The song is very unoriginal not as bad as whats out here….but I’ve already heard it so why do I need her version?

That track was fire! It does have a heavy Prince influence but Alicia is doing it way big and I’m LOVIN IT!

I will definitly cop this album

Love it!!

nice and mellow

Since everyone is always saying alicia keys is gay I wonder why concrete loop hasnt posted a pic of her and her boyfriend kerry “krucial” theyve been going out for years………….

I like the song it’s very pretty.

i like it.

No damn it, Alicia, girl this aint it either. I cant stand “No One” and I dont like this one. I know she trying to go for a new sound and all but Im sorry, this isnt it. Her last two albums had my ass shook. Homegirl killed it on the last two but this album right here, I dont even know. It hurts to say this because in a mist of all these fake ass artists, Alicia Keys was there to keep me balanced and sane. Yall dont know, Im a big fan of Alicia but this is disappointing. Now, its like ” If aint broke, why you trying to fix it”. Like I said, Im sorry but she got to come harder or better yet, start the way she first started when she first came out.

Damn, dats a cool song! Its a song dat u just vibe to when u wit dat special person! I cant wait fo da album! I gotta support ma WIFE!

I’m feeling it, i don’t really check for Alicia like that but this song got me in the first 10 seconds. No she doesn’t have the greatest voice but she can sing and i respect her is her artistry, she is one of the few female R&B singers i see growth from on EVERY album, plus she is humble and works hard.

finally, something worth buying

Am i the only one that hears rhythmic similarities to “I’m Goin Down” by Mary…?

It’s okay.

87.

PRINCE
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Am i the only one that hears rhythmic similarities to “I’m Goin Down” by Mary…?

You too, I thought I was the only one.

#87

I thought I was the only one too…It’s only when the verse starts though, but I hear it too

I love this song though

I totally love this song! Timbaland did NOT produce this song Alicia and her partner Krucial did. Any way this song is amazzzzing! I have been hearing it on the radio the past two days and it totally outshines the other 10 songs that are on heavy rotation. I mean what do you people want? If you can’t appreciate this I don’t think Alicia would be fazed. You can’t really ask more of an artist than growth, good lyrics, good production. I mean damn homegirl got all the above going on. Speaking of the Prince influence if Alicia sung this song like say If I Ain’t Got You or even A Woman’s Worth, would it really fit this stellar track? Come on everything fits. The way she sings it I can FEEL the MESSAGE she is giving us. Imagine that a MESSAGE in a song! Alicia lost a loved one in the past year so I’m sure she was thinking about that, so this lyric is really real to her. As I Am is going to be a ground breaking CD like Songs in A Minor. I think people are too comfortable and ok with singers regurgitating the same material over a different beat. I mean really what is the difference between Let It Go and Should’ve Let You Go and really what is the difference between Check up On It and Get Me Bodied? (I’m not trying to compare anybody cause I appreciate those songs and singers for what they are) I’m just grateful that we can have a handful of artists who are not afraid to try new things and actually pull it off. Cause if you don’t like No One you are in the minority the song is #1 R&B and like # 4 Hot 100. I am loving it and can’t wait to hear what else Miss. Keys has in store for the world come 11/13!

I love A and I have waited for this CD like crazy but I’m going to say it since everyone else is scared. This shit sucks big time. I heard a couple of tracks and none of them move me. I’m not going to buy this, sorry but she needs to go back to the studio. Still got love for you but I’m have to catch the bootleg version you can’t have my money this time.

I LOVE it!! Gonna be addictive.

This is a nice song; I love the lyrics. BUT i’m not feelin’ her singing and the song sounds exactly like diamond and pearls.

Oooh.. I like this song alot!!! I definitly hear the prince influence (they don’t call him an icon for nothing) and I think that’s what’s drawing me to it. I like that Alicia is trying new things, but her vocals are just not my cup of tea. If I had one request it would be that someone with a more soft/melodic voice did a remake of this - I could see Mariah killing this song. However, this is a definite upgrade from No One. I don’t care how much radio shooves that song down my throat, it is still an off key “where is the love” remix.

Uh Alicia said in an interview that she is using a raspier sound in her voice.

lmao @ 95

Can’t wait for the cd.

Well, Alicia said early on that some people probably wouldn’t like her new material. I think a lot of the reactions are expected.

LOVED IT! OMG! I can’t wail till Nov 13th. OMG! Alicia is my girl!

#99 Exactly, people don’t know what the hell Raspy is she said she was trying something different and using a raspier voice. If you don’t know what it means look it up in the dictionary. This song is FIRRE. NO ONE is the #1 R&B song in the Country and the #4 song overall in the country congrats Alicia.

Love the song and don’t have to write a speech about why.

#92 if I don’t like someone music I don’t want to hear it bootleg or bought from the store. You kinda contridicting ya self buddy.

all i can hope is that a lot of the people leaving messages in here are under the age of 25. i guess people forgot about all the great vocalists from the 70s and 80 that would tear alicia apart! patti, stephanie mills, angela winbush, whitney. this music is garbage and there is no reinvention. anyone who respects and loves prince that shes paying homage to him. thats it. its nothing new. alicia sounds like she’s a chain smoker….just like mary (who probably can thank her voice for all those drugs she did in the 90s)

all i can say is, there was far better music, but not anymore. the radio is damn near dead to me

#92 if I really didn’t like something i wouldn’t even be getting the bootleg which I’m sure is gonna cost you $3-$5, matter of fact I wouldn’t even waist a CD-R downloading it, if I REALLY didn’t like it. You have to make up your mind. 11/13 go to your local mom and pop, best buy, target, or whatever and show the world that R&B is still selling.

Absolutely love this song. Now they can stop playing “No One” which I can’t stand.

loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the song it’s beautiful

LOL @ Monica, she DOES sound like a chain smoker. I like this song, but I don’t love it. Alicia has such a strong voice that when she tries the whisper thing, it’s not 100% On some parts of the song, it sounds like she’s struggling to hit the right notes. Ciara would sound good on this track because she has that whisper singing shit on smash, lol.

I think that the song has a power message but it’s not as good as “no one”.however the song is different and i like that. Alicia should keep doing her thing, cant wait 4 the albumon the 13th!

I heard this song yesterday and automatically fell in love with it. Her sound is changing which is great, the words are beautiful! I honestly woke up in the middle of the night singing the song. I cannot wait for nov 13th. She is what R&B has been waiting for a long time now.

She is truely talented.

I love it. Can’t wait for her album!

I feel like the only person in the world that really and truly understands what she is trying to do! The song is good, it is a weed smoker song in my opinion. The problem with music now is that people will not let there drive for making money and getting 2 dollars for a shitty album rest! Mariah Carey in my opinion has lost her touch, but I can recognize that she is older and your voice will not always be the same! In Alicia’s case she wants to shock and change directions in her career not please the fuck out of us fan, but make music that means more to her than we could ever understand! You have to let the music love your soul! No matter what song it is!

This song is hot. I guess people have different opinions, but I’m happy to finally be hearing some real music and not all that Soldier Boy crap.

@ #7

Janet record this song? Are you crazy? LOL

Wow!
She was soooo channeling Prince on this one.
Lovely song. So….classic. Timeless. This woman really knows what she is doing. DIVERSITY! I love when artists think outside the box, when they aren’t afraid to try new things. Find that uniqueness about you and embrace it. This girl had got it all. By the sounds of it, As I Am will be some of her best work. I am very eager to hear it all.
Loves it!

really liked it, No One had to grow on me though, now im likin both

totally in love with this one

GO BACK TO THE STUDIO,

YOU ARE AN IDIOT.. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY LIKE JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE IT. HOW MANY FOLKS IN THIS WORLD DON’T CARE FOR YOU. I AM ONE OF THEM SEE HOW SIMPLE THAT LESSON WAS. SOME FOLKS LIKE THE SONG AND SOME DON’T. IT’S THAT SIMPLE. ALMOST AS SIMPLE AS YOU

Prince loves Alicia, when she redid “How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore” he spoke very highly of her and how respected real artists as herself………….

hands down i love it

I agree with #112 and #117!

I must be the minority here b/c I love No One. Maybe b/c it hits close to home. Alicia Keys is definitly an innovator when it comes to r&b ans soul music. She has that Jill Scott, India Arie, Lauren Hill type vibe but yet she has that X-factor that appeals to mainstream. The girl is definitly talented and one of the best out here so far. She consistent (unlike some of ur fav powerhouse singers who’d rather make an album and then chill for like 5 years) and her not only are her lyrics her own but there mature and have meaning (unlike the claimed singer/songwriters who’s lyrics sound like nursery ryhmes) and she’s beautiful with a great voice (unlike a certain media hog). There’s a reason why she’s been blogged about almost everyday. She’s hot!!

~She could just breathe on an album and I’d still cop!!!!

I really like the song. I agree, Brian, this album is uncharted territory for Alicia. She’s never done anything like this new material and there is nothing like it on the airwaves. I am looking forward to the album, for this song alone.

GO ON MS. KEYS THIS SONG IS HOT I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE ALBUM

I really like this song. Ya’ll know Alicia Keys is not one to disappoint. When Ciara came out with Promise everybody loved it couldnt get enough of it. That song sounded a lot like Prince.
LMAO @ Clemmy
~she could breath on an album and I’d still cop

I 2nd that

just a beautiful love song, love it…i can’t take it off repeat, it such a great song!!!

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I’m loving this song, actually more than No One. Now this makes me look foward to the album even more.

Beautiful song. Alicia is simply divine. I will cop her album. I’m already addicted to this song. Simplicity is always best sometimes. Alicia does a great job of bringing that old era of music where fans can really just listen to the words and feel what they hear. This is a good song for the upcoming holidays..Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Wow! This is really hot! This song brought tears to my eyes… Why Alicia! Why does evry song of yours has to hit so close to home? This is unbelievable! I really do love this girl.

This song will be another #1 single for Alicia. I’m very proud of this young lady

the songs grown on me but why does her voice sound so strained nowadays. i’d expect these vocals from amerie, kelis or solange, but not alicia

when i saw her performance of Noone on MTV music awards I was like WTF!
She sounded like she was trying to be a whitney/mariah vocalist but it isnt quite working. shes a really good singer but shes no powerhouse singer. she should stick to her vocal range

im definitely feeling this. i guess everybody tryna do da prince thing but only a few can do so well….

A lot of people bring up back in the day’s powerhouse vocalists, as if being a vocalist means being a powerhouse. Nina Simone was one of the greatests vocalists of “back in the day” and is one of the best of all times. India Arie is a vocalist, Amel Larrieux is a vocalist, Angie Stone is a vocalist, Sade is a vocalist, Erykah Badu too, Lauryn Hill too, and NONE OF THEM top Whitney as far as power is concerned. Prince may be of “back in the day”, but he’s NOWHERE NEAR Wanya of Boyz II Men for example as far as voice control is concerned. Some people with powerful voices can’t sing for shit, some people with light voices are vocalists, vocalists have control of their voices and therefore use them as an instrument. A pianist plays the piano, a vocalist “plays the voice”. Alicia is very much a vocalist. People are complaining that she’s whispering, if she sang the same way all the time people would still complain and say she takes no risks, it’s like we’re so used to computerized-zero-emotion-having music these days that if it doesn’t sound “Auto-Tune perfect” [*] it’s not good. The more emotional you get singing a song, the more unusual you’ll sound. The loud raspiness in “No One” gave the song a reggae vibe and truly expressed how deep her love was. The whispering in this song makes her sound addicted to a love that makes her high, like she’s borderline crying. This is what putting emotions is all about. Everyone isn’t supposed to like it though, I just broke down what “vocalist” meant, and what Alicia is trying to do.

[*] Auto-Tune is a software used for studio singers (”singers” who can’t sing) to make them sound perfect and on key.

I absolutely love it. I can’t wait for November 13th. GO Keys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds good. “No One” is my jam right now so I am sold on buying the cd anyway!

This song sounds very good. Her voice sounds good also. It is not a scream that she is doing but a mellow sound that vibes in the car or at night on the way to bed. I can dig it and the subtle Prince sound - sounds very good.

Go Alicia!

ALICIA KEYS YOU ARE TRUE TALENT.

1.YOU WRITE YOUR OWN MUSIC (DON’T STEAL)
2. YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT (ANOTHER TRUE TALENT)
3. YOU TAKE TIME OFF TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED (A GIVING GIFT)
4. AND YOUR MUSIC COMES FROM THE HEART (SOUL)

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SONG. CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR CD.

YOU ARE THE BEST ROLE MODEL IN R&B.

YOU ARE WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN MY BOOK!!!!!!!!!

I love No One and I love this too. I can’t wait for her album. Alicia follows no rules and I respect that. No she is not the best singer, but you feel what she is singing and that makes up what she lacks in technique. Bravo Ms Keys. Keep making your fans proud!

love this song, it’s hot. it’s got that diamonds and pearls instrumental in there

There she is, the baddest chic in the game.
A natural beauty with a natural talent. She does everything, she sings (very well with her heart), she composes, she plays an instrument.
The only thinl that concerns me is that i think she is trying too hard to become a SEXY girl with allt hat wig and everything, she was so unique with her braids!!! but at least she is still doing good music so no big deal lol

THANK YOU LORD!! Real R&B is making a comeback. Alicia is an ARTIST…something we rarely see these days. Anyone can sing over a watered down sample in the studio. But get out there and rock an instrument while blowing some strong vocals….then you can call yourself an artist.

Im a Prince lover and I would be glad when people stop jacking his swager. Im not feeling this song . I don’t see what’s so “hot” about Alica . She can’t sing all that great. Nexxt!

strongly prince influenced….sounds like a b side to under the cherry moon.

i truly respect alicia as a artist…she not afraid to experiment, but still put out something with substance and quality.

the instrumental sounds very familiar to the ending of let’s go crazy and scandalous.

I, actually, think that this new song is heading Alicia in the right direction. The song is very sensual, heartfelt, sincere, and sweet, so I think that it should do well.

As for “No One”, I’m still not a fan of the song. To me, the vocals and the production do not compliment one another well enough; still the song is doing very well, so, in that respect, good for her.

Nonetheless, I don’t think that Alicia has anything to worry about. She has a load of fans and she’s off to a good start. And at this point, there could be no way for her to not sell big with this album; because not only are people starting to buy albums more, in general, these days, but every album that Alicia has released has debuted at # 1—and her single is currently #1 on the R&B charts.

So, while some find her music to be unimpressive, there are a whole lot of other people who seriously backs this girl up.

No disrespect to Alicia…I think “No One” is a delightful pop tune.

However, I’d rather listen to fucking Prince than something so obviously derivative of him.

Her voice is too powerful for this track, and it ain’t makin’ it.

“No One” does not sound anything like Prince, Cyndi Lauper maybe.

co- sign with #19 no matter what u fink of alicia u can’t deny that shes the truth and she always does her no mata what. beyonce can learn a thing or 2 from her im feeling this track and i know i’ll grow 2 love it defintley coppin da album!!!

i love this song i here the prince sound this joint cnt wait for cd to hit stores im glad going down different road good alica keys

Man o man I love this song and I can definitely see the Prince influence in the song as far as the vocals and the beat. Alicia Keys has a unique style that stands out from most R&B singers just like Brandy it’s hot and fresh and not duplicating what someone else has already done which makes it so special. I love you Alicia Keys keep doing it mommy I’mma cop that album as I did the first two albums keep giving it to us.

Alicia must be doing something right because her single “No One” debuts at #1 on the charts. That says a lot.

But as an artist you can’t please everybody, not even your fans. But I do know I will definitely be buying her album.

alicia be killin it.

Alicia did the damn thing on this song. This is my new song that I will be obsessing over. Thanks Brian for that post!

I love this new material! Her first single “No One” had to grow on me but I was in love with this single as soon I hit play and have been hitting play over and over again! I will definitely be copping the album on the first day. Thanks Brian for the post