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Alicia Keys - Speechless
Artist: Alicia Keys
Featuring: Eve
Producer: Swizz Beatz
Album: Monster Mondays Series
Label: RCA
Sounds like someone’s been listening to the new Kanye album! I mean, a lot of people have, but I’m concerned with one in particular: Swizz Beatz, whose latest Monster Mondays joint (released Dec. 27 as the final installment of 2010) finds him mining the same sample source as Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy standout cut Devil in a New Dress. Slow-rolling ballad Speechless sees the beatsmith harvesting a mellow R&B groove from Smokey Robinson’s (brilliant) rendition of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow as R&B heavyweight Alicia Keys serenades a fella who was nowhere to be found when morning came. Providing moral support on the guest tip, veteran-on-the-verge-of-a-comeback Eve bares her heart on the back, concluding: “Now I’m speechless, ‘cause I fell for him, the poet in me died cause I fell for him.” Would it be paradoxical to note that that line is, itself, pretty damn poetic? Because it is. While Swizzy’s series has, to date, been somewhat hit-or-miss, Speechless seems to fall squarely into the latter category. Or have I got it twisted? You tell me – and keep it locked you-know-where for the next MM entry, reportedly titled Swizz World.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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The use of the sample, instead of enhancing how intriguing the tack is, just made me want to listen to MBDTF... and not this song. Alicia's vocals were beautiful as usual and Eve was OK, but I still felt that this song was just making me want to listen to a different one.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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The production is still pretty cool to me even if it was on Kanye's joint recently. Alicia sounds great on the track. Good to hear EVE back and she can still spit with a nice flow. Easily in rotation and almost nearly a Banger. I'm feelin it.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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The fact that Kanye's album just came out a little over a month ago just makes this seem like a swagger jack move, I hate to use the word swag but it's the only thing I can think of now. If it would of been a few years, hell at least one year, and the production had a change up to it, the beat during the hook was nice, it could be a great record. Instead it's this.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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Three questions...
1) Why did Swizzy use that sample after we just heard it via Kanye? 2) Should we expect to hear Eve on every Swizzy-produced record for the next 4-5 months? 3) Do you think Alicia recorded this record in a hospital-made studio? Just kidding (sorta).
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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This is a bad choice for a single after Kanye's release of devil in a new dress...
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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Come on, I don't wanna hear the same sample from Devil in a New Dress... I know it's a new year but really now... Alicia does a good job but Eve is forgettable. I'm gonna agree with richard and call this one a miss
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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Without thinking about Devil in a New Dress this song is good. But given how recently Kanye released his rendition then Swizzy made a bad move.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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I thought this was supposed to be a producer showcase series? Then how could I possible give Swizz any points for recycling B!nk's beat?
With that said, as always my fantasy wifey Alicia absolutely kills this, as I knew she would, and Eve ain't so bad either. I'll average it out to three stars.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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I agree with everyone above in this. Swizz messed up. I love Alicia, but Swizz ruined this for me.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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I only got two words for the sample - @*#$! ridiculous! Singers did their job pretty well though.
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| Posted on Jan 03, 2011 |
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Just basing my opinion on the song I listened to, its pretty good. 3.5
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| Posted on Jan 04, 2011 |
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Akicia sounds amazing on this, the sample on this is decent, but forgettable, as for Eve I think she compliments the track very well.
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| Posted on Jan 04, 2011 |
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not bad, but coming from them, dull and uninspiring.
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| Posted on Jan 04, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jan 04, 2011 |
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As good as this song is, it just makes me want to listen to Kanye.
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| Posted on Jan 05, 2011 |
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alicia is one of the artists i really don't like personaly but can admit that she is a gifted artist. i like her singing voice but the songs she writes and produces are just not my taste. been to her live couple of times(some people would drag me down there) but never really been a fan. this song is one of them songs i really can't favor myself. plus production is a bit too hectic. there are way too many things going on here that just won't click with each other. her voice is amazing as usual but this just won't cut it for me.
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2011 |
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oh i LOVE ti much too much to try to come up with sociological bullshit review, damn the elec guitar is crazy, strings nice and the piano oh God.....damn this girl can sing
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| Posted on Apr 18, 2011 |
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