Alicia Keys debuted a brand new song called "The Gospel" at Radio One's "The Blitz" on August 11, 2015 at Stage 48 in New York City. Speaking to an invitation only audience of radio programmers from across the country and music industry VIPs, the 15-time Grammy Award winner said, "I'm crazy excited. It's ridiculous... I figured I would bring my studio to y'all and we could listen to some exclusiveness." "The Gospel" is an intense, throbbing hip-hop track addressing urban blight; a 2015 answer to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On."
Here are the opening lyrics of "The Gospel":
We all God's children, products of the ghetto, Mama cooked the soup, Daddy did the yellin'
Uncle was a drunk cause it was a felon, and when he got pinched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook, cause every job he had, they paid him off the books
Ghetto university, knowledge is all it took, in a tenement I was listening to the hook
After premiering her new song, Keys teased her upcoming CD. "I am bringing the flava of New York," she said confidently. "We got somethin' crazy cooking...I will take you to a place you understand. I can't wait for you to hear it." No word on when she will release "The Gospel" or her next album.
What is actually happening with Alicia Keys' career? Like isn't the third single from her album? and none of it is taking off .
I loved Element Of Freedom and "Like You'll Never See Me Again" is one of the most amazing songs i've ever heard but it just seems her stuff isn't connecting with people anymore
