Uptown MTV Unplugged

By 1993, Uptown was the leading urban label. In February, Uptown artists Jodeci, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, Christopher Williams and Heavy D performed an acoustic set on MTV Unplugged. Taped at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California it was called Uptown Unplugged and released as both a home video and CD. Jodeci did a live cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Lately” at the show and the song was released as single. It charted at both number one on the R&B charts and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Later that spring they released the soundtrack to the hip-hop film Who’s the Man? which featured The Notorious B.I.G.. Towards the end of the year, Jodeci released their second album, Diary of a Mad Band.