Author Topic: Jay-Z pulls the plug on MTV (Read 246 times)

Nosak · « **on:** November 26, 2001, 06:51:55 PM »

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L.L. Cool J pioneered it. Can Jay-Z perfect it? Jay-Z became the latest artist to pull the plug on MTV, performing with an acoustic band and a string quartet Sunday night for a taping of MTV2's revived "Unplugged" series. "Welcome to Jay-Z's poetry hour," Jay joked at the start of the taping. "Hark, who goes there?" MTV producers, concerned that an active audience might block cameras, asked the audience of about 150 people to remain seated throughout the performance, but once the band started playing "I Just Wanna Love U," Jay encouraged the crowd to stand up and surround him. "Everybody, you gotta get up for this one!" he said. Most of the performance was a self-edited version, but Jay finished with an onslaught of an encore. The show also featured surprise guest Mary J. Blige, who joined Jay-Z on stage for a rendition of the first track from his first album -- "Can't Knock the Hustle" off the 1996 classic, Reasonable Doubt. Jay-Z's "Unplugged" is scheduled to air on MTV2 on Dec. 15. MTV will broadcast it later.

AlerG · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2001, 05:45:43 AM »

i heard they are supposed to make this jay-z unplugged shit into a cd which is interesting...i can't wait to see it, peace.

Murrow · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2001, 07:44:13 AM »

That is what Dre should do before he's done. Take his songs and transform them all with live instrumentation, bass, guitar, keyboards, drums and have it all together with one bad ass DJ puttin down the scratches over um...DJ Jam, Fredwreck or Mel-Man? Just imagine "Nuthin But A 'G' Thang" performed with live instruments.

AlerG · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2001, 08:01:59 AM »

sounds like a good idea

Quadruple OG · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2001, 10:14:38 AM »

if you've seen Snoop's performances on SNL, especially his first one where they performed "G'z up Ho'z down", "Lodi Dodi", and "Gin and Juice", he sounded tight as fuck over live instrumentals

AlerG · « **Reply #5 on:** November 28, 2001, 10:24:33 AM »

nah, but i've seen the one with "snoops upside ya head" and "vapours" i think he did that one, peace.

teecee · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2001, 10:35:29 AM »

I saw the Snoop one where he did the Doggystyle songs, it was so tight, nate sang the first four lines of Doggydoggworld (Everwhere i look, and everywhere i go....)before snoop went into G/z Up Hoes Down. Damn, Nate sounded so tight singing that shit.....