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- Summary: Produced with Mike WiLL Made-It, the two-disc release from R&B artist Alicia Keys features piano-based originals and more upbeat versions with drums.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): R&B
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 11
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Mixed: 5 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Dec 10, 2021There’s a range, ambition, confidence and accomplishment on display.
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Dec 10, 2021While Keys’ sound is mildly refurbished, the overall sensibility isn’t all that new for her. Keys has been showing off her gift for bridging styles and eras since back when she was a breakout star combining classical piano chops with New York hip-hop and R&B. Unsurprisingly, Originals is the more self-assured of the two sets.
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Dec 10, 2021A compilation of the most successful tracks from both halves of Keys would have made for a slightly stronger album. As is, though, it serves as a testament to both Keys’s strengths and weaknesses as a singer-songwriter—and her willingness to expand beyond the boundaries of genre constraints.
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Dec 13, 2021Literate and honest, it doesn’t always connect, yet with 90 minutes of music to explore it’s a project that demands time and patience to truly absorb.
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Dec 13, 2021There’s enough across both albums to keep fans happy, and that soulful voice is still a thing of wonder, but Keys has a strange hotchpotch feel to it.
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Dec 22, 2021Disc one is essentially a standard Alicia Keys LP, while the second disc is an album of remixes plus two more new songs. ... The latter half's new songs are two of the album's higher-profile collaborations: a tentative-sounding missed opportunity with Khalid and Lucky Daye, and an intoxicated duet with Swae Lee where Tyrone Davis' coasting 1979 hit "In the Mood" does most of the work.
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Dec 10, 2021Unlocked is definitely a better album than Originals, but not an amazing album in its own right. Undeniable, sucker-punch songs are still notable by their absence.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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Dec 10, 2021
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Dec 10, 2021This album proves the master of a musician Alicia Keys is! The album mixes many genres together and creates a world of its own! Skydive is legendary
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Dec 12, 2021
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Jul 9, 2022
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Dec 10, 2021Wow. This is by far one her best records and it shows. Not one bad track on this album!
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Apr 7, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 24, 2021Feels like she’s for writing an album to write this album. Production wise mediocre.
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