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Empire State Of Mind II

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This is so lovely!

Check out a solo version Alicia Keys did of her hit song with Jay-Z, below.

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    Posted: Nov 20, 2009 at 3:00 pm / Email this  »
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    64 comments to “Empire State Of Mind II”



    1. 1

      No a big fan of hers, but I love this!



    2. 2

      The Key to getting it right would be to proofread.



    3. 3

      …'lovely?' Is your Grandmama writing for you today?



    4. 4

      That is not a flattering photo. She doesn't look right.



    5. 5

      Sounds live, nice song



    6. 6

      could NOT let that pic go by without saying something! what is wrong with her eyes? she looks wasted.



    7. 7

      Her hair looks worse - maybe she's in a "transitional" phase w/ her hair. I thought the song was very nice ! I loved it !



    8. 8

      The only DECENT track to come off her CD so far…



    9. 9

      I think it's better than the other version. Alicia Keys is better as a solo artist.



    10. 10

      Perez gave Lee Ann Rimes such a hard time about her relationship Eddie Cibrian but says nothing regarding Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats (who is married and the wife is/was preggers) Why is that?



    11. 11

      Why do you not report about her homewrecking as you do with other's? I see a lot of favoritism on this site.



    12. 12

      I love this. If the rest of the CD is like this I must have it.



    13. 13

      The songs nice, but wtf are up with her eyes in that photo?!



    14. 14

      I was very fortunate to see her premier this song live at an intimate performance here in NYC on Tuesday Nov 17th. Goosebumps.



    15. 15

      Wow! How much plastic surgery has she had?



    16. 16

      omg

      this is is horrible

      this song would be nothing without jayz.

      shes horrible and so is everything to come off her new cd so far.



    17. 17

      your not taking very much pride in your site anymore perez, you post items with spelling mistakes and all



    18. 18

      why does she always look so smug?



    19. 19

      this just proves she made the song.
      you could have atleast got a good pic of her



    20. 20

      she looks like she's stoned off her ass!



    21. 21

      way better than the original, jay z was just too much.



    22. 22

      hmm, I don't like this version. Eh, maybe it'll grow on me.

    23. ST-80 says – reply to this


      23

      Re: karencarpenter – OMG, so silly. There's something wrong with using the word lovely? You nutter!



    24. 24

      I love this version just heard it yesterday.



    25. 25

      What the fuck is wrong with her face??



    26. 26

      Wow… so many haters. Love it Alicia… love you! Alicia and Jay-Z made it the song of the Yankees season… perfect. She can sing the phone book and it would sound amazing.



    27. 27

      damn shes whiter then ever thing is when she speaks u can hear the ghetto



    28. 28

      AMAZING ARTIST… AMAZING VOICE. I LOVE THIS SONG!



    29. 29

      This is nice. She has a lovely voice.



    30. 30

      I prefer this so much more than the version with JayZ



    31. 31

      OMG I wish I could live in Manhattan….even if it was for a year…. new york is soooooooo amazing



    32. 32

      LOVE THIS. Need it on my ipod. Her voice is beautiful.



    33. 33

      Of coarse yat. 46 bg



    34. 34

      I might have liked this song if it wasn't so ridiculously over-played during the World Series



    35. 35

      Pretty lady but OMG she's always high! NOPE don't like this song!



    36. 36

      love it!!!



    37. 37

      SUCKS!! THIS IS THE SAME KINDA SHIT I HEAR STREET MUSICIANS DOING. SHE SPENT ALL OF 30 MINUTES DRUMMING THIS UP. NOT!!



    38. 38

      SO MUCH BETTER THAN JAY-Z'S



    39. 39

      LOVE IT!!



    40. 40

      Fuck new york im sick of hearing this shit



    41. 41

      I love Alicia, this is even better than the one with Jay Z, she has an amazing voice :)



    42. 42

      Since when does someone see their 'face in lights'?



    43. 43

      Granted, I don't really care about New York, but I think the melody in the chorus was so gorgeous that JayZ ruined it. I'm happy to hear this version - it justifies the beauty of the melody and harmony of the chorus!!



    44. 44

      Alicia Keys is the only reason Empire State of Mind went to #1 on the charts.



    45. 45

      love it



    46. 46

      LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN, HER VOICE IS AMAZING, A TRUE STAR/SINGER!!!!

    47. DavHa says – reply to this


      47

      I heard about Empire State of Mind years ago, something that it was supposed to be on Nas's album, how come that didn't happen I have no idea



    48. 48

      Waaaaaaaay better than the Jay Z version.



    49. 49

      guess its safe to say she wrote the song then?
      sounds like jay-z just walked in and dodo birded it up.

    50. Misa7 says – reply to this


      50

      I love this version, Alicia Key has a beautiful voice, I love this singer!!



    51. 51

      love this!!!



    52. 52

      wow… she had me at 00:05, her music scuks.



    53. 53

      Love it!



    54. 54

      Nice! Nice! Nice!



    55. 55

      Love this song! Love this artist! Love this city! it's just too good!



    56. 56

      Her VMA performance with Jay-Z was epic. I love the orignal lyrics of the song. This song is to lonely and sad, the duet between is the magic. The only part of this version I like is the parts that she has in the orignal version!! I LOVE Alicia, but she shouldn't have messed with a good thing!!



    57. 57

      Re: UberBling – "whiter than ever"?…she is half black. and she sings R&B, a predominantly black genre (don't wanna sound stereotypical, but you know it is)



    58. 58

      Love Alicia…did not approve of her affair with Switz Beats…but I still wish her the best in musical career!



    59. 59

      This is better than the one with Jay Z



    60. 60

      Better than Jay-Z's version.



    61. 61

      Love Alicia Keys! I'm not from NY but love this song anyway. Come on people, xtopp your griping about Alicia. She is a beautiful woman with exotic looks. Stop talksing crap about her eyes, her hips or whatever.



    62. 62

      She may be lovely but she's dumb as a stump. I read an interview w/ her in Rolling Stone. She may be talented but doesn't have an original thought in her head.

    63. CesX says – reply to this


      63

      love this version!!! LOVE NY!!!



    64. 64

      You all wanna dish on her being a home wrecker? How about the fact that Swizz cheated on the woman he impregnated?! And…from an interview of hers, Jay made up the song, invited her to the studio, and she added to it. Soooooo I think it's safe to say Jay wrote it, and she improvised this version. Supposedly it'll be on her next album. Love her all her previous musical efforts…but so far I'm not feeling Doesn't Mean Anything and Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart is growing on me, but it's just alright. The videos even kinda suck! Hopefully the album is better than what she's dropped so far.