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Between the release dates of her fifth and sixth albums, Alicia Keys was as visible as ever, acting on Empire, coaching on The Voice, performing on Saturday Night Live and at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. At some point, she stopped wearing makeup, fed up with the standard of perfection to which women are held. That anti-processing mentality and heightened social consciousness carried into the making of Here. Pared down compared to Girl on Fire in every respect, Keys' first album since 2012 was created primarily with husband Swizz Beats and Mark Batson -- a trio dubbed in the liner notes as the Il'luminaries. At points, Keys' invigorated energy level and need to simply expel ideas, rather than refine them, lends the album a hollow quality. There are more yeahs, ohs, and unghs (and fucks) here than on any previous Keys album. The expressions are sometimes heard as Keys feels out a rhythm, like she's warming up, while in "The Gospel" they sound like temporary placeholders for lyrics. Lines that provoke furrowed brows arrive as early as the intro. For all the haste, the album does contain a batch of career standouts. "She Don't Really Care_1 Luv" is prime hip-hop soul with an appearance from legendary vibraphonist Roy Ayers. The biographical "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)," featuring A$AP Rocky, hits all the right supportive notes despite borrowing from Edie Brickell's "What I Am." Most affecting of all is the gospel-blues dirge "Illusion of Bliss," a modern-day version of James Brown's "King Heroin" presented from the addict's point of view. Anyone who faults Keys' lack of technical mastery should be able to feel the depth of the pain the singer expresses in that highlight. The outside productions don't add a whole lot. Pharrell Williams is on the couple's perseverance anthem "Work on It," a wobbly ballad, while Illangelo was involved with "Holy War," where some dulled drums interrupt a mostly acoustic number about backward societal views of war and sex. These songs, like a fair portion of the album's remainder, are not lacking in energy or conviction, but they're raw as in crude.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer - Corey Woods, Composer, Lyricist - Jason Hunter, Composer, Lyricist - Kaseem Dean, Composer, Lyricist - Robert Diggs, Composer, Lyricist - Ramon Rivas, Assistant Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Shawn Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - The Il'Luminaries, Producer - Sean Klein, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Background Vocal - Kaseem Dean, Composer, Lyricist - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Ramon Rivas, Assistant Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Engineer - John Cranfield, Assistant Engineer - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - The Il'Luminaries, Producer - Musicman Ty, Bass
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Emeli Sande, Composer, Lyricist - Ramon Rivas, Assistant Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - Musicman Ty, Acoustic Guitar
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Lilly, Composer - Mark Batson, Composer - Nasir Jones, Composer - Kasseem Dean, Composer, Lyricist - Kamaal Fareed, Composer, Lyricist - Walter Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Charles Stepney, Composer, Lyricist - William Henry Allen, Composer, Lyricist - Edwin Birdsong, Composer, Lyricist - James Heath, Composer - Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Ayers, Composer, Lyricist - Tyrone Johnson, Composer, Lyricist - N/A - See Audio Beds, Composer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer - Kaseem Dean, Composer, Lyricist - Ramon Rivas, Assistant Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - The Il'Luminaries, Producer - Musicman Ty, Bass
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Video Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Synthesizer - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Kenneth Withrow, Composer, Lyricist - John Bush, Composer, Lyricist - John Houser, Composer, Lyricist - Edie Brickell, Composer, Lyricist - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Engineer - A$AP Rocky, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rakim Mayers, Composer, Lyricist - Dave Kuncio, Composer, Lyricist - Latisha Hyman, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Aly Brandon, Composer, Lyricist - David Kuncio, Guitar - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - Zeke Mishanec, Recording Engineer - Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler J. Scott, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal, Vocal - Pharrell Williams, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Eric Eylands, Assistant Engineer - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Ramon Rivas, Assistant Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - John Cranfield, Assistant Engineer - Mike Larson, Recording Engineer - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer - Tyler Scott, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Engineer - Shawn Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Tyler Scott, Assistant Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - The Il'Luminaries, Producer - Musicman Ty, Guitar
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Engineer - Shawn Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Latisha Hyman, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - David Kuncio, Guitar - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Tyler Scott, Assistant Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - The Il'Luminaries, Producer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Batson, Composer, Lyricist, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Engineer - Val Brathwaite, Assistant Engineer, AdditionalStudioProducer - Tyler Scott, Assistant Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - The Il'Luminaries, Producer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Billy Walsh, Composer, Lyricist - Carlo Montagnese, Composer, Lyricist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - Jon Schacter, Assistant Engineer - Sean Klein, Assistant Engineer - Musicman Ty, Guitar
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Recording Engineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Engineer - Jimmy Napes, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Val Brathwaite, Engineer, Recording Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - Billy Walsh, Composer, Lyricist - Carlo Montagnese, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Parks, Composer, Lyricist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Morawski, Assistant Engineer - Jon Schacter, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Review: HERE (Deluxe Version) - Alicia Keys
Between the release dates of her fifth and sixth albums, Alicia Keys was as visible as ever, acting on Empire, coaching on The Voice, performing on Saturday Night Live and at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. At some point, she stopped wearing makeup, fed up with the standard of perfection to which women are held. That anti-processing mentality and heightened social consciousness carried into the making of Here. Pared down compared to Girl on Fire in every respect, Keys' first album since 2012 was created primarily with husband Swizz Beats and Mark Batson -- a trio dubbed in the liner notes as the Il'luminaries. At points, Keys' invigorated energy level and need to simply expel ideas, rather than refine them, lends the album a hollow quality. There are more yeahs, ohs, and unghs (and fucks) here than on any previous Keys album. The expressions are sometimes heard as Keys feels out a rhythm, like she's warming up, while in "The Gospel" they sound like temporary placeholders for lyrics. Lines that provoke furrowed brows arrive as early as the intro. For all the haste, the album does contain a batch of career standouts. "She Don't Really Care_1 Luv" is prime hip-hop soul with an appearance from legendary vibraphonist Roy Ayers. The biographical "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)," featuring A$AP Rocky, hits all the right supportive notes despite borrowing from Edie Brickell's "What I Am." Most affecting of all is the gospel-blues dirge "Illusion of Bliss," a modern-day version of James Brown's "King Heroin" presented from the addict's point of view. Anyone who faults Keys' lack of technical mastery should be able to feel the depth of the pain the singer expresses in that highlight. The outside productions don't add a whole lot. Pharrell Williams is on the couple's perseverance anthem "Work on It," a wobbly ballad, while Illangelo was involved with "Holy War," where some dulled drums interrupt a mostly acoustic number about backward societal views of war and sex. These songs, like a fair portion of the album's remainder, are not lacking in energy or conviction, but they're raw as in crude.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:33
- Main artists: Alicia Keys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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