and soulful classic sound which combined, creates the type of music you do not want leaving your CD player.
Track 1 Harlem?s Nocturne: In this track AliciaKeys has explored the use of semi-quavers in a free and expressive tempo. Such characteristics are usually found in classical pieces. Towards the end of the song the tempo changes to moderate and steady, therefore creating a perfect example of how well classical and hip hop sounds work. By showing this on the very first song she is keeping her audience intrigued and wanting more.
Track 2 Karma: is second on the album. This is a moderately slow song which creates a moody atmosphere. The lyrics also are ...
Advantages: Range of sounds, fantastic lyrics and vocal talents. Disadvantages: N/A
Since her multi-platinum debut album in 2001, AliciaKeys has just gone from strength to strength, and this album shows just how she has! Selling 742,000 copies in the first week, it was the fastest selling album in the USA since Norah Jones' - Feels Like Home in 2004.
Her third album to date and by far her most eagerly anticipated, this album shows of the singer/songwriters wide range of talents and vocal skills. I am a great fan of AliciaKeys and owning both of her previous albums, I can realize how hard it must have been to top what she has previously released!
"As I Am" is an album full of soul and comes right from the heart of arguably one of the best R&B/Jazz singers out there today. The album combines soulful ballads with a range of funky R&B tracks and some exquisite piano pieces with really do grab the listeners attention ...
Advantages: Lots of diversity Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tracks
In 2007 the bluesy R&B singer AliciaKeys released her third album ?As I Am?, once again showing how unconventional methods can be input into the R&B world and still come up with great successes by combing her classical training with the mainstream sounds.
1. ?As I Am? (Intro)
2. ?Go Ahead?
To get things underway, you have a track which has her combining quite a few of her various musical influences as you here clear indications of how the Jazz and Blues sides of her have come into play to get her through this song. The production is fly and engaging to bring you into the album and get you ready for what is to come.
**Four Stars**
3. ?Superwoman?
This was one of the significant t tunes to come off the album and it sees her doing a kind of track which we would recognise from her earlier works, especially from her debut cut, as in ...
This unauthorized biography of Alicia Keys tells the story of her beginnings at the Professional Performance Art School in Manhattan to her success as an international singing sensation.
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