New recommendations. 0:00 / 0:00. 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 lighKeys' solo version of her hit with Jay-Z lifts a lyric from New York, New York, and Empire State of Mind is that song's natural successor: a civic anthem charged with the city's mythic Today we revisit Alicia Keys' outstanding 2001 debut, a self-produced, Chopin-inspired R&B album that blazed a unique path to mainstream superstardom. She was a biracial girl from New York
Jay and Alicia Keys first performed the song at a Madison Square Garden benefit show on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. Two days later, the VMAs were in New York, and the two of them closed the
New York G C Ooh New York [Verse 1] G C Grew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie scenes G C Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean G C If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say G C G Seeing my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on Broad-way B Even if itAlicia Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981, in New York City, USA, to Teresa and Craig Cook. Her mother was a part-time actress, while her father was a flight attendant. She is of biracial heritage. Alicia Keys' debut album 'Songs in A Minor' catapulted her to overnight stardom and established her as a rising superstar 6mwAd.