While artists have specific formulas for record, Alicia Keys takes the listener on journeys. She eliminates the constraints of typical R&B songs or themes and refuses to cater towards any specific audience in hopes to stay relevant. She simply creates. The end result is yet another timeless album that one day will be discovered by young soul enthusiasts in pawn shops or in their parents record collection. She finishes out the decade with another excellent effort securing her legacy while proving that she can still push the bar higher. Like Withers, she may not be understood in the present or fully appreciated but her music undeniably will stand the test of time. The Element of Freedom is as intimate and beautiful as R&B gets, and add in hard hitting drums, the album shines. She may or may not be liberated with immense sales like previous projects, but one gets the feeling that Alicia Keys doesn't care.
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