“Heartburn”
Alicia Keys
The Diary Of Alicia Keys (J)
2003
Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys album simply set the bar. From songwriting, to production, to pure elegance and track presence, there was nothing better in the year 2003. It made her the gold standard for R&B & neo-soul songstresses, and adding Timbaland to the list of producers only worked more wonders for the LP. When Keys yells out Timbo during the opening drum procession of “Heartburn”, well, you get it. There was no way she could fail.
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