That’s why I laugh when people try to shyt on Alicia Keys. The fact that she could do what she did in the Beyonce era is crazy to me. So many chicks came and went, but Alicia stayed dropping one every now and then to let us know she was still out here. Bey and Rihanna ran things obviously though.
Alicia Keys did too. Clive davis and j records, the industry machine was pushing her mediocre music with her deep ass voice drowning out all the real singing talent. She got all these awards for her first album and the second one and she wasnt good. That fallen in love song was garbage
. Her vocal performance was very cringeworthy, (she was literally yelling and straining her voice to hit the high notes) Would not surprise me if Clive Davis made her go ladylike with the appearance when its clear that she was a butch lesbian or bi.
it was Alicia then Beyonce when her solo career started. shyt aint been the same since.
Basically