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Empire State Of Mind [Jay-Z + Alicia Keys] (Amended)

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I love this song. It is absolutely the perfect blend of sound. I also really like that amazon automatically downloads to my itunes.

I think it's funny when you're asked to write a review for a song you purchased - if I bought one song I must have liked it before I bought it. I first heard it on Colbert, then looked up the video online and became enamored of the feeling (but I'm just another West Coast native and occasional NYC tourist who wonders how different growing up in NYC must be). Now that I've heard it a few times, I realize the verse lyrics are a little rough and having my 11 year old daughter sing Jay-Z' lines is a bit unsettling. But I still love the song, and I still choose to have it be an NYC love song.

After being inundated with this song on car commercials I couldn't get it out of my head. I just HAD to buy it and I still love it no matter how often I hear it. Alicia Keyes just has such a wonderful voice and Jay-Z really keeps the song from becoming boring.

Listening to Ms Keyes do this song with a full orchestra was a thrill for me and I hope to find a recording of that.

Heard it one day on the radio but did not know who it was by and then on "Later with Jules Holland" a few weeks later, had to buy!