Alicia Keys Run from 2001-2007 Appreciation Thread

[Pinyapplesuckas]

she always sounded a little off key to me but you coudlnt deny her love of music. by the 3rd album or whenever i lost interest. she became an anthem singer & shyt and No One/Girl On Fire werentt anythin i could listen to.

 

[brownsugah]

I like Alicia, but...



This is one of the worst songs ever. I hate this shyt. I remember hearing this come on in a CVS once and I instantly wanted to murder everybody in that mothafukka. One of the most irritating melodies ever.

She a better piano player than singer

That song never did anything for me. I hate her voice on there too. Lol.

Yeah she’s definitely a better pianist than she is a singer.

 

[brownsugah]

Girl on Fire was horrendous too.

 

[Street Knowledge]

You don’t know my name is a masterpiece

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

 

[pearlhandle]

She had a great run. Gave us some great singles some good album cuts

I think she burned herself out tho she was everywhere at one point and I think her vocals suffered a lot.

She lost me around “no one” but got me right back with “fire we make”

She’s rated appropriately

 

[WavyHair ChippedTeeth]

If you’re troubleeeddddddd, you just gotta let it goooo

 

[brownsugah]

If you’re troubleeeddddddd, you just gotta let it goooo

Underrated song. One of my faves from her.

 

[Formerly known as...]

If you’re troubleeeddddddd, you just gotta let it goooo

Love this song right here.

And 'Slow down' from Diary of Alicia Keys.

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

Its easy to forget that she was outselling Beyonce, Mary J, Missy, etc. from 2001 - 2007.

Clive Davis marketed her as a pop star from the beginning using his Whitney formula. She
was a more soulful, mixed-race teen star who could sing, play the piano and write -- putting her
raw talent above female teen pop stars at the time like Britney and even Christina.

Pop sound changes around 2006-2008 -- dominated by the emergence of Amy Winehouse, GaGa, Rihanna,
Katy Perry, Adele.

The death of the r&b radio market coincides with her rise, so when the pop sound changes, there is no
core r&b world for her to return to -- she had to fit her sound into the rap ecosystem, which could never work.

Alicia had a memorable first decade of the 21st Century. She left her mark.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

I thought about why I stopped liking her music once, So I broke it down.

Her best songs in the first place had background harmonies to give the song a soulful vibe, which your brain then attributes to her performance.

The songs featuring just her voice, with little background harmonization, fall flat.

Take your favorite songs of hers, and mentally strip the other voices away except hers. You don't feel the same way about the song.






A couple of years into her career she seems to be the main background vocal on her own records. I haven't checked so I wouldn't know.


You don't Know my name is forever a classic though. I'll play that song forever.

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

Alicia started going down musically after the Unplugged album in my honest opinion.

I also think she screams more now and her voice sounds strained in comparison to how her voice was when she first came out.

When she became more politically active, she began to shout on her songs rather than sing them.

 

[Solo_87]

Eh

She had a good run

I believe a lot of her work especially her first album was overrated though

Still cant believe she won the best new artist or the best rnb album Grammy over Indie Aries debut which featured brown skin, I am not my hair, ready for love, etc...

She does have classic singles...

I stopped fukking with her when she tried to get more into the adele, contemporary pop lane...doesnt fit her voice, talents

 

[The G.O.D II]

She had a few decent songs but her looks carried her more then anything. Labels weren’t going to put marketing dollars behind way more talented but less attractive(to mainstream aka cacs) like Angie Stone, Jill Scott, India Arie, etc. Post 09 her music became unbearable cheesy and bad.

 

[brownsugah]

When she became more politically active, she began to shout on her songs rather than sing them.

Yep!!