Search - Alicia Keys :: Diary of Alicia Keys (Bonus CD)

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Chris | Christchurch, New Zealand | 12/03/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great special edition of Alicia Keys second album, which I loved better than her 1st. Comes with bonus disc featuring "My Boo" Featuring Usher. and all her vids frm this album too. PLUS Remixes!"

Enhanced 'Diary': Ain't w/ Usher Redux and Kanye Remix.

yygsgsdrassil | Crossroads America | 04/13/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"...it's too bad that they are playing that If I Ain't Got You w/ Usher all over the place. Not that it isn't a decent redux. It's just that the remix w/ Kanye is just as good or if you're so inclined, a dancible (like R. Kelly's Chi town steppin' dancible), speaker thumping remix. Kanye takes Keys vocals from the original 'Ain't....' and speeds it up, jeep beats it up over Keys' variation on a theme piano tricklings and her church solo vocal ad-libs and comes up with a HEY! rendition. Like--mixing the familiar with the unexpected and the moment of recognition is a HEY! moment. (Get it?) You will love the extras here. The reggae-ization of You Don't Know My Name and vid/DVD presentations of the Keys videos. Superb. Get it even if you've got the original Diary CD, it's worth it...'sides, you've worn out the first copy, anyhoo."