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The Diary of Alicia Keys Cinquemani said that it "triumphs" the neo soul "achievements" of "Songs in A Minor" and is "a deft mix of modernism and classicism, not to mention street and class." "Q" magazine called it "a proper soul album which hooks you with the first pneumatic beat and draws you deeper with every heady atmosphere and vivid emotion." Jon Pareles, writing in "The New York Times", claimed that "it has taken "The Diary of Alicia Keys" ... to testify that soul songwriting can survive" and felt that the album "echoes familiar soul sounds, but Ms. Keys sounds undaunted by her sources, and