Once you’ve heard all of the 16 different songs, you’ll probably have lost track of which version you preferred. Unfortunately, due to the length of the entire project-26 songs that end up clocking in at 95 minutes-it might not be plausible to sit and take the entire thing on on one listen. Add to that Keys’ decision to shuffle the tracklisting while also including four tracks on the first part that don’t have Unlocked versions and two on Unlocked without an Originals version, and it starts to get confusing. One or the other is more of a bonus cut or perhaps Alicia Keys should have held it for a future release altogether. However, differences in others like “Skydive” or “Best of Me” are minimal. Songs like “Old Memories,” Only You” and “Dead End Road” are noticeably different and should be appreciated in both versions. It’s a jazzy ballad with a flow similar to Sade’s “Is It A Crime.” The unlocked version cuts nearly two minutes, though fortunately nothing sounds missing, and employs more rounded out beats with sharper drops. The first is a six-minute, 20-second ballad where we hear Keys stretch and strain her voice with delicacy, a unique sound that defines her music.
One of the album’s strongest tracks, “Is It Insane,” sounds distinct yet excellent in both its Originals and Unlocked forms.
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