The trashtastic BET Awards finally did something right tonight when they bowed down and paid homage to the savior of all music; Prince. In addition to giving the legend a long overdue BET Lifetime Achievement award, they also organised a tribute concert which featured a range of artists, both young and old, performing covers of some [...]
While a lot of the headline grabbing performances from tonight’s BET Awards were done by the fellas, the ladies were still doing their part to. Monica delivered a wonderful performance of her #1 single “Everything to Me”, with a little help from R&B icon Deniece Williams, who sung her 80′s hit “Silly”. Alicia Keys also performed, busting out another [...]
A noticeably pregnant Alicia Keys was on Good Morning America yesterday to promote her hit album ‘The Element of Freedom’. The singer performed her hits “Empire State of Mind” and “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart”, both of which we’ve seen and heard about a million times before, as well as her current chart topper [...]
After the desperate “Put It In a Love Song” flopped and was thrown back into the basement where it belongs, the music video for the best song off Alicia Keys new album has finally arrived in “Unthinkable (I’m Ready)”. With a little help from the hunky Chad Michael Murray, Alicia explores the interracial side of [...]
In one of the most interesting and exciting songs she’s recorded in recent memory, soul diva Alicia Keys has tackled the legendary Deborah Harry and Blondie classic “Rapture” for the upcoming Sex and the City 2 soundtrack. When AK said she was branching out musically on her fourth album The Element of Freedom I was hoping she’d [...]
Remember the other day when that new Lupe Fiasco collaboration with Alicia Keys “Love Letter to the Beat” leaked online? It turns out that song was recorded by Alicia and producer Chad Hugo back in 2006 as a demo for AK’s third album As I Am, but since it wasn’t used Chad has been holding [...]
Everybody’s favorite alt hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco is due to release his third album Lasers this year, but until that drops you can keep yourself busy with “Love Letter to the Beat”, a newly leaked Alicia Keys collabo that surfaced online today. There’s no telling whether this song belongs to Alicia or Lupe, but if [...]
Last night was American Idol’s charity television special Idol Gives Back, which featured some stellar performances from urban musics finest such as Alicia Keys (“Unthinkable” “Empire State of Mind”), Mary J. Blige (“Stairway to Heaven”), Black Eyed Peas (“Rock That Body”) and soul singer Joss Stone (“I Put a Spell On You”). I’m still not [...]