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Length
  
58:15

Artists
  
Jay Z, The Roots

Label
  
Roc-A-Fella Records

Jay-Z Unplugged (2002)
  
Phrenology (2002)

Release date
  
18 December 2001

Genre
  
Hip hop music

MTV Unplugged (Jay-Z album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen220Jay

Released
  
December 18, 2001 (U.S.)

Recorded
  
November 18, 2001, MTV Studios, New York City, New York

Producer
  
Questlove, The Roots, Ski

Jay-Z Unplugged (2001)
  
The Best of Both Worlds (2002)

Similar
  
Jay Z albums, Hip hop music albums

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.

Contents

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.

Personnel

  • Leonard Hubbard – bass
  • Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson – drums, producer
  • Damon Bennett – flute
  • Ben Kenney – guitar [acoustic]
  • Kamal Gray – keyboards
  • Omar Edwards – keyboards
  • Aaron "Gushie" Dramper – percussion
  • Frank "Knuckles" Walker – percussion
  • Scratch – percussion [vocal], backing vocals
  • The Roots – producer
  • Alexandra Leem – strings
  • Fiona Murray – strings
  • Ghislaine Fleischmann – strings
  • Larry Gold – strings
  • Jaguar Wright – vocals

    • Songs

    1Izzo (HOVA) (Live)5:08
    2Takeover4:56
    3Girls - Girls - Girls4:40

    References

    MTV Unplugged (Jay-Z album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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