--- title: Kelly Clarkson, Busta Rhymes, Sia 'Hamilton' Audio description: The album features covers from stars like Sia, Alicia Keys, Wiz Khalifa, with two tracks—with Clarkson and Busta Rhymes—now available. canonical: https://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-04T17:35:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:24.525Z og:title: No One Was Prepared for Kelly Clarkson to Cover 'Hamilton' og:description: Sia, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa, and more feature on the cover album. og:url: https://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: No One Was Prepared for Kelly Clarkson to Cover 'Hamilton' twitter:description: Sia, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa, and more feature on the cover album. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Are Flipping Out Over These Kelly Clarkson and Busta Rhymes _Hamilton_ Covers > Sponsored content. 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The featured artist list reads like a who’s-who of the industry, with appearances from Usher, Sia, [Alicia Keys](http://time.com/4525432/watch-alicia-keys-and-jay-z-put-new-yorkers-in-a-new-york-state-of-mind-like-only-they-can/?iid=sr-link3), Wiz Khalifa, John Legend, Chance the Rapper, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, and talented, famous people. (There’s even a version of of the hip-hop love song “Helpless” sung by [Ja Rule](http://time.com/2954051/ja-rule-book-interview/?iid=sr-link2) and Ashanti, taking us all the way back to the glory days of the early 2000s). The mixtape isn’t out until Dec. 2, but Miranda decided to treat fans to an early taste of what’s to come by making two tracks — the intense [“My Shot,”](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-shot-feat.-busta-rhymes/id1171297143?i=1171297661) featuring nimble-voiced Busta Rhymes and The Roots with Joell Ortiz and Nate Ruess, and [“It’s Quiet Uptown”](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/its-quiet-uptown/id1171297143?i=1171297670) featuring power ballad star Kelly Clarkson — available for those who preorder the album on iTunes. At the very least, you can listen to the minute-and-a-half previews of the songs with new orchestrations and appreciate the thrill of hearing familiar voices take on the hip-hop musical’s now-iconic tunes. Oh, and people have _feelings_. > [](https://twitter.com/julieplec/status/794398341006327809) > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/794390940911800320) > [](https://twitter.com/mmm%5Fjackiez/status/794498985289482240) > [](https://twitter.com/CarolineSzumski/status/794494040565776384) Anxious to get access to the songs without iTunes? Don’t worry, Miranda is on it. > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/794461455320051712) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/"},"headline":"People Are Flipping Out Over These Kelly Clarkson and Busta Rhymes Hamilton Covers","datePublished":"2016-11-04T17:35:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:24.525Z","description":"It's the cover album you didn't know you needed","url":"https://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4558417/hamilton-mixtape-tracks/","name":"People Are Flipping Out Over These Kelly Clarkson and Busta Rhymes Hamilton Covers"}}]}] ```