Myself with them, and it opened up a whole new realm of sounds and ideas. I read the manuals and turned the knobs and really familiarized “Before I officially started recording,” she continues, “I just sat with a bunch of keyboards that I But from the beginning, it really established its own tone. “IĪctually thought it was going to be a more broken-down, acoustic sound-which is so far from “I didn’t have any preconceived notions,” she says. When she began work on her follow-up to 2007’s multi-platinum As I Am, Keys soon found “When it’s all connected, but you can hear all the different feelings and “I love when an album feels like a moment It’s a powerful collection of diverse influences, builtĪround the themes of love, loss, and perseverance. The results of this liberation, the thirteen songs that make up The Element of Freedom, revealīoth a range of sounds and a unity in mood. The freedom that I felt was part of the reason for the album title. But I’ve realized there’s an art to balancing things, so for this album, I let myself have time with my family, travel, and then come back and write from those experiences. Everything was always about how fast I could squeeze out every drop. “I’ve always enjoyed the recording process,” says Keys, “but in the past, I almost felt a little bit

Though the New York City-born singer, songwriter, and producer is one of music’s biggest stars-with sales of over 30 million albums worldwide and a dozen Grammy Awards on herself-for this project, she sought a new approach. You give me a feeling that i never felt before And i deserve it, i think i deserve it (drake: i deserve it, i think it deserve it.On her fourth studio album, Alicia Keys makes her intentions clear from the words on the cover. Moment of honesty Someone's gotta take the lead tonight Whose it gonna be? I'm gonna sit right here And tell you all that comes to me If you have something to say You should say it right now (drake: you should say it right now) Lyrics courtesy ofOr let me take it for ya I'm just down to ride Or we can roll around the city until we finally decide I got more than a thing for you, tattoo and ink for you Right over my heart girl i do the unthinkable Ugh, tez keeps telling me he just turned 30 Having dreams of being single forever he's getting worried And i'm scared too because i'm in the same boat Good women are rare too, none of them have come close Me i have'nt changed much, you know how i play Better safe than sorry Instead of searching for substance at every single party Baby being part of this life I feel like i'm bound to end up with somebody That's been with everybody I need you to rescue me from my destiny I'm trying to live right and give you whatever's left of me Cause you know life is what we make it and a Chance is like a picture, it'd be nice if you just take it.

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