I think Diary is still on that list of Rolling Stone's 300 best albums created ever. And Songs in A minor is also a classic. I feel just like India Arie the songwriting became a bit predictable and Alicia's voice is sometimes not that great but she still manages to makes good songs.
The last song I enjoyed was Time Machine. And it's great she plays piano, she has her own skin beauty business, her books/poetry..she's definitely one of the most selfmade artists out there. I think she studied music and graduated at a very young age, also knows how to produce..she can present and she has experience on the voice right? So I don't know why everyone is complaining. There are so many people out there who have pretty privilige. For example a Rita Ora..I keep forgetting she's not even black
