ALICIA COVERS UPTOWN MAGAZINE + PHOTOS FROM COMPLEX MAG. SHOOT
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Alicia Keys covers the Fall issue of Uptown magazine. I love how beautiful and classy she looks on this cover, then switches it up for Complex magazine…
We also posted her Complex cover over the weekend. Check out more pictures from the photoshoot and an except from the article after the cut. You can also watch a video of he photoshoot over at COMPLEX…
On dealing with the pressures of fame:
I’m not the chick that breaks down, I’m not the one who loses it and wilds out, that’s not my thing.
On finding herself on top of an Egyptian tomb:
I needed to get out of town and clear my head, I went to Egypt. It was such a miraculous experience for me. I crawled to the top of the pyramid and I just sang at the top of my lungs right there. People walking in acted like I was crazy; I didn’t care. When I came home, I wanted to abandon all the tat stuff about me feeling too vulnerable to collaborate with people. Forget that.
On her idea of a good date:
I like to do things just because the thought came in your mind. I like to maybe go to the planetarium, crazy late at night. I love when a dude is cool with going to the museum with me, especially if it’s an interesting exhibit. I’m not just trying to go see dead white people. [Laughs]
The singer also graces the cover of the upcoming issue of Ebony. She is making moves and looking gorgeous doing so!











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1.
Softest Place On Earth
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia look cute.
2.
Krazee
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Hope I’m 2nd!!!
3.
Atira
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
WOW, She looks just amazing. She keeps it interesting
4.
hood_shit
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Her new single is the shit but she should stray away from interviews because she bores me…. lame yo!
5.
Softest Place On Earth
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I agree a sometimes its good to go on a spontaneous date with your boyfriend.
6.
Krazee
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
It’s nice to see her embrace her femine side!! She is a very beautiful woman!! Thank God she left the whole cornbraids thing alone!!! To imagine her sitting in-between another womans legs getting that head done scared me!!!
7.
J. Lewis("No homo" is dead, now it's "no brokeback")
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
(Valley girl voice) Like omg it is official, Alicialoop has arrived!!!!!!
No but Alicia is looking good, she look kind of pale on the cover but beautiful nonetheless. Can’t wait for the album to drop!
8.
J. Lewis("No homo" is dead, now it's "no brokeback")
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Oh yeah the “Alicialoop” was a lame joke, please don’t take it to heart CL staff. I don’t want ya’ll to feel” unappreciated” like the group Cherish.
9.
Leeta
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
alicia is cool peoples…i love her music so much!
10.
AaliyahsBabyDaddy
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
alicia can get it anytime, but damn i hate how in these magazines people look all good an whatnot, then you see them in person and they look like jabba the hut.
11.
B.Rich
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
GOODNESS! She’s everywhere and lookin good too *gotta promote- I ain’t mad*!!!!
She’s beautiful on this cover. I like this cover and the EBONY mag cover. Get it Ms. Keys!!
12.
Cali
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
wow
13.
smmb
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Definately an
Alicia fan.
14.
TELL THE TRUTH
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
STOP LYING ALICIA LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE IN A FEW OF THOSE PICS AND A CORPSE IN THE OTHERS …. UGH NOT A GOOD LOOK A KEYS
15.
jas
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
this is the nicest i have ever seen alicia look.
16.
CLEARMINDED
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
“Dead white people”???? Why she talkin about her Mama’s family like that? LOL.
Nice cover pic — thank gawd she’s not oranged or bronzed up like an oompa loompa like usual. This is a much better look. Still not convinced, she doesn’t have that innate sensuality and a lot of her poses look stiff, but I guess it’s growing on me.
17.
Tata
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
J.Lewis, you are off the chain!!! Just tell me you’re tall. That would make it all the better. LOL
18.
EBZ01
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I feel very bi right now lol she’s looking so freakin’ hot in these pics I can barely stand it.
19.
Tata
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia and Zoe Kravitz could pass for sisters on some of these pictures.
20.
Tata
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Easy EBZ….I saw her first. LMAO
21.
Bouga
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks HOT. She looks like Dita Von Teese on the cover of Uptown.
Lol @ dead white people.
Lol @ J Lewis. You are funny dude.
22.
Sara Tianna
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I See ya Alicia!!! Hot!!
23.
toi
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT WAY BETTER THE COMPLEX COVER!!
YOU GO ALICIA!! LOVE YA!
24.
Lula Pear
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Are those leather pants in the middle pick?? I don’t like that they skewed her nose in the first pic…And, I’m tired of seeing the same white tank and high-waist jeans combo… but yellow is stunning against her skin… AND, the sequined top is sooo nice against her skin, too… Her face is always dead, though…I guess she’s not a professional model… Was her face dead before she started with the “sexy”??
25.
STVO
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
OMFG
26.
Lula Pear
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Did anyone catch it?? Alicia’s wearing the same top as B@%^#c% in the pic in the chairs…
27.
Leinohr
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks good but…
when i first saw this post, and before I saw the name of who was on the cover…
i thought it was beyonce with her new darker hair….
i was kinda surprised when i read it was a keys…
28.
unbreakable07
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
she stays showing her bust area all the time. lately all magazine covers foccuses on her non exisiting bust area. she needs to get a tan too.other than that she looks pretty.
29.
datdude
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She is fine…I dated a semi-cute redbone a year or so ago, if i had a dime for every time someone said she looked just like Alicia Keys i’d have at least a nickel, real talk.
30.
Superman's_Girl
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She’s a pretty girl.
31.
sheneice
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
CLASSIC BEAUTY
32.
kindanice
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Not sure how I feel about the Glitz and Glam Alicia.
My girl is always beautiful but
I’m tired of every chick looking like a Barbie Doll ALL the time.
k
33.
Haughty
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks way better on this cover, still not pretty. She always look blah,like she don’t know what going on, or what she’s doing.
34.
B.Rich
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
LOL @ #29 DATDUDE- a nickel? Did somebody ask for change?
@ #26 LULA_PEAR- I noticed but I was afraid to mention it due to how easily wars start when “her” name is spoken=*typed* along w/ another songstress/celeb. lol
35.
No Drama
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia is beautiful but she does look extremely uncomfortable in these pics to me too. They just look forced to me.
36.
mezzo.soprano
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia is really doing her thing. She is alright to me. I would buy this magazine “ONLY” to read about the most fierce woman of all.
GRACE JONES!!! I can’t wait to read about her and what she has been up to.
37.
cookaloo
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
she looks gorgeous b/c that butt-ugly complex cover did her no justice!
Haute!
38.
MS. Rochelle
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia looks cute, I’m not to sure about the wavy texture of her hair in that 1st pic, but overall –Good look. Just like Alicia was singing on top of that pyramid at the top of her lungs, that’s how I sing “No One” in my car. Other drivers look at me like I’m crazy, but it’s ok, I keep singing.
39.
GODSCHILD504
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
GIRLFRIEND LOOK GOOD, GO ALICIA
40.
GODSCHILD504
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
OOPS, GIRLFRIEND
41.
Daft Punk
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Not bad Ms. Keys….
I”ll have to search for this magazine
42.
the_one
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia looks great, even in that yellow banana dress. I love her new song and the funny thing is that the video did it for me, anyone know the release date?
Jill Scott does it again, OMG, number 14 is my favorite!
43.
Dame
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia is beautiful but a tad bit werid to me.
44.
Lynn1
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Syunning A Keys. Just Stunning.
45.
Hip Hop is my baby mama
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Wow…another Alicia Keyes cover.
It would be nice to see more dark skinned or thick sistas doing covers…
46.
KSH
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks good. The look is sexy and classy. I am impressed.
47.
Mz Coko
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
^^^^Any dark skinned thick sistas coming out with albums? Umm…no…
For a second I didn’t know that was her on the cover, but she looks nice, as usual.
48.
Lady Architect
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks very nice in these photos…very classy
49.
Riva
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks really good…The last pic is hot, I love those jeans, work it girl, lol. She’s doin’ her damn thang!
50.
LacLady
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Alicia you are simply gorgeous..and thats all you need to be…modest. Its goes alonnng way…like the sayin a lil seems more than enough….but I most be honest that new single is not doin it for moi…but I believe the next single might bomb out the first soooo until then I still have love for you…YOUR representin R&B in a good light and real music fans has been missin you…call out all the others to represent becuz these phonys are tryin to take over….
Hip Hop is my baby mama - TOO many hate on darkin sistahs and thick voluptuous women…but dont worry yall….hate only equalz love…plz remember that…and sometimes with hate comes along with envy and jealousy…surface wise… but deep down its love and “I wish I was you”…lol….

Dark skin women to me are soooooo very pretty…soo pretty in fact its a misunderstood pretty…Thick women are beautiful as well…because most thick women have a strong modest confidence about themselves that most thin slim women dont have because most are too concerned about weight. So sad
51.
complexndope
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I only like the cover pic & the middle pic in the second string of pics.
That middle pic is DOPE as hell.
52.
natural mystique
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I’ll definitely grab an issue of this magazine b/c I see Grace Jones is featured in it.
Now THAT’S an intriguing person IMO.
Alicia’s really talented and pretty, but she bores me.
53.
natural mystique
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
#36– Wow, I just realized we basically made the same comment.
Grace Jones is an icon!
54.
Jeremiah
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I love me some A. Keys but they Photoshop this picture to death. She still looks pretty though.
55.
dctrinigyal
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
ALICIA LOOKS GREAT
56.
NYC
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I hate how they slimmed out that nose on that cover, granted she has had job…but damn.
57.
mogul_in_the_making
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
she`s too beautiful………..its not eveb funny anymore
58.
babygirl1383
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks pretty! She’s rockin th elegant looks!
59.
The Blog of Wistar Watts Murray » First stop, MTV Video Music Awards; second stop, Vatican City
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
[…] Keys went on a spiritual quest to Egypt and she had this to say: I needed to get out of town and clear my head, I went to Egypt. It was such a miraculous […]
60.
WOW
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
love her!
61.
Mimi
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Nice to see her doing well after her stroke and all.
62.
EBZ01
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
LOL TATA I’m only kidding…… I was in the moment. You can have/keep her.
And if Alicia is red then what is brown? She lighter than you know who-cita and I thought she called herself yellow. But w/e.
63.
h8tersmo2v8
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
nice to see she lost that weight she gained
64.
what-up
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Beyoncita must be somewhere bleaching her skin.
65.
NetworKing
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Wow Alicia is in a league of her own with everything!
@4, Alicia is an intellectual, something obviously you’re not if she bores you.
66.
bailey
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ALICIA KEYES IS GETTING IN TOUCH WITH HER FEMININE AND SEXY SIDE
SHE LOOKS STUNNING-SHE APPEARS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HER BODY -SHE’S A THICKEMS AND LOOKS GREAT
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE MORE OF HER AND HER TRANSFORMATION!
AT FIRST I WASN’T FEELING HER NEW SONG “NO ONE” (?) BUT IT’S GROWN ON ME, IT’S YELLING BUT IN A CONTROLLED WAY I GUESS -I’M REACHING I KNOW BUT I LOV IT ME AND MY LIL SIS WAS IN THE CAR LAST NIGHT YELLING/SINGING THIS SONG-WE THOUGHT WE SOUNDED GOOD-BUT JUDGING BY THE LOOKS WE WERE GETTING FROM PASSERBYS I THINK WE SOUNDED A HOT MESS-LOL
ONLY ALICIA KEYES CAN YELL AND SOUND THAT GOOD
67.
Chanté
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
My girl is a queen and this is her time. She looks classy and blazing hot!! Definitely the dopest chick in the game.
68.
IncubusRocks
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
She looks really beautiful. But I miss her “natural” days, like when she had them fly cornrows with the rest in a afro in “you dont know my name”. Oh well, I guess once you go hollywood, ur hair has to look like “them” too.
69.
Ninagirl1
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
This is the best I have ever seen Alicia. The pic is a 10.
70.
Too tot
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Love my girl Ak
Hate how they airbrushed her so much it doesnt look like her!
71.
dylan
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
they photoshopped da hell outtha those pics esp. the cover pic
72.
Deena
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
I said the same thing.
73.
morena
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Damn, Alicia is really becoming into into her own. She looks simply beautiful on these pics. Gotta love her.
I wonder how many albums she will sell on her first week? I wish her nothing but the best
74.
morena
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
#4 said:
Her new single is the shit but she should stray away from interviews because she bores me…. lame yo!
—————————————————————————————————————————– If Alicia, as honest as she is, bores you, then I can’t help but wonder which artists stimulate or keep you entertained?
75.
Sarah
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 /
Damn this cover is the best one i’ve seen from Alicia she looks so classy and beautiful..whoa the girl is BACK! she reps natural beauties
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