Talk:New Day (Alicia Keys song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lil-unique1 (talk · contribs) 23:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC) Will plan to review this article in due course. — Lil_℧niquℇ №1 ^[talk] 23:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First checks

1 WP:DABLINK for The Insider
Good spelling, punctuation etc.

Introducton

Not summative or providing coverage of all aspects of the song, e.g. missing chart performance.
Per WP:INTRO, if you mention quotations in the introduction the references must be used.
Doesn't mention anything about where the song is from, what its inspired by or what it was recorded for... e.g. "Key's fifth album Girl on Fire.

Background Section

First paragraph is actually 100% irrelavant. Nothing in that section tells me anything related to "New Day" other than a preview/release of the song.
Second parapgraph tells me lovely stuff about the album and what its inspired by but does not actually make reference to "New Day". Also it doesn't actually say "New Day" is included on Girl on Fire.
No mention of the fact that "New Day" is actually a 50 Cent song but that Keys' released her own version.
Critically missing any link to the 50 Cent song.
Writers of the song are actually incorrect. As per Billboard
Producers are also incorrect as per this XXL interview...
Speaking of which the interview from 50 Cent makes clear that the rap version conceptually existed first, again it is not mentioned that "New Day" by Keys is an interpretation of a song partially conceived by 50 Cent & Dr Dre.
No mention of Amber "Sevyn" Streeter's contribution to the song, as per this interview, Sevyn is a relatively new songwriter to the industry and describes the song as big break for her career. That's pretty significant and should be in the article.

Composition

It doesn't read as a well-structured narrative. Nor does it really flow, particularly towards the end where it becomes opinionated.

Reception

Though in the previous section one Beyoncé comparison is mentioned, in this section there are no mentions of B, thus rendering the picture a sort of floating randomness.
Thatgrapejuice is a trashy internet blog run by a teenager, its editor is not "qualified" to give reviews - s/he has no experience or technical expertise other than producing informal reviews and posts often containing speculation.

Referencing

Formatting is good.
References are accurate.
Generally appropriate sources.

Summary

Whilst the very bare bones of a good article exist key information is missing.

Who wrote the song?
What were its origins?
What inspired the song?
How was it released/premiered?
Confused identity — is the song recorded for/part of Girl on Fire or not? The infobox says yes the rest of the article makes no mention of it.

Verdict

On that basis I'm failing the article because it just isn't a complete and rounded account or depiction of the subject. Important information freely availble has been omitted. Unecessary and unimportant things have been included which lack the explaination as to why they have context with the song whilst important things have been left out. Considerabley more information could be added to the article and thus it all feels incomplete and unbalanced. — Lil_℧niquℇ №1 ^[talk] 00:38, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]