ALBUM REVIEW: ALICIA KEYS - AS I AM

Date: November 7th 2007 // Author: Mike // Filed Under: Album Reviews

As I Am is the title of R&B songstress Alicia Keys’ forthcoming album set to be released November 13th off of J Records. Make sure you go pick it up once it hits stores! Or, you may pre-order it via clicking the album cover above! Well I recently had the chance to listen to the album today exclusively and I must say, this album is the shit! All I can say is growth, growth, GROWTH. Growth in vocals, harmonies, production team - everything! It’s some nice Downbeat and soulful ballads, hard breakdowns, stellar arrangements … I feel everything just comes into play with As I Am. This record is possibly, in my opinion, the R&B/Soul album of the year (material wise). I pulled a lot of my favorites from here, I heard some Prince, some Boogie (Mrs Hill), some Sam Cooke — this album brought me back to a state of nostalgia.

The soulfulness and richness is so uncanny in this day in age! Of course Keys adds her own uniqueness to sound, I surely wouldn’t doubt her much, I just appreciate her even more for this! She has definitely come a long way and you can tell by the dynamics in her powerhouse-voice! I still can’t figure out how she puts sooo much feeling into her projects, it’s almost chilling, she makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand! I’d play this album if I were painting or drawing or doing something artsy becos that’s the kind of influence this leaves.

My personal favorite tracks, and possible standouts, are “Like You’ll Never See Me Again,” “The Thing About Love,” “I Need You” and “Sure Looks Good To Me”.

[ » CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW AS I AM BEFORE IT HITS STORES 11/13! ]

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MissyD1215
Nov.08.2007 @ 3:28 PM

yea i agree the album is really good, but my fav songs are like youll never see me again, i love that song so much, go ahead, lesson learned and wreckless love

Kish
Nov.09.2007 @ 9:35 PM

When I first heard the album, I just quickly browsed through each song not really listening - my first opinion was that the album is nothing special… But then I actually LISTENED to the album and soon came to appreciate it for what it really is…
As I Am is like a breath of fresh air at a time when complete praise for albums is rare. I think this album flows better than her previous effort (which was very good too) and every aspect of the music (vocals, lyrics, production, etc) screams PURE TALENT… Seriously, it’s art.
I’m sure she’ll win some Grammys for this, I hope so anyway…

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