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Various Uptown MTV Unplugged mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Funk / Soul Album: Uptown MTV Unplugged Country: US Released: 1993 Style: Rhythm & Blues, New Jack Swing MP3 version RAR size: 1260 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1463 mb WMA version RAR size: 1375 mb Rating: 4.2 Votes: 866 Other Formats: VQF APE DXD DMF MP4 AUD FLAC Tracklist A1 –Jodeci Forever My Lady 5:02 A2 –Jodeci Come & Talk To Me 5:17 A3 –Jodeci Lately 6:13 A4 –Father MC One Night Stand 4:09 A5 –Mary J. Blige Sweet Thing 3:43 A6 –Mary J. Blige I Don't Want To Do Anything 6:45 B1 –Christopher Williams All I See 6:13 B2 –Christopher Williams Come Go With Me 8:37 B3 –Heavy D. & The Boyz Is It Good To You 4:10 B4 –Heavy D Interlude 2:34 B5 –Heavy D. & The Boyz Blue Funk 6:12 –Father MC Mary J. Blige Jodeci Christopher B6 Next Stop Uptown (Studio Version) 5:50 Williams Heavy D. & The Boyz Credits Executive Producer – Andre Harrell Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Uptown none, Uptown MTV none, Various Records, MCA France 1993 MCD10858 Unplugged (CD, Album) MCD10858 Records Uptown MTV MCA Records, WMCA 10858 Various Unplugged Sampler Uptown WMCA 10858 UK 1993 (12", Smplr) Records Uptown MTV Uptown UPT-10858 Various UPT-10858 US 1993 Unplugged (LP) Records Uptown MTV Uptown UPTC 10858 Various Unplugged (Cass, UPTC 10858 US 1993 Records Album) Uptown MTV UPTSD 10858 Various MCA Records UPTSD 10858 Canada 1993 Unplugged (CD, Album) Related Music albums to Uptown MTV Unplugged by Various Jodeci - Stay Jodeci - Feenin (LTJ Bukem Remix) Mary J. Blige - What's The 411? Remix Jodeci - Gotta Love Mary J. Blige - The Best Of Mary J. Blige Jodeci - Lately Heavy D & The Boyz - Blue Funk Heavy D & The Boyz - Nuttin' But Love Mary J. Blige - Be Happy Jodeci - Forever My Lady.

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