"Keep a Child Alive program. The concert—held on World AIDS Day—was streamed live on the video sharing website YouTube. A week prior to its release, Keys streamed ""The Element of Freedom"" in its entirety on the peer-to-peer music streaming service, Spotify, as well as social networking website, Facebook, through an application. She became the first major recording artist in Facebook's history to do so. The ""Alicia Keys & Friends"" concert took place on January 7, 2010, at the Apollo Theater in New York City. In addition to her performances, Keys introduced new artists who also performed during the event. Keys"
"released in December 2009. The original version, entitled ""Empire State of Mind Part 2"", included both Keys' vocals and a new rap verse from Jay-Z, but the final product did not include Jay-Z. Discussing the record, Keys said that it acts as a dichotomy of strength and vulnerability, commenting that ""The music is really strong, and the drums are really aggressive, but my voice is vulnerable and delicate"". ""Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"" was generally well received by contemporary music critics in their reviews for ""The Element of Freedom"". Allison Stewart of ""The Washington Post"" noted that"
"official music video for YouTube and music channels. ""The Element of Freedom"" received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 67, based on 14 reviews. Andrew Burgess of musicOMH said that the album's production is ""a perfect counterpoint to Keys' voice, and the sentiment she's trying to convey"", while calling the album one of ""the best pop albums of 2009"". ""Chicago Tribune"" writer Greg Kot called the album Keys' ""most consistent album and also her most low-key"", and found it less"
"the classicist soul music of Keys' previous albums, Keys's fourth album ""The Element of Freedom"" (2009) introduced a mid-tempo, low-key sound and features mostly ballads. It became her first non-number one album in the United States and her first number one album in the United Kingdom. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA within its first month of release and produced five singles that attained chart success, including ""Doesn't Mean Anything"" and ""Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)"". In 2012, Keys's fifth studio album ""Girl on Fire"" was released. It sold 159,000 copies in its first week in the United States and"
"all the limitations, so that you can feel your freedom and express your freedom in every way you possibly can"". ""The Element of Freedom"" was scheduled to be released on December 1, 2009, to correspond with World AIDS Day, but was pushed back to December 15 for additional recording. According to the senior vice president of urban marketing for J Records, Keys ""had a couple of more things in the oven and she wants this to be right [...] So we gave her the additional time she needed."" Keys pointed out that she felt the album was being rushed for"
"2009, a series of writings that explore the role of the internet in the modern music industry . In November 2009, the Element 9 company partnered with Fontana Distribution, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, to release albums from artists signed to the company's record label . Pflaum will serve as Vice President for the label. In 2010, Element 9 announced a deal with Blacksmith Records to release a series of albums with the label headed by Talib Kweli. Their first release will be the album Arms & Hammers by West Coast hip hop trio Strong Arm Steady"
"year, among a total of five nominations. The following month, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored Keys with the Golden Note Award, an award given to artists ""who have achieved extraordinary career milestones"". She collaborated with Spanish recording artist Alejandro Sanz for ""Looking for Paradise"", which topped the ""Billboard"" Hot Latin Songs chart, this was Keys' first number one on all three charts, which also made her the first Black-American of non-Hispanic origin to reach #1 on the ""Hot Latin Tracks"". Keys released her fourth studio album, ""The Element of Freedom"", in December 2009. It debuted at"
"totally be myself and what that meant; figuring out what choices I wanted to make and not make in order to truly honor myself"". She described ""The Element of Freedom"" as diverse, but noted that there is a ""balance"". She explained that ""one side is strong and one side is vulnerable"", which she pointed to as the theme of the album. The album has a ""strong, edgy feel"", but is also ""intimate and vulnerable and delicate"". While on BET's ""106 & Park"", she described the album: ""The way that the songs progress [on the album] are gonna take you on"
"her fourth studio album ""The Element of Freedom"" (2009). ""Place to Call My Own"" was premiered at the 2011 IHeartRadio Music Festival, with Keys saying ""I've been in the studio working on some new music, and I thought tonight would be the perfect night to play something new for you"". James Dinh from ""MTV News"" described the song as ""an uplifting, piano-driven tune about building up the courage to overcome struggles and find happiness"" while ""Rolling Stone"" called it ""stark, soulful ballad"" and ""urgent, piano-pounding number"". The Vault Playlist, Vol. 1 Vault Playlist Vol. 1 is an extended play by"
"presented at 24-bit/96 kHz resolution. Elements of Life Elements of Life is the third studio album by Dutch DJ Tiësto. It was released on 6 April 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album contains collaborations with Jes of Gabriel & Dresden's project Motorcycle, Julie Thompson of Holden & Thompson, Charlotte Martin, Christian Burns, BT and Maxi Jazz of Faithless. BT collaborates with Tiësto for the first time since ""Love Comes Again"" and Faithless's rapper Maxi Jazz is featuring on ""Dance4Life"". The album has more tracks featuring vocals than previous albums (excluding the remixed """"). The album was nominated in the"
"as the second single on March 3, 2009. ""Not Guilty"" was released as the third and final single from the album on July 21, 2009. Freedom (Mandisa album) Freedom is the third studio album by ""American Idol"" contestant Mandisa. The album was released on March 24, 2009. On April 2, 2009, the album debuted at number 83 on the ""Billboard"" 200 selling over 7,000 copies in its first week. In 2010, the album was Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year. After just over two years of her album ""Freedom"" being off the Billboard 200,"
"Freedom (Mandisa album) Freedom is the third studio album by ""American Idol"" contestant Mandisa. The album was released on March 24, 2009. On April 2, 2009, the album debuted at number 83 on the ""Billboard"" 200 selling over 7,000 copies in its first week. In 2010, the album was Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year. After just over two years of her album ""Freedom"" being off the Billboard 200, it re-entered at 178. ""My Deliverer"" was released as the first single from the album on January 27, 2009. ""He Is With You"" was released"
"Elements (Ludovico Einaudi album) Elements is a studio album by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi released on . The album takes inspiration from elements of nature, with each track evolving from a small gesture or motif, evoking a journey through fragmented thoughts and feelings. Einaudi says: ""I saw new frontiers — on the edge between what I knew and what I didn't know — that I had long wanted to explore: creation myths, the periodic table, Euclid's geometry, Kandinsky's writings, the matter of sound and of colour, the stems of wild grass in a meadow, the shapes of the landscape…"" The"
"Elements of Life Elements of Life is the third studio album by Dutch DJ Tiësto. It was released on 6 April 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album contains collaborations with Jes of Gabriel & Dresden's project Motorcycle, Julie Thompson of Holden & Thompson, Charlotte Martin, Christian Burns, BT and Maxi Jazz of Faithless. BT collaborates with Tiësto for the first time since ""Love Comes Again"" and Faithless's rapper Maxi Jazz is featuring on ""Dance4Life"". The album has more tracks featuring vocals than previous albums (excluding the remixed """"). The album was nominated in the category ""Best Electronic/Dance Album"" at"
"music videos. The mixtape is based on gospel-esque productions influenced by trap, and lyrics where the rapper talks about the ruling class and their propaganda and illicit yet obvious institutions. Elements (B.o.B album) Elements is a compilation album by American hip hop recording artist B.o.B, released on 4 November 2016, by his independent label No Genre. It is composed of his 2015 and 2016 conscious mixtapes ""WATER"", ""FIRE"", ""EARTH"" and ""AIR"", where he comments on society, politics and conspiracy theories. The compilation was released as a prelude to his fourth album and the fifth installment in the ""Elements"" series, ""Ether""."
"Freedom in Fragments Freedom in Fragments is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was composed by Frith in 1993 as ""a suite of 23 pieces for saxophone quartet"", and was performed by the Rova Saxophone Quartet between February 1999 and January 2000 in San Francisco. The album was released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series in 2002. Frith does not perform on this album. The ""Freedom in Fragments"" suite was also recorded in January 2008 by the ARTE Quartett, and released by Intakt Records (Switzerland) in January 2009 on a CD entitled ""The Big Picture"""
"The Elements (Second Person album) The Elements is a special edition Post Trip Hop album produced by Second Person for Sellaband and was released on 9 August 2007. This is the follow-up to the band's debut album, ""Chromatography"", and was written by Julia Johnson, Mark Maclaine and Álvaro López at their studio in West London, UK. This album contains an exclusive set of tracks written for ""believers"" on the online music community, Sellaband. Using the website, fans raised a total of $50,000 to fund the album and since Second Person were the first UK band to achieve this goal the"
"this release. The seven tracks marked with a (*) on disc 2 are also exclusive to this release. A 64-minute-long concert film, also titled ""The Liberty of Norton Folgate"" was directed by Julien Temple. It screened at the London Independent Film Festival on 17 April 2009. ""The Liberty of Norton Folgate"" reached No. 5 in the UK album charts on 24 May 2009, their highest charting studio album since 7 in 1981. The album also charted at No. 1 on the UK independent album chart. The album went Gold in the UK in October 2009. The Liberty of Norton Folgate"
"Elements (B.o.B album) Elements is a compilation album by American hip hop recording artist B.o.B, released on 4 November 2016, by his independent label No Genre. It is composed of his 2015 and 2016 conscious mixtapes ""WATER"", ""FIRE"", ""EARTH"" and ""AIR"", where he comments on society, politics and conspiracy theories. The compilation was released as a prelude to his fourth album and the fifth installment in the ""Elements"" series, ""Ether"". WATER (We Are The Enemy Really) is a mixtape by American recording artist B.o.B. The project was produced entirely by B.o.B himself, and released on December 4, 2015, by No"
"Freedom (Trey Eley & Matthew Shell album) Freedom is an instrumental jazz album which was a collaboration between flautist Trey Eley and producer Matthew Shell. It was released on August 30, 2012. The track from the album, Twilight, featuring Grammy nominated trumpet player Greg Adams was featured on Grammy.com as an Exclusive First listen. Another track ""Beauty in Freedom"", inspired Grammy nominated artist, Carolyn Malachi to write her song Beautiful Dreamer. The album was also featured as one of Generation bass' Top album of 2012. The video reinterpretation of the Michael Jackson track, ""Rock with you"" featuring Kenny Wesley was"
"copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards. In 2007, Keys made her film debut in the action-thriller film ""Smokin' Aces"". She, along with Jack White, recorded ""Another Way To Die"" (the title song to the 22nd official James Bond film, ""Quantum of Solace""). Her fourth album,""The Element of Freedom"" (2009), became her first chart-topping album in the UK, and sold 4 million copies worldwide. In 2009, Keys also collaborated with Jay Z on ""Empire State of Mind"", which became her fourth number-one single and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. ""Girl on Fire"" (2012) was her"
"Club, which released its debut self-titled album in June 2009. Meanwhile, de la Rocha had been working on a solo album collaboration with DJ Shadow, Company Flow, Roni Size and The Roots' Questlove, but dropped the project in favor of working with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. Recording was completed but the album has not been released. A collaboration between de la Rocha and DJ Shadow, the song ""March of Death"" was released for free online in 2003 in protest against the imminent invasion of Iraq, and the 2004 soundtrack ""Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11"" included one of"
"guest animators will also join the team for different sections of the story and the new videos are due for release throughout the remainder of 2007. The Elements (Second Person album) The Elements is a special edition Post Trip Hop album produced by Second Person for Sellaband and was released on 9 August 2007. This is the follow-up to the band's debut album, ""Chromatography"", and was written by Julia Johnson, Mark Maclaine and Álvaro López at their studio in West London, UK. This album contains an exclusive set of tracks written for ""believers"" on the online music community, Sellaband. Using"
"its first week. It became Keys' first number-one album in the United Kingdom. ""The Element of Freedom"" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) within its first month of release and produced five singles that attained chart success. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its low-key style, cohesiveness, and Keys' singing, while some were ambivalent towards the lyrics. By August 2012, ""The Element of Freedom"" had sold over four million copies worldwide. After recording her third studio album, ""As I Am"", Keys began to ""find the way to"
"shot and edited by Jason Baustin, of Travestee Films. The music video for ""Juice"" features the dancer Atomic Goofball, who also performed in So You Think You Can Dance and the film Step Up 3. Following are the credits for all the personnel involved Freedom (Trey Eley & Matthew Shell album) Freedom is an instrumental jazz album which was a collaboration between flautist Trey Eley and producer Matthew Shell. It was released on August 30, 2012. The track from the album, Twilight, featuring Grammy nominated trumpet player Greg Adams was featured on Grammy.com as an Exclusive First listen. Another track"
"has performed ""Element"" on the Damn tour. The song contains a sample of ""Ha"" by rapper Juvenile, from his third studio album ""400 Degreez"". Credits adapted from the official ""Damn"" digital booklet. Element (song) ""Element"" (stylized as ""ELEMENT."") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album ""Damn"", released on April 14, 2017. The fourth track on the album (eleventh on the ""Collector's Edition"" of ""Damn""), the song was written by Lamar, Mark Spears, Sounwave, James Blake, and Ricci Riera and produced by Sounwave, Blake, and Riera, with additional production by Tae Beast and Bēkon. The"
"with certain pieces inspired by Frank Zappa, Jimmy Giuffre and Ikue Mori. Freedom in Fragments Freedom in Fragments is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was composed by Frith in 1993 as ""a suite of 23 pieces for saxophone quartet"", and was performed by the Rova Saxophone Quartet between February 1999 and January 2000 in San Francisco. The album was released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series in 2002. Frith does not perform on this album. The ""Freedom in Fragments"" suite was also recorded in January 2008 by the ARTE Quartett, and released by Intakt"
"had reached number four on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone. The success of the song from a high volume of album downloads, led to it being announced as the second single from ""The Element of Freedom"" in the UK. The single was released on February 22, 2010. Keys and ""Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"" are featured on a 2011 HP Beats Commercial. The song also featured on the soundtrack of the film ""Sex and the City 2"" (2010). Following the release of ""Empire State of Mind"" in January 2010, Keys stated that she was planning"
"The Elements (Joe Henderson album) The Elements is an album by American saxophonist Joe Henderson, released in 1973 on Milestone. 1970 began a decade of discovery for Joe Henderson, a time to set aside the post-bop instrumentation and repertoire he was identified with and branch out into other realms. One of the most successful and challenging of these efforts that the Milestone label documented was the present four-part improvisation on the basic themes of ""Fire"", ""Air"", ""Water"" and ""Earth"". Assisting the tenor saxophonist was a group of sympathetic explorers--Alice Coltrane on piano and harp, violin original Michael White, bass giant"
"the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome as a tribute to his mentor, Luciano Berio, inspired by the four classical elements of air, water, earth, and fire. One piece from the project, ""Newton's Cradle"", appeared on his 2013 release, ""In a Time Lapse"". The track ""Four Dimensions"" from this album was also, for the most part, recorded live from the 2012 project's performance. Elements (Ludovico Einaudi album) Elements is a studio album by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi released on . The album takes inspiration from elements of nature, with each track evolving from a small gesture or motif, evoking a"
"The Elements (TobyMac album) The Elements is the eighth studio album by American recording artist TobyMac released on October 18, 2018, on ForeFront Records. It is his fifth album to top the ""Billboard"" Christian Albums chart. The album's first lead single, ""I Just Need U"", peaked at No. 1 on the Christian Songs chart. Chris Major of The Christian Beat gave the album a 4.8 out of 5, claiming the album is ""TobyMac at his best"". Jesus Freak Hideout's Christopher Smith praised TobyMac's ability make his musical influences his own, and called the album a ""no-filler"" and ""more mature"" album."
"critics in their reviews for ""The Element of Freedom"". Allison Stewart of ""The Washington Post"" noted that the track, which is a pop ballad, had replaced ""Empire State of Mind"" sports team references and ruminations with ""even milder and less controversial string of generalities"", highlighting Keys' version's lyrics ""If I could make it here/I could make it anywhere"". Greg Kot of ""Hartford Courant"" wrote that Keys' version ""retains the soaring vocal hook"" but the track ""loses its swagger"" without Jay-Z. On December 20, 2009, due to high downloads of ""Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"", the song entered"
"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down ""Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"" is a song by American musician Alicia Keys from her fourth studio album ""The Element of Freedom"" (2009). It is an answer song to the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number-one hit ""Empire State of Mind"" performed by Jay-Z featuring Keys. Produced by Al Shux and Keys, the song gained international airplay and download sales although it was only officially released in the United Kingdom as the second single from ""The Element of Freedom"". Before its official release, ""Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"""