Jay-Z’s “Unplugged” set draws heavily from his then-fresh rap album “The Blueprint,” now considered a landmark for the genre. Its sped-up soul samples (the Jackson 5, Bobby “Blue ...
No other “Unplugged” set is as defiant or self-insistent. “These songs are about me first,” she tells the audience. “Me first.” — Anne Branigin Jay-Z’s “Unplugged” set draws ...