When they lay me down, put my soul to rest/When they ask me how I spent my life/At least I got to love you
from When It's All Over lyrics by Alicia Keys
Possibly busier than The xx’s entire back catalogue put together, beatmaker Jamie Smith provides Keys with an intriguing collision of jazz percussion, buzzsaw synths and Italo house riffs on a funky celebration of love that even a brief burst of cutesy babbling from son Egypt can’t spoil.
