“Maybe on your second or your third, you start to get in there. “It’s not the norm to be so involved in your debut album,” Keys continues. If you can’t come through, it’s not going to be yours to hold onto for long. You have to be able to meet your deadlines. “It was a lot of late nights and early mornings. With total creative control, Keys notes that there was also added responsibility. Now, when I go into a studio with someone like Jermaine Dupri, I’m confident in myself and my sound that now we can both bring something to the table.” “It allowed me to become a better musician because I wasn’t stifled.
Working under the executive’s guidance, Keys took her time in crafting the tracks that comprise “Songs in A Minor.” “ allowed me to become a better songwriter,” says the artist. “She is a talented musician whose beauty is stunning.” “I was knocked out by both her songwriting abilities and her voice,” he says. “These are the people whose albums I pull out for inspiration.”ĭavis was equally impressed with Keys. “He has this whole wall of pictures of Janis Joplin Earth, Wind & Fire Miles Davis all these careers that he’s had his hand in and helped in some way,” Keys says. She recalls fully digesting the gravity of Davis’ career during their first meeting.
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“My music is a fusion of the things I’ve been exposed to and drawn from and my life experiences.”Īlthough Keys was briefly signed to hip-hop maestro Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def label (a period that ended amicably), her career didn’t hit full steam until two years later, after linking with industry veteran and J Records founder Clive Davis. “The album is a fusion of my classical training, meshed with what I grew up listening to,” the artist says, indicating influences that include old-school soul legends Marvin Gaye and Roberta Flack. On her ambitious debut “Songs in A Minor” (J Records, June 12), Alicia Keys approaches her music with the heart of a classical pianist and the soul of a hip-hop diva.
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