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  • This woman gave me goosebumps. Like, wow... I love this!

  • Wow...she is one of America's finest..

  • I love the countertenor falsetto. I wish I was black so I could sing like that.

  • Alicia Keys is a goddess 

  • I love NY too. I wish I could live there :(

  • any chance im 32 loves you

  • So beautiful!

  • gotta <3 her!!!

  • 2 people dont live in newwwwww yooorrrrkkkkk.(:

  • I like the way she says orange. haha. (:

  • i like it more this version, is fantástic, great song.

  • I LOVE my city!!!!!

    NY!!!!!!!!

  • i love HER !

  • awesome thanks a lot for posting this.

  • Alicia Keys is an amazing talent. Thanks for singing with passion!

  • the folks havin a bitch fight need to get a room....it's a song...get over it and over yourselves

  • two people couldn't find the way to new york

  • j"aime c'est un bonheur...

  • I love her.

  • She's a new mommy, Congradulations for her baby boy Egypt!

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  • Every time I watch this video, I get goose bumps and just can't wait to go back!!!!!!

  • awesome song thanks for posting this.

  • funny how this version left out "Jesus cant save you. Life starts when the church ends."

    yeap that was in the song

  • @Thetrollmaster2000 was this in her version or the jayz one. i'd like to hear it

  • @bmoreed I said this version left that lyric out, so its on the jayz version.

    use your brain dumbass

  • @Thetrollmaster2000 I didnt think I'd heard that on her part of the collaboration. PS. Your mother's a dumbass, so watch your mouth whore!!

  • @bmoreed :p lol.. i can tell that you're upset from my comment :3

  • @Thetrollmaster2000 I'm not upset, you dont have that power. But calling me out of my name, was not called for and childish.

  • @bmoreed nawh, you mad :3

  • @Thetrollmaster2000 go play with yourself, but dont play with me, ok whore!! If I knew where you were ooh boy.

  • @bmoreed yeah and your a 45 y.o trying to intimidate me through the internet :D

  • @Thetrollmaster2000 I'm not trying to intimidate you. I'm just saying that there is no need to call me out of my name even when we didnt have a disagreement. There was no reason for you to call me a dumbass, that's all.

  • @bmoreed read my name, if you dont get it, try googling it.

  • i think its better with jay-z

  • How can you not love this!!

  • t'est nul deevee1702, je trouve que ces deux artistes se complètent bien sur ce son, ils ont fait quelque chose d'incroyable!!! va te rhabiller. tu n'à aucun sens de l'échange et du partage. je trouve qu'à travers ce son ont ressent la douleur, les souvenir, et le dynamisme de NEW-YORK, c'est un message d'espoir!!! c'est un des meilleur son de l'année, qui donne envie de se battre pour une meilleure.

  • beautiful! 

  • I guess 1 person is jealous!! >:O

  • I'm an Aussie....I visited NY in 1994....love the place...love this song...Alicia, you hit the spot! I feel more for this city & your song "Inspires" me to visit it again & again.

  • Deeply emotional and inspiring...its great to be in New York. Love life and music....Alicia you bring it all together. Amazing..!!

  • Simplesmente a melhor!!!!

  • amazing!!!

  • great voice!!!

  • Every time when i hear tjis song i want to go to New York ... :( I`ve never been there :(

  • Yeah! This song rocks!!

  • wonderful song, wonderful voice... Alicia u got talent

  • fucking amaizing

  • talk about streets inspiring you - how about this song the way she sings it! if you cant feel that in your chest better check your pulse! WOW!!!!!

  • love it!!! NY!

  • Great voice!

  • lol ''those orange construction things'' uummmm you mean cones?

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  • @kenny8076 Obviously you have never been down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278)...not cones...barricades. One of the most beautiful songs and your only ignorant comment is about cones...? Congratulations you are now the full embodiment of a troll...good luck with your new and exciting career.

  • @kenny8076 or pylons. pylons works too.

  • Talented and pretty

  • how does she stay on key I try karaoke and I screw UP!

  • something wasn't right with the way she responded to that Q in the beginning...her smile as forced and her explanation sounded like she was making it up as she was talking. hmm.

  • és do melhor que á alicia

  • No Comment!!!!!!!!

  • PERFECT!

    I LOVE U A.KEYS!! I REALLY LIKE YOU AND YOUR SONGS.. I'M A BIG FAN OF YOURS.. YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL!^__^

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..

  • @marshman345 Until you got arrested for public disruption?

  • JUST AMAZING!!!!! OUR STATE ANTHEM THANKS YOU ALICIA ONLY A NEW YORKER LIKE YOU CAN SING THIS ANTHEM THE WAY YOU DO . GOD BLESS YOU.

  • more naj sonag do pice

  • PERFECT SONG by a perfect performer with a great voice and gorgeous eyes ..thanks Alicia 

  • hmmmm really loves her smile ^___^

  • her eyelashes are weighing down her eyelids :(

    but she looks gorgeous anyways & sounds phenomonal.

  • One of the best solo version, brought back memories. Love it

  • sweet potatoes?

  • Yes! Loving It!!!

  • awesome!!!

  • niiice:)

  • This is unbelievable. I was born and raised here and love it, and Alicia just makes me cry! What a great version from a great vocal artist.

  • I'm in love, with her, the piano, the song, her voice, her smile...everything!!

  • nycc!!!!

  • i feel in new york city hekhekhekhekheke

  • Amazing ! Love this song ;)

  • go team!!!!!

  • SHE IS SO FRICKIN HAWT! GO ON ALICIA, UR DA BEST!

  • yah...MUCH BETTER THAN JAY-Z..alicia keys RULEZZZ....luv yah.

  • love this song

  • amazing...

  • This accustic version is simply the best, fantastic vocals, great

  • Amazing.. Simply amazing!

  • This song is awsome, I love it.

  • Alicia this song is a MUST ON A CD FOR ALL TO ENJOY...YOU ARE INCREDIBLE MY GIRL....YOUR VOCALS AND BACK UP ARE UNBELIEVABLE....WHERE CAN WE PURCHASE THIS VERSION OF 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND

  • the best video of youtube !!! this is great for black musik niggah !!! alicia you is the queen this world !!!! so good !!!!yeah !!!!

  • @GonKeyss I Agree With You, Completely

  • se looks skinnier lol not being mean

  • Alicia is the consummate artist in her genre.....her writing, vocal styling, vocal arrangements and playing ability are just a few attributes that describe her musical prowess

  • great voice

  • this is great

  • 0.56 is so hilarious LMAO!!!!

  • This live version sends shivers down my spine, she's puts so much emotion into it.

  • This song is awesome *w*

    This version without Jay-Z has more emotion... it's touching... ^////^

  • OMG, i finally found this song!!!!

    THIS IS THE BEST SONG.

  • this song is by far the best

  • I love this song!!!! I get goosebums!!!

  • alicia ti amo!

  • Man can this woman sing. I wonder who wrote the lyrics. She doesnt need Jay-Z. It makes me want to go to NY. I wish had a video of this rendition. Jigga riding coattails on this one

  • Man can this woman sing. I wonder who wrote the lyrics. She doesnt need Jay-Z. It makes me want to go to NY.  I wish had a video of this rendition. Jigga riding coattails on this one

  • I love New York

  • linda demais..

    e um excelente coro

  • i so love this song. just makes a motherfucker feel good about life

  • solo version is much better. what a talent!!! so gifted and beautiful

  • WOW What a voice

  • Amazing song but should have the drums a little further in makes it more up beat but still bloody amazing.

  • the best song ever... much better hear her without JAY-Z.... She gives more feeling!!!! Alicia keys ... love youuuuu

  • amazing...

  • ÓTIMA VERSÃO

  • yesss!!! this is really much better  w/o Jay-Z!...

  • this makes me think of my boy. chills

  • Listen J-Z .. thats how its meant to be... love this version

  • I love this song and Alicia !!!

  • sara......no t'olvidem

  • she's hot

  • This woman shows so much emotion when she sings, I get chill bumps when I hear her vocals, she is amazing in every way. <3 Alicia Keys.

  • @InvictusEternus me too

  • I don't like sweet potatoes

  • She's so beautiful.

  • Rewelacja!!!

  • love it

  • bravo..... class... fantastic... overwhelming talent... beauty... most of all.... soulfull.., thanks GOD that im living on this time there,s one "alicia keys" singing.

  • fantastica

  • chills everytime, when the whole band comes in

  • f*ck.. talented&beautiful

  • this song takes my breath away! i just can't get it outta my head. someday i'm gonna visit this wonderful place! hope it lives up to my dreams! Alicia ur fantastic !!!!

  • @febman54 I'm from Ohio, but NY is great. I always get depressed when I have to leave NY and come back home. I always come back and say, "THIS IS SOME BULLSH!T !" NY will definitely live up to your dreams. Don't sleep when you get there.

  • beautiful song but she looks a bit tired and looks to have lost some weight, i hope she is allright because she is a great woman

  • she must love new york love how this record isnt much different from live

  • is it okay to you know... agree...

  • Super!!!!!!! Much better without Jay-Z.

  • @DeeVee1702 That's not why it sounds better.. The reason why you enjoy this version more is solely due to the fact that it's an accoustic version, where Alicia gets so shine more, along with the accompagnment of the orchestral cues and the backing choir. Please don't undermine Jay-Z, one of the greatest MC's in the last decade.

  • @DeeVee1702

    AWESOME WITHOUT JAY-Z

  • it's like the native new yorker..nice 1!

  • thanks, alicia!

  • What a beautifull, beautifull song. Everytime I hear it, I realise I've been there and had some great days!!!Thank you for sharing with us!!

  • Damn.. That voice 0.0

  • this song has the power to make me dream about going to new york! Maybe someday..

  • This song, Alicia Keys voice breathes new life in my soul. What a gift she has!!! Please, use it wisely.................

  • This song keeps bringing tears to my eyes no matter how many times I hear it. Such raw emotions... and I'm not the kind of person who is very fond of New York or America.

    I almost want to go to New York right now just to sing this song LoL.

  • i love this song been singing it all day

  • This new song is so dope :)

  • wonderful voice :)

  • Alicia the best!!! love u from Georgian man in NYC...

  • Her music touches my heart...

    It's so... undescribable, beyond words.

  • i am not from new york but this song is classic like sinatra

    im addicted

    and overwhelmed

  • Bella cancion, bella Alicia, eres la mejor y como dice vampiresx3 eres una de las pocas artistas con clase.

  • Alicia, I could swear that it is my son Andy Mango playing the piano, the tune is typical of what he rattles off his piano / keyboard. Singing and words are fantastic.

  • she is fuc*ing amazing love her

  • Well this singer is just amazing what a word star

    Thankyou for posting great song

  • Alicia ! So BEAUTIFUL !! ;-)

  • wow .nice voice she got.

  • the voice.. its killing me!

    in a good way :)

  • I never thought she was that good before I heard this. She rocked it!

  • T U N E ! ! !

  • This is SO beautiful.

  • Sweet Potatoes Yummy!

  • speachless. This song is the best song i've ever heard. and no one can perform it as good as alicia does.

  • Amazing- lack of words....

  • How can she be so great?

    She's amazing

  • i like this a lot, cause she has a great voice. and passion too, and do i hear a hint of soul? lol well anyway great song to listen to

  • @MrHankRichards Yeah you hear a hint of soul. From her daddy's side. LOL.

  • her voice is awesome.

    i like this song with jay-z, but this is very nice too

  • I prefer this solo version, you can hear every emotion in her voice.

  • @Netalies yeah that's true, she's got an amazing voice and the piano just makes it even more beautiful

  • definitely

  • I enjoy this live version even more than her studio cut. There is some wonderful about the spontaneity of live cuts. :-)

  • her voice is so unique... its pitchiness/huskiness make her performances so... PERFECT!!! :D