“The Thing About Love” is a fine ballad co-written and produced with Linda Perry (Pink, Christina Aguilera) while ‘Teenage Love Affair’ is a brilliant Jackson 5-esque foot stomper, the kind of thing only Keys could get away with these days: a breezy, spot-on recollection of a woman looking back on a girlhood left behind. Meanwhile, Keys first three albums - Songs In A Minor, The Diary Of Alicia Keys and As I Am have been bundled together as The Platinum Collection, and sell 10,339 copies to debut at number 20. It was preceded by the release of two singles: 'Lala (Unlocked)' featuring Swae Lee and 'Best of Me'. Released 13 November 2007 on J (catalog no. “No One,” the album’s first single, showcases a new depth and width to the tone of her voice, which seems to get closer to that of Aretha Franklin with each album. Keys is the eighth studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys, released through RCA Records on December 10, 2021. As I Am finds her comfortably dedicating most of her energy to the latter genres gone is the endearingly thuggish (but slightly excessive) gangsta posturing, and Keys has turned up the emphasis on her songwriting and vocal performances. The accomplished 27-year-old has always made a delicate exercise of placating the hip-hop and R&B communities, but her obvious love for soul and classical music sometimes made it seem as if her heart wasn’t really in it.
It's not the five-star album she's capable of, but it leaves little doubt that Keys is moving steadily in that direction.Alicia Keys’ third studio album is an exercise in tightening the screws. I f The Diary of Alicia Keys was a skillfully balanced mix of classic and modern, Keys’s third effort, As I Am, finds the singer-songwriter fully embracing bygone R&B.There are no rappers or hype men announcing the arrival of the new Alicia Keys joint. ‘No One’ is her third studio album and released on Novemby J Records. Keys' collaborators on the album include songwriter Linda Perry, who co-wrote three of the album's tracks, and John Mayer, who twines voices with Keys on the sensual "Lesson Learned." Top-notch arrangements, which include gorgeous, retro-tinged flourishes via strings and horns, make the set shimmer, but it's the strength of the hook-heavy tunes and Keys' moving performances that make AS I AM stick. Alicia Keys releases her third album : ‘As I Am’ featuring ‘No One’ ‘Like You’ll Never See Me Again’ and ‘Superwoman’ (2007) Alicia Keys ‘ ‘As I Am’ feat. This is reflected in the midtempo grooves, songs of empowerment ("Superwoman"), and stirring ballads ("The Thing About Love"). Keys built her popularity making stylish, reflective, voice-and-piano music AS I AM continues that trend, albeit in a poppier vein that balances neatly between neo-soul and adult contemporary. When he established his new label J Records, Alicia was signed.
After leaving Columbia Records, Keys met Clive Davis who headed Arista at the time (2000). She grew up in Harlem, New York City, New York and started playing piano aged seven. Fallin’ Songs in A Minor, 2001 A Woman’s Worth Songs in A Minor, 2001 If I Ain’t Got You The Diary of Alicia Keys, 2003 No One As I Am, 2007 Superwoman As I Am, 2007 Empire State of Mind ft. The third full-length from contemporary R&B diva Alicia Keys is called AS I AM, a title that adequately reflects the album's straightforward, confessional soul-pop. Since then she has released 2003s The Diary of Alicia Keys, 2007s As I Am and 2009s The Element of Freedom.
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