Alicia Keys — Unplugged
Recorded July 14, 2005
Brooklyn Academy of Music · New York · 
United States
Featuring Adam Levine, Common, Mos Def, Damian Marley
Setlist
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Related albumUnplugged2005The live album comes from this performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and gathers hits, covers and new songs.“To see Alicia Keys open a new chapter of MTV Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2005.”
Context
In July 2005, Alicia Keys arrives at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with only two studio albums and a string of hits. The July 14 session marks a new chapter of MTV Unplugged. At home in New York, she brings together her own songs, soul references and guests from other fronts.
The piano is not alone. Keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, backing vocals, horns and strings expand the lineup. Karma and Heartburn open the way for If I Ain't Got You and Diary. Adam Levine shares Wild Horses; at the close, Common, Mos Def and Damian Marley join rap and reggae in a single medley.
The performance gets a CD and DVD release in October of that year, turning the television session into Keys' first live album. Unplugged debuts at the top of the Billboard 200, the first project in the series by a female artist to enter there. The recording fixes the move from her first hits to a shared stage.
- Adam Levine joins Wild Horses, before the close with Common, Mos Def and Damian Marley.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Alicia KeysVocals and piano
- Onree GillKeyboards and musical director
- Arthur WhiteElectric and acoustic guitar
- Steve MostynBass
- Paul JohnDrums
- Pablo BatistaPercussion
- Anaysha FigueroaBacking vocals
- Sara DevineBacking vocals
- Jermaine PaulBacking vocals
- Denise StoudmireBacking vocals
- David WatsonSaxophone and flute
- Jeff DieterleTrombone
- Joe RomanoTrumpet and flugelhorn
- Gwen LasterViolin
- Mariana Green-HillViolin
- Anne-Marie BedneyViola
- Eileen FolsonCello
- Adam LevineguestVocals and acoustic guitar on Wild Horses
- CommonguestRap
- Mos DefguestRap
- Damian MarleyguestVocals
Trivia
Adam Levine shares the Rolling Stones' Wild Horses with Alicia Keys.
Common, Mos Def and Damian Marley join in on the closing medley.
Goodbye and Butterflyz are part of the night's recording, but not of this release.
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