Alicia Keys - A Woman's Worth

What this video is

Released October 2001 as the second single from Alicia Keys' debut album Songs in A Minor (J Records), 'A Woman's Worth' arrived at the apex of the neo-soul and piano R&B movement. The video's Brooklyn-set realist narrative — a direct sequel to 'Fallin'' — depicts urban Black life with dignity and emotional complexity, resisting the glossy excess common to contemporaneous R&B visuals. The self-empowerment theme…

Why it matters

A landmark early-2000s R&B narrative video that helped cement Alicia Keys as a generational talent. Its sequel structure with 'Fallin'' was an unusually cinematic strategy for R&B of the era. Nominated for two MTV VMAs (Best R&B Video, Best Cinematography 2002), it influenced the aesthetic of…

The director

American film, television, and music video director. Debuted with '2 Hyped Brothers & a Dog' in 1991. Founded Robot Film Company c. 2000. Won 2007 MTV VMA for Best Direction (Erykah Badu's 'Honey'). Directed feature film ATL (Warner Bros, 2006). Helmed BET's…