Listen Kendrick Lamar Helps Alicia Keys Tell Everyone Its On Again
With the start of the summer movie season getting underway earlier and earlier every year  Captain America The Winter Solider hits theaters on Friday, more than 10 weeks before June 21st  the songs that accompany them are arriving sooner as well. The first major summer soundtrack cut, "It's On Again" by Alicia Keys with help from Kendrick Lamar, drops tomorrow as a prelude to the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on May 2. Since it's produced by Pharrell, you won't need to keep seeing Spider-Man over and over  the track is bound to be everywhere this summer. The song features a little more than 30 seconds of Kendrick rapping over a piano before disappearing, with Keys taking over for the rest of the track. Kendrick's vocals are about as amped up as you'll ever hear them, but Keys sounds like she usually does on her more pop-focused tracks  soaring vocals backed by a strong synth beat. "It's On Again" isn't exactly a genre-changer, but it may help you forget that the song most closely associated with the franchise up to this point was Chad Kroeger's "Hero." That's a good thing for everyone.