Album Review: Alicia Keys- The Element of Freedom

First and foremost let me say that this album gives me life. You need it. At first I thought it sounded to much of the same and repetitive...a waste of my time right!

Well was i wrong lol. This album has a wonderful flow to it...track to track Alicia said "The way that the songs progress [on the album] are gonna take you on a natural high. I just want you to feel a sense of freedom, I want you to feel out-of-the-box, feel inspired, You're definitely going to be taken on a trip, I know you're going to be shocked, you're going to hear things that you probably didn't think that I would sound like. It's a journey"

I dont know if I like this whispering thing in her voice, I mean it sounds okay... she tried to pull that whispering stunt on that "As I Am" CD I mean I liked it, its just a little weird.

Shes at a different place in her life and you can hear it in her voice. I think its beautiful.

Check out some of the songs Keys posted on her facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aliciakeys?ref=ts#/aliciakeys?v=app_163113211567&ref=ts

Track List:
"Element of Freedom" (intro) – 0:13
"Love Is Blind" – 3:50
"Doesn't Mean Anything" – 4:33
"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" – 4:09
"Wait Til You See My Smile" – 4:00
"That's How Strong My Love Is" – 4:05
"Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" featuring Drake – 4:09
"Love Is My Disease" – 4:02
"Like the Sea" – 4:13
"Put It in a Love Song" (featuring Beyoncé) – 3:16
"This Bed" – 3:45
"Distance and Time" – 4:27
"How It Feels to Fly" – 4:43
"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" – 3:36

BoomCracK!

Okay...so yall who know me, know that I do not hold my tong for anybody...so I have decided to put up things I think are ridiculous... and I will call them "BoomCrack!"

NEW: Alicia Keys & Beyonce: Put It In a Love Song

http://www.zshare.net/download/69417285f5516ab1/

.Semi Spiritual Rant.

Healing is something as humans we do everyday...if we realize it or not, every second of the day we are healing from something. Sometimes more than one thing. I thought about this today when I was taking a shower.

We are made to weather the storms...big and small, and at the end of the day we know what we can handle and what we cannot.

Its so intriguing, the hell we put ourselves through...things that can be avoided. Relationships, Friendships... staying up all night for test, worrying about if that person likes you or not. Things like that...

What would it be like if we just became free-like lived day to day and realized that life is full of worries and trying to get the most out of it.

Something that I always tell myself that makes me happy and calm is "Know that God is Faithful" and this can apply to you no matter what higher power you believe in.

I firmly believe that all things happen for a reason...good or bad, stupid or irrelevant.

People always say live your life to its fullest, and I fully support this. -Not only is life to short, its to many moments that pass us by that we cannot get back.