Background. Following the release of "Empire State of Mind" in October 2009, Keys stated that she was planning to release a second version of the song featuring only her vocals, as a single the following month. The original takes of Keys' version, entitled "Empire State of Mind Part 2", included both Keys' vocals and a new rap verse from Jay-Z, but the final product did not include Jay-Z
I n 2016, when Alicia Keys released her sixth studio album, Here, she celebrated the launch with a gig in New York's Times Square.An article written in the Guardian by a journalist who was on
If it Ain't got you Alicia Keys 3:45 256 kbps-Girl On Fire Alicia Keys 3:45 320 kbps official ; If I Ain't Got You Alicia Keys 3:57 320 kbps-Fallin 5 Alicia Keys 3:49 192 kbps arrang + b.v. If I Aint Got You Alicia Keys 3:43 320 kbps arrang + b.v. Girl On Fire 2 Alicia Keys 4:00 128 kbps-Diamonds Rihanna 3:47 320 kbps arrangJay has said that he almost brought in former Number Ones artist Mary J. Blige for the "Empire State Of Mind" hook. That would've made it a very different song, and probably a better one Takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge. Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger. For more than from an empty fridge. I'm going to make it by any means. I got a pocketful of dreams. Baby, I'm from. (Chorus) New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of. There's nothing you can't do.
Released on Jay-Z's 11th album The Blueprint 3, the single features piano and vocals by Alicia Keys, who is also credited as a co-writer along with Angela Hunte, Alexander Shuckburgh, Bert Keyes
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