Alicia Keys - As I Am

[ArtsyGirl]

Got this the other day, first listen was ok but the more I'm hearing it the more I like.. Different kind of vibe than her other albums though. What do you think?

ps lesson learned is my fav so far.

 

[Dogmatic187]

I like it alot so far, I think it's a bit better than "The Diary..." I feel she's actually excelling with each album, and can't wait till she goes on tour. She's great live.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Yeah I feel the same way.. And she better come to Australia for this album or I'll be pissed!

 

[Snowman]

yeah this is a nice album. i like the superwoman and teenage love affair tracks

first thing i thought when i heard the intro was she sampled Pac's ambitions as a ridah beat. which is nice.

 

[manual1]

yeah, at first i wasn't too impressed but after more listens i'm loving it her best

 

[Jansinnet]

I like this cd. The first song I heard was "like you'll never see me again"
I got the cd then.

 

[Casey]

"Like You'll Never See Me Again"

is almost a note-for-note (although transposed a few keys) rip-off of the last 3 minutes of "Purple Rain". Nice try Alicia. First you cover a relatively obscure but classic Prince B-Side "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore" in the hopes that people will think it's your own song......and then this? Poor show.

If it was just Prince, I wouldn't mind so much. But the list goes on with Alicia subtlely ripping off classic songs and wailing on them to try and get props.

"Fallin" for example, is ripped from James Brown's, "It's A Mans Mans Mans World".

"You Don't Know My Name"? Nothing more than The Main Ingredient's "Let Me Prove My Love To You"

"Slow Down" is "Summer Breeze" by The Isley Bros

"So Simple" is "Tonights The Night" by Betty Wright.

"If I Aint Got You" takes the structure of "Call Me" by Aretha Franklin.

"Unbreakable" is "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks...

"Lovin You"? - It's blatantly "Natural Woman" by Aretha.

the list goes on.


Alicia, you might be foolin everyone else....but us musicians and funkheads know what time it is.

 

[Stred]

its 11:45 pm

 

[_carmi]

^lmao

i don't care who she sampled. her music is goody good and that's all i care.

 

[Casey]

there's a difference between sampling and ripping people off.

 

[_carmi]

there's a difference between sampling and ripping people off.

i'm certain the artists she ripped off would sue her or something if they felt ripped off.

 

[Jansinnet]

Interesting.
Going to check some of these.

 

[masta247]

I think Alicia is a great artist but her albums overall are not that good. There are always 1-3 perfect tracks per album but the rest is just boring. On "As I am" I like only "no one" of course and "superwoman". I like "her" lyrics on other tracks too.