Jay-Z: Unplugged is rapper Jay-Z's 2001 live album that contains some of his past songs with live instruments performed by the hip-hop band the Roots. The album, which sold more than 600,000 copies, was recorded during the taping of an MTV Unplugged 2.0 episode on November 18, 2001.
Track listing All songs were produced by Questlove, the Roots; "People Talking" produced by Ski.
Sample credits "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" contains an interpolation of "I Want You Back", written by Berry Gordy, Alfonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, and Deke Richards. "Takeover" contains interpolations of: "Sound of da Police", written by Lawrence Parker, Eric Burdon, Alan Lomax, Bryan Chandler, and Rodney Lemay. "Five to One", written by Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek. "Girls, Girls, Girls" contains an interpolation of "I Love You More and More Every Time", written by Tom Brock (singer) and Robert Reif. "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" contains an interpolation of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh. "Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)" contains an interpolation of "It's the Hard Knock Life", written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. "Ain't No" contains interpolations of: "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)", written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. "Seven Minutes of Funk", written by August Moon and Tyrone Thomas. "Can't Knock the Hustle" contains interpolations of: "Much Too Much", written by Marcus Miller. "Fool's Paradise", written by Meli'sa Morgan and Lesette Wilson. "Song Cry" contain an interpolation of "Sounds Like a Love Song", written by Douglas Gibbs and Ralph Johnson. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" contains interpolations of: "Give It to Me Baby", written by James Johnson. "The World is Filled...", written by Christopher Wallace, Deric Angelettie, Sean Combs, Kit Walker, and Todd Shaw.
Personnel
Musicians Kyle "Scratch" Jones – vocal percussion, backing vocals Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – drums James "Kamal" Gray – keyboards Leonard "Hub" Hubbard – acoustic bass Larry Gold – strings Ben Kenney – acoustic guitar Omar Edwards – keyboards Frank Walker – percussion Aaron "Gushie" Dramper – percussion Fiona Murray – strings Alexandra Leem – strings Ghislaine Fleischmann – strings Jaguar Wright – vocals Damon Bennett – flute
Technical personnel Ahmir Thompson – producer, mixing The Roots – producer Russel Elevado – mixing Kenyatta Saunders – mixing Rich Nichols – mixing Alex Coletti – producer for MTV Jan Benson – co-producer Milton Lage – director Adam Blackburn – audio engineer Shawn Carter – executive producer Damon Dash – executive producer Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer Tony Dawsey – mastering Jason Noto – art direction and design Scott Gries – front cover photo Walik Goshorn - interior photos
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2002) PositionCanadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 99Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 54 US Billboard 200 162 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 56
Certifications
References
External links Jay-Z: Unplugged at Discogs