just listened to Alicia Keys' new single Doesn't Mean Anything just now ... I'm honestly feelin' the song ... as I said on a tweet, if the album is just as good, Alicia takes the crown of the Greatest of All-Time, as far as female R&B artists go ... why? Songs in A Minor was not just a great debut, but a great album, period! ... and when most artists usually go through a sophomore jinx, Alicia I.M.O. topped her debut with The Diary of Alicia Keys ... while her third solo album As I Am was a slight step below her second, it was an affirmation that Alicia is leaps and bounds ahead of her contemporaries ... now if she's able to string 4 great albums in a row, there's no way she doesn't belong in the discussion with the likes of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston ... I definitely plan on picking up the album on the first day ... good on her for keeping R&B alive, not an easy task with artists like Rihanna and Chris Brown doing some irrepairable damage to it ...
other music notes:
-Kanye West, never liked him or his music ... the media and public have come down on him hard and rightfully so ... I know his ego craves the attention and spotlight, but I know I wouldn't want President Obama calling me a "jack*ss" ...
-getting slightly less pub was Lil Mama's hijacking of Alicia Keys and Jay-Z's performance ... just looking at her or when she opens her mouth is like nails on the chalkboard ...
-I've really been sleeping on the 2009 album releases, ie. Busta Rhymes, Method Man & Redman, Raekwon, Jay-Z ... I'll get on them soon and put up reviews for you all ...
-finally, one of Jay-Z's lines on his new joint Thank You elevates him to my top 5 All-Time emcees list ... "Name keep popping up, face keep popping up, on the tube I'm just watching Pacquiao box 'em up" ...
~J-Smooth~
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