Alicia Keys - "Unthinkable (I'm Ready)"

[anitabakerfan]

This has a very different feel for an Alicia tune...this would do well on the Urban charts

[Chains]

This is one of my favorites from the album. I love the vibe and the chords.

[Lil' Bit]

I agree. It's very similar to another singer, Goapele. Is this the track Drake is featured in? I heard he did the background vocals.

[Chains]

^ that is correct

[DaveZ35]

HOT. This does sound like an Urban smash.

[lenor]

this is beautiful!

[angeltimes]

I think this will be a single.

[DaveZ35]

This would've made a fantastic second single following "This Bed" as the lead-off choice. They really messed up the singles for her this time around.

[angeltimes]

Yes! I also thought This Bed should have been the lead single.

[CLEM]

This is the tentative fourth single.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

This is amazing. It's up there with her best.

[Dance In The Dark]

This is reallllly good. I've finally just listened to her album for the first time, and this is either my first or second favorite.

[Grenade]

This is definitely going to be her next single.

[DaveZ35]

Her singles may be flopping but her album is selling consistently in the Top 10:

7) Alicia Keys - The Elements of Freedom - 39,000 / 1,078,000

So this may have a chance at being a hit. It should've been the second single tho.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

This will be big at Urban radio. She will not have a crossover hit this era though.

The only thing is this will be coming out late Spring/early summer. This does not have that type of sound to it. It's a Fall/Winter song.

[Chains]

If it's rainy all this summer, I think that could change the tone of this single. I love this, I hope she has a really GOOD video for this.

[angeltimes]

This song is already a fan favorite and radio spins this now. This will be a hit.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I hear this on Power 105 in light rotation. It almost seems like they're waiting for the order to play it in power.

It sounds so good on the radio. I know "TSWABH" is Top 5 right now, but this should go for adds in two weeks. They need something on the radio to sustain the momentum of this album. The way it's selling, I think Urban radio will respond and make this the biggest hit of the era at that format.

[I'M ON ONE]

This could work as a March/April/May single...

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

In 2003, a gutsy Alicia Keys asked her love interest for a date on "You Don't Know My Name." On "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)"-the standout song from her latest album, "The Element of Freedom"-the singer/pianist goes from entertaining puppy love to confessing deeper emotions. "You give me a feeling that I've never felt before . . . it's becoming something that's impossible to ignore," Keys sings nervously over extended piano strokes. She finally builds up the courage to share a serious desire with her lover ("I was wondering maybe, could I make you my baby?/If we do the unthinkable, would it make us look crazy?") atop a building, thumping beat. For an artist who has built her career on songs about love, lust and heartache, Keys has never sounded quite as vulnerable and exposed as she does here. -Mariel Concepcion

[One More Time]

at this getting a 97 , but actually i would agree this is one of the best R&B songs i've heard in a while

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Mar 5, 2010 22:55:55 GMT -5 One More Time said:

at this getting a 97 , but actually i would agree this is one of the best R&B songs i've heard in a while

I know. This puts the past few R&B #1's to shame, including Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona, and Trey Songz. And I like most of those! This better finally get the support from radio that a song from one of the top selling current albums deserves.

[Grenade]

This sounds f**king amazing on the radio. She and Drake killed this sh*t.

[One More Time]

this has a banner on allaccess saying it goes for adds at Urban next week, and it has a UAC date for March 30th

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

This is of a much higher quality than any song that's peaked at #1 on Billboard R&B so far in 2010. So this better get there. I'll be pissed if some Trey Songz sh*t prevents that.