The Next Queen of Soul ???

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  khoảng 1 10 năm trước

• Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
  
  

  
  
  Written by Linda Seida
  
  Her official website says she possesses an "old soul," and the hard facts seem to back up the implied claim of wisdom and experience that transcend Alicia Keys' youth. Barely in her twentiess, Keys is responsible for an extremely hot debut, Songs in A Minor. The release, which she wrote and produced for Clive Davis' J Records, blends diverse influences, including R&B, hip-hop, classical, and jazz. The day the album went on the market, it sold more than 50,000 copies. Label executives confidently predicted similarly favorable numbers for the first week's tally.
  Around the time that Songs in A minor was released, Keys was popping up everywhere, including an Associated Press story. Where had she been before then? Her entire life, it seems, had been an accelerated learning experience, preparing her for a career in music. A Manhattan native, her musical gifts became apparent when she was five years old. As a choir major enrolled in Manhattan's Professional Performance Arts School, she further developed her vocal talents with extra help from a teacher. By the time she was 16, Keys graduated and entered Columbia University. Music beckoned, however, and she quickly left Columbia behind.
  
  Keys was writing songs when she was 14, with seven years of piano lessons under her belt by that time. In later years, she appeared on movie soundtracks, including Shaft and Men in Black. In 1998, she signed a deal with Arista Records when the company triumphed in a bidding war over other labels. When Davis left the company for J Records in 1999, Keys went along. Davis promoted the careers of such artists as Carlos Santana and Whitney Houston, and part of his launch strategy for Keys was to secure exposure on BET and MTV, as well as on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her 2001 major label debut, Songs in A Minor, went multi-platinum, and was followed in 2003 by the Grammy-winning smash, Diary of Alicia Keys. ~ Linda Seida, All Music Guide
  
  
  

  
  
  
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  Some people live for the fortune
  Some people live just for the fame
  Some people live for the power yeah
  Some people live just to play the game
  Some people think that the physical things
  Define what's within
  And I've been there before
  But that life's a bore
  So full of the superficial
  
  Some people want it all
  But I don't want nothing at all
  If it ain't you baby
  If I ain't got you baby
  Some people want diamond rings
  Some just want everything
  But everything means nothing
  If I ain't got you
  
  Some people search for a fountain
  The promises forever young
  Some people need three dozen roses
  And that's the only way to prove you love them
  
  Hand me a world on a silver platter
  And what good would it be?
  With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me
  
  Some people want it all
  But I don't want nothing at all
  If it ain't you baby
  If I ain't got you baby
  Some people want diamond rings
  Some just want everything
  But everything means nothing
  If I ain't got you, you, you
  
  Some people want it all
  But I don't want nothing at all
  If it ain't you baby
  If I ain't got you baby
  Some people want diamond rings
  Some just want everything
  But everything means nothing
  If I ain't got you
  
  If I ain't got you with me baby
  Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
  If I ain't got you with me baby
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