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The Diary of Alicia Keys is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of The Main Ingredient, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Isaac Hayes, The Notorious B.I.G. and Usher. Those roots explain a lot about how The Diary of Alicia Keys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child, Toni Braxton, Kelly Rowland and Joss Stone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eve, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Beyoncé and Missy Elliott, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around The Diary of Alicia Keys, reaching back through The Main Ingredient and forward to Eve. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Diary of Alicia Keys is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. It was released on November 21, 2003, by J Records. Almost entirely written and produced by Keys, the album is a concept album functioning as her auditory diary, primarily dealing with relationship complexities. Musically, it is predominantly a soul, R&B, contemporary classical, and hip-hop record.
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The Diary of Alicia Keys grew out of The Main Ingredient, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Isaac Hayes and The Notorious B.I.G., shares an orbit with Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child, Toni Braxton and Kelly Rowland, went on to shape Eve, Christina Aguilera, John Legend and Beyoncé. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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