Alicia Keys

The Diary Of Alicia Keys

Unique, elegant, Alicia is the real thing!

Review Score:

(10/10)
As a professional musician and teacher of many genres of music,
I check out many albums all the time, and tire of the many
female vocalists who all begin to sound too similar, too
contrived, set up with the same hip hop loops and samples, and
the same meaningless lyrics. Alicia Keys is a blessing with
real talent and a completely refreshing sound. Her voice is
rich and rarely needs multiple overdubs to cover vocal weak-
nesses as Janet Jackson, Britney, Brandy, and endless other
pop and r&b female singers do. Her acoustic piano is a
beautiful sound that gives her old school soul/r&b mixed
with hip hop a down to earth back to basics sound that has
become rare these days with over production and over techno
push button drums and synths. Her hits "You Don't Know
My Name", "If I Ain't Got You" and "Diary" are wonderful,
but every other tune on the album is well done also and will
grow on you with every play. Get this album, it is well
worth the money, and will outlast all those other trendy
CDs people wish they hadn't bought on impulse!

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