.AliciaKeys reflects on the making of her debut album 'Songs in A Minor' in a new video series from Tidal, and Billboard has the first look.
in June with commentary from the artist herself as well as her collaborators, andhas the first look. In an exclusive video, Keys unlocks the stories behind the track"Rock Wit U" and working with the legendary"One of my favorites is 'Rock Wit U,'" Keys shares at the beginning of the video. She goes on to reveal how, as a young artist, she had no clue how to put a record together to sound the way she imagined.
One of those favorites whom she studied was none other than Hayes."Isaac Hayes was one of the most amazing arrangers and producers of all time, period," she insists."And 'Rock Wit U' was definitely inspired by his style of creating music -- of that real '70s energy, that '70s vibe, a lot of kind of guitar, and you had strings, and you had long intros and you had very dramatic music around the song.
Keys adds that once the song was written, she really wanted the"Don't Let Go" singer to work on it."Now, what would make Isaac Hayes want to arrange the strings for a new artist nobody had even heard of? I'm not sure, but he felt the energy, he felt the vibe, and he personally came into my session," she shares in's exclusive clip.
"He came in and had the whole arrangement for it ... I got to sit there -- my little 17-year-old self -- and I got to bear witness to the genius of Isaac Hayes as he arranged the most beautiful arrangement of strings I ever heard in my life, for my song, on my first album,
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