Alicia Keys / Here
Album Review
Alicia Keys / Here
Alicia Keysの4年振り6作目。旦那のSwizz Beatz含め地元New York出身のProducerをメインに、タイトルもHereということでNew Yorkを意識した、原点回帰的意味もある作品。
CDジャケットにノーメイクで登場し、サウンドもバンド中心で、泥臭く、生々しい方向にシフトしている。
R&B, Jazz, Gospel, Hip-Hop, LatinなどのBlack Musicの様々な要素を適度に組み合わせた構成になっており、飽きさせないし、成熟した印象を受ける。
時にしっとりと時に激しく唄いあげるAliciaのVocalも当然、作品のハイライトになりうるが、こちらは発展途上な気もする。
Score card
rap oriented---------song oriented
urban-------------------------earthy
familiar----------------------serious
Rating
Producers
The Ii’lumunaries(Alicia Keys, Mark Batson & Swizz Beatz)(2,3,6,8,12,14,15)
Alicia Keys(4,5,7,11,13)
Alicia Keys,Swizz Beatz and Tyrone “MusicmanTy” Johnson(6)
Alicia Keys, Mark Batson and Swizz Beatz(8)
Alicia Keys and Mark Batson(9)
Pharrell Williams(10)
Carlo “Illangelo” Mantagnese and Alicia Keys(16)
Guests
A$ap Rocky, Nas, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Roy Ayers
Tracks
| No. | Title | Composers | Performer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning (Interlude) | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | 01:04 |
| 2 | The Gospel | Mark Batson / Kasseem Dean / Robert Diggs / Jason Hunter / Alicia Keys / Shawn Martin / Corey Woods | Alicia Keys | 03:01 |
| 3 | Pawn It All | Mark Batson / Kasseem Dean / Alicia Keys / Harold Lilly | Alicia Keys | 03:10 |
| 4 | Elaine Brown (Interlude) | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | 00:50 |
| 5 | Kill Your Mama | Alicia Keys / Emeli Sandé | Alicia Keys | 02:40 |
| 6 | She Don’t Really Care_1 Luv | William Henry Allen / Roy Ayers / Edwin Birdsong / Walter Booker / Kasseem Dean / Kamaal Fareed / Tyrone Johnson / Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad / Alicia Keys / Charles Stepney | Alicia Keys | 06:07 |
| 7 | Elevate (Interlude) | Mark Batson / Kasseem Dean / Alicia Keys / Harold Lilly | Alicia Keys | 00:48 |
| 8 | Illusion of Bliss | Mark Batson / Kasseem Dean / Alicia Keys / Harold Lilly | Alicia Keys | 05:23 |
| 9 | Blended Family (What You Do for Love) | Brandon Aly / Edie Brickell / John Bush / John Houser / Latisha Hyman / Alicia Keys / Dave Kuncio / Rakim Mayers / Kenneth Withrow | Alicia Keys feat. A$ap Rocky | 03:31 |
| 10 | Work on It | Alicia Keys / Pharrell Williams | Alicia Keys | 03:34 |
| 11 | Cocoa Butter (Cross & Pic Interlude) | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | 00:59 |
| 12 | Girl Can’t Be Herself | Mark Batson / Alicia Keys / Harold Lilly / Shawn Martin | Alicia Keys | 02:39 |
| 13 | You Glow (Interlude) | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | 00:25 |
| 14 | More Than We Know | Mark Batson / Latisha Hyman / Alicia Keys / Harold Lilly / Shawn Martin | Alicia Keys | 04:35 |
| 15 | Where Do We Begin Now | Mark Batson / Alicia Keys / Harold Lilly | Alicia Keys | 02:47 |
| 16 | Holy War | Alicia Keys / Carlo Montagnese / Billy Walsh | Alicia Keys | 04:22 |
