MTV Unplugged (Jay-Z album)

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Jay-Z: Unplugged
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Live album by Jay-Z with The Roots
Released December 18, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded November 18, 2001, MTV Studios, New York City, New York
Genre Hip hop
Length 58:15
Label Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
Producer Questlove, The Roots, Ski
Jay-Z chronology
The Blueprint
(2001)		 Jay-Z: Unplugged
(2001)		 The Best of Both Worlds
(2002)
The Roots chronology
Things Fall Apart
(1999)		 Jay-Z: Unplugged
(2002)		 Phrenology
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Billboard (favorable)[2]
Robert Christgau (3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Entertainment Weekly (A)[4]
HipHopDX 4/5 stars[5]
NME (7/10)[6]
RapReviews (8.0/10)[7]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[8]
Village Voice (favorable)[9]

Jay-Z: Unplugged is rapper Jay-Z's 2001 music album that contains some of his past songs with live instruments performed by the hip-hop band The Roots. The album was recorded during the taping of an MTV Unplugged 2.0 episode on November 18, 2001. It sold more than 600,000 copies.

Track listing

  1. "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" - 5:08
  2. "Takeover" - 4:57
  3. "Girls, Girls, Girls" - 4:41
  4. "Jigga What, Jigga Who" - 2:34
  5. "Big Pimpin'" - 4:11
  6. "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" - 4:05
  7. "Can I Get A..." - 1:42
  8. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" - 1:31
  9. "Ain't No Nigga" - 1:02
  10. "Can't Knock the Hustle/Family Affair" (featuring Mary J. Blige) - 6:06
  11. "Song Cry" - 7:04
  12. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (featuring Pharrell) - 6:58
  13. "Jigga That Nigga"/"People Talking" - 8:22

All songs were produced by Questlove, The Roots; "People Talking" produced by Ski.

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 20
U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 8

Credits

References

  1. ↑ MTV Unplugged at AllMusic
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  8. ↑ [2] Archived January 10, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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External links

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