People have this preconceived image of Jay-Z: ‘What was it like working with a jiggy rapper?’ Usually I work with some artist and they’re like, ‘Yo, it has to be the way it is on the album.’ He wanted to experiment. He would stay in rehearsal until very late … He’s a consummate professional.
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They would spend two months rehearsing for the performance, and according to Questlove the rapper was dedicated to achieving unplugged perfection: “Jay constantly wants to figure out how to better his situation. We, as a unit and as a band, we’re kinda in the zone as far as having a hip-hop aesthetic and having everything down tight.” "I don’t want to say we were the sole candidates, but we’re definitely the prime candidates to handle such a job. “Once the opportunity presented itself, we took advantage of it,“ Questo told MTV News at the time. This unexpected pairing helped Jigga to deliver an entirely different way of experiencing his illustrious catalog. Scheduling issues had prevented that performance, but their mutual respect would lead to the band backing the rapper during his MTV Unplugged set. In 2000 Hov’s close friend dream hampton had introduced him to The Roots’ drummer Questlove, after he had mentioned to her that he needed a live band for his December 16 performance on Saturday Night Live. It has since been certified Gold by the RIAA, and has sold over 600,000 copies in the United States alone. Upon release it debuted at #20 on the Billboard 200, selling 143,000 copies in its first week-impressive numbers considering it was officially announced just a week earlier.
The show had been recorded a month earlier, on November 18 at the MTV Studios in Times Square and the album featured a tracklist culled from the show’s setlist. On DecemJay-Z released his first live album as part of MTV’s Unplugged 2.0 television series.
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