To be brief, It took Mary J. Blige until her fifth album. What I mean to say is, Alicia Keys’ forthcoming fourth album, The Element of Freedom, shows an established and satisfied Keys. As with No More Drama, where we saw a once edgy pained artist sedated by a ‘drama-free’ life, it appears the same has happened with Alicia Beatz. A shame what a good man (used loosely with SWIZZY), can do to soulful music.
TEOF is in fact a more diverse and better arranged album than any album to date for Alicia Keys. With that I say, “So?!” The alicia keys I remember dispensed soulful cries that spoke to the soul, this is elevator music.
To be fair, the album still shows off Alicia Keys’ as one of the stronger vocalist this side of the pond, and a resilience to avoid pop music’s noisy cookie-cutter beats. However, within a couple spins, you can tell that something is amiss. I’ll save you the fall out your seat moment, It’s the lack of keys.
Alicia Ke– , well Alicia, left me wanting a lot more this album. Again just as, No More Drama was a fine album, so is The Element of Freedom. It’s not MY Alicia Keys’ fix, but hey, at least there’s no holleration.
worth the itune: Love is Blind; Love is a Disease
Editor's note: I acknowledge I didnt mention the song with Beyonce. You should Acknowledge that as well.
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