Alicia Keys是美国R&B音乐界在进入新世纪之后冉冉升起的一名新生代女歌手，出道以来就以其与年龄不相称的成熟和才华取得了非常令人惊异的成就，成 为新一代R&B女歌星中的最杰出的代表。尽管年纪轻轻，但是Alicia Keys的创作才华以及富有的创新精神，使她敢于大胆的对自己的音乐做出改变，融合R&B，爵士，hip-hop，对于传统的灵魂乐做出变革，形 成自己的风格，这在同年龄段的歌手中是绝无仅有的。
发行专辑
专辑《The Element of Freedom）【2009】 发行时间: 2009-12-15
《The Element of Freedom》是艾莉西亚·凯斯(Alicia Keys)的第四张专辑，主打单曲《Doesn’t Mean Anything》，第二单曲《Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart》。
据报道，艾莉西亚·凯斯(Alicia Keys)之所以选择了在12月1日发行自己的新专辑，是因为这一天是世界艾滋病日，或许大家并不知道，艾莉西亚·凯斯(Alicia Keys)一直热心于公益事业，曾多次远赴非洲探望那些受艾滋病侵蚀的儿童并捐款。
Empire State Of Mind (Part II)
Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes
Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say
Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway
Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I'm from New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!
On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard
Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God
Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
Some will sleep tonight with a hunger for more than an empty fridge
I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I'm from New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These street will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!
One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
No place in the world that can compare
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
In New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!