![]() ![]() As with all of his releases, there were guest features by prominent and up and coming artists (Mary J. ![]() Each song featured either charted in Billboard’s Top 200 or was Grammy nominated. Carter,” “Reasonable Doubt,” and “The Dynasty-Roc La Familia.” This release serves as a greatest hits album, performed live. “Unplugged” contains songs from five of his albums: “The Blueprint,” “Vol.2 Hardknock Life,” “Vol 3. This album has practically none of that, with the exception of when Jay-Z specifically asks for crowd participation. Typically, live albums consist of intense crowd screaming and cheering in between and during songs (which tends to take away from song quality). “Unplugged” is quite different than most live albums. Due to high receptiveness of the performance, by viewers, in 2001 Jay-Z’s “Unplugged” album was released for commercial sale. The featured lyricist was none other than the legendary Jay-Z. In 2000, MTV hosted its 1 st (and only) unplugged session featuring a hip-hop lyricist. In 1989, MTV decided to capitalize on this trend by hosting “Unplugged” sessions, which featured popular artists of the time performing in intimate settings in front of small audiences. Since 1976, countless live albums have been released by a wide variety of artists. In 1976, when Peter Frampton released “Frampton Comes Alive,” (the first commercially successful live album), he demonstrated the substantial demand for that kind of album. A running debate amongst music aficionados is whether studio albums are better than live albums. ![]()
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