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Alicia Keys reveals one major mistake which meant Empire State Of Mind had to be re-recorded


Alicia Keys had to re-record her original cut of Empire State Of Mind (Picture: Rex)

Empire State Of Mind might be one of Alicia Keys’ most iconic tracks, but the singer has revealed that there was one major issue with it which meant she had to re-record the track. 

Alicia recorded Empire State Of Mind with Jay-Z, but the rapper and producer asked her to cut the track again when he heard it. 

Why? Because she had recorded the ode to the East Coast in a West Coast recording studio.

She told Ebro Darden on Apple Music: ‘I actually cut it in LA, and I think that was the problem. You’re not supposed to cut a song about New York in LA, it just was wrong.’ 

As well as cutting it on the wrong coast, Alicia admitted she was a bit ill when she recorded the original version, which she thinks may have played a part, too. 

Alicia explained: ‘On top of that, I was sick – you know like a little sick, not too much, I could still sing so I did that but you could kind of tell.  

‘After I sent it in, he hits me back like, “Could you sing it again?” and I was like “What?!” He was like “Can you also add in those things you put in like the ahh yeah, uhh, all that that you do. Can you make sure you put that in too?”

‘So I was a little tiny bit embarrassed, but it was necessary. So then I brought it back to New York, I cut it right, I wasn’t sick, I had the vibe and there it is’

Jay Z asked Alicia to record her vocal again because she had done it in LA rather than New York (Picture: Getty Images)

Alicia has spoken about the story in her new autobiography, More Myself: A Journey, where she also revealed she and Kanye West clicked when they worked together.

She and Kanye had teamed up on You Don’t Know My Name, and she says: ‘He was that same super passionate, over-the-top, energetic music lover. I never met a music lover like him besides maybe my husband.’

We’re glad to see he hasn’t changed. 

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