This was a problem on Furtado's nearly simultaneously released Folklore, but Keys trumps her peer in one key way - musically, this is a seamless piece of work, a sultry slow groove that emphasizes her breathy, seductive voice and lush soulfulness. As she somewhat bafflingly says in her liner notes, "these songs are like my daily entrees," which likely means that these were indeed intended to play like unedited entries in a journal, a goal that she's fulfilled quite successfully, even if it does mean that the album often plays as a diary, leaving listeners in the role of observers instead of seeing themselves in the songs. The very title of The Diary of Alicia Keys - at once disarmingly simple and self-important - suggests that Keys, like Furtado, took her stardom a little too seriously and felt compelled to present her worldview unfiltered, dispensing with artistic ambiguities and leaving each song as a portrait of Alicia Keys, the woman as a young artist. Songs in A Minor not only kicked off a wave of ambitious new neo-soul songsters, it fit neatly into the movement of ambitious yet classicist new female singer/songwriters that ranged from the worldbeat-inflected pop of Nelly Furtado to the jazzy Norah Jones, whose success may not have been possible if Keys hadn't laid the groundwork with such soulful work as her hit "Fallin'." Such success at such a young age, even if deserved, can be too much too soon, since young songwriters showered with praise and riches may find it hard to see the world outside of their own cocoon. Keep checking back here for all the latest music news.Since Alicia Keys' 2001 debut album, Songs in A Minor, was ever so slightly overpraised, expectations for her second album, 2003's The Diary of Alicia Keys, were ever so slightly too high. Earlier this year, Alicia also shared a new song, “That’s What’s Up.” Alicia also contributed to the Hidden Figures soundtrack on a song called “Apple” with Pharrell Williams. 1 on iTunes now. Last November, Alicia Keys released her sixth album, HERE. Listen to all four songs on Vault Playlist Vol. Oliver Nelson then released “Stolen Moments” on his own 1961 album, The Blues And The Abstract Truth. Here, Alicia strips it down into a simple piano and vocal version.įinally, the EP ends with another new recording, a cover of the jazz standard, “Stolen Moments.” Oliver Nelson composed the song, and first appeared on the 1960 album, Trane Whistle, by Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. The song was a single off Alicia’s second album, The Diary Of Alicia Keys, and it was a monster on radio back in 2004. “If I Ain’t Got You” is another huge hit brought to new life. This new studio version is an outtake from her 2012 album, Girl On Fire. She performed it at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas back 2011. Until now, the song has never been officially released. The second track is “Place To Call My Own,” an original song Alicia had previously only played live. Here, acoustic guitar joins Alicia, helping her break down the song beautifully.
1. The surprise release contains four deep cuts spanning Alicia’s career, reimagining hits and sharing studio versions of previously unreleased songs.įirst up, hear an acoustic version of “No One,” Alicia’s colossal 2007 hit that announced her third album, As I Am. Alicia Keys just released a new EP, Vault Playlist Vol.
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