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Jay-Z's " the Blueprint" his sixth album in 5 year s. This album promises to provide consumers with what they have to come to expect from Jay-Z and more.

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The Blueprint may be Jay Z's most captivating record since Reasonable Doubt, but its predictably detached mood reflects the master hustler's superior ability to trick out lackluster subject matter with lyrical complexity and brief flashes of manufactured introspection. The Blueprint, a solid mix of preprogrammed radio hits ("Izzo," "Girls, Girls, Girls") and better-than-average mid-tempo compositions ("Never Change," "Song Cry"), confirms the Brooklyn rapper's legendary status. Blistering flames of the Queensbridge/Jay Z feud fan high with "Takeover," a direct attack on Nas, set over the Doors' rock & roll burner, "5 to 1." "Renegade" provides the album's only full-on guest appearance. Jay and Eminem take this opportunity to address haters (within the industry and in the general population) who don't understand the mind of an artist. Jigga spells it out on the title track: "Reasonable Doubt--classic, shoulda went triple." The Blueprint might not be quite on par with Reasonable Doubt but it is reasonably good. --Rebecca Levine

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Ruler's Back

2. Takeover

3. Izzo (H.O.V.A.)

4. Girls, Girls, Girls

5. Jigga That N***a

6. U Don't Know

7. Hola' Hovito

8. Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)

9. Never Change

10. Song Cry

11. All I Need

12. Renagade

13. Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)

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Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Roc A Fella
ASIN: B00005O54T
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (529 customer reviews)
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Classic Hip Hop

ByC Brownon April 23, 2017

Format: VinylVerified Purchase

Classic album that brings back so many memories. Great Hough quality pressing on the LP

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"I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell. I am a hustler baby, I'll sell water to a well."

ByMatt Jacobson February 5, 2010

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I'm still just poking and prodding with rap, and I decided a good next step would be what might be the most acclaimed hip hop album of the last decade. It was released way back on 9/11, the same day when the towers fell. I don't know what it means that one of New York's most prominent rappers released possibly his best album on the same day of the city's worst tragedy, but there's definitely something interesting about it. Unlike using the events of that day to make political points though, The Blueprint still feels relevant nine years later. It helped lead a shift back towards using samples in rap beats, as Jay-Z and the various producers on the album (including Kanye West before he launched his own career) took a lot of 70s R&B and soul, and even a bit of The Doors, and made it sound new, with pretty much every track having its own sound yet a consistent feel with a heavy dose of bass. Some of the vocal samples are pitch-changed, and they're all used to add depth to the sound, and the album never sounds boring. I think Jay-Z is a talented lyricist and a pretty good rapper, but the star of the record for me is definitely the music.

I still remember a couple of the album's singles from back when they were playing on MTV, though they're honestly among my least favorite songs. They're not bad, and "Girls, Girls, Girls" redeems itself a bit with the second part crammed onto the end of the twelve minute final track, but most of the other songs just seem to have more heart and more interesting moments. The content of the album is heavily autobiographical as would probably be expected, and also a bit defensive, as he was getting some backlash at the time for being presumptuous about his place in the scene, although he's still very confident in his own greatness. To be honest though, I think the single best verse on the album belongs to Eminem, who collaborates on the track "Renegade" which is apparently a remake of one they did earlier. It's overall an extremely good song, with a beat that's unique to the album and some extraordinary lyrics from both rappers. "Takeover" is another one that sounds a bit different from the rest, and features some pretty brutal disses including two bars at the end that pretty brilliantly wave aside just about everyone. There's plenty of other good songs on the album, and there's not really a point in naming them because it's just such a consistently high quality achievement.

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Jay-Z lays down the Blueprint for modern hip-hop

ByThe Gifted Oneon March 1, 2004

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Not since his classic debut Reasonable Doubt has Jay dropped an all THIS good. Don't get me wrong, I loved all of his albums in between (except for the only average Vol. 3), but none were on par with Reasonable Doubt. On the Blueprint Jay-Z brings back the soul/jazzy sound back to the music. Something not seen since RZA of the Wu-Tang clan used them during the mid 90s. This album features that innovative style of production along with the fiery metaphors and witty phrases that made Reasonable Doubt such a great album. Now for the album.
The album starts off with a fiery intro called "The Ruler's Back" where Jay tells you exactly what he's going to do on this album. He says "I'm going to give you my thoughts", and proceeds to do just that. On the next track called Takeover, Jay-Z lyrically takes apart both Nas and Prodigy on the same song. Quite possibly one of the best diss songs in hip-hop history. On "Izzo" Jay gets more positive and talks about how selling drugs isn't a good thing. I know you've all heard this song by now. Girls Girls Girls is a mellow ode for the ladies and Jigga that Nigga is an uptempo club banger. On U Don't Know Jay comes off amazing with his metaphors. He says "I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell, I am a hustler baby I sell water to a well". The next song, "Hola Hovito" is produced by Timbaland and is one of the best beats he's done in the past 5 years. It's very addictive to the ears.
On most of the second half of the album Jay gets more introspective. On "Heart of the City" Jigga addresses the haters. He comes with fiery metaphors and punchlines, particularly on the 3rd verse. "Never Change" in my opinion is the best song on the entire album. It has introspective lyrics by Jigga and soulful production by Kanye West. Everyone has heard "Song Cry" by now, where Jay relents the loss of a girl he used to love. The next song "All I Need" is about needing only your friends and family. Nothing else matters. Renagade with Eminem is just fire. Em's verses are fire but I can feel Jigga's verses more because his were more introspective. The final song called "Blueprint" has Jay talking about all the people who helped him get where he is today. Also check out the great bonus tracks "Lyrical Excercise" and "Girls Girls Girls Remix".

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My favorite album of all time

ByBigCornon April 28, 2017

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Fast shipping very legit

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Terrible quality vinyl

Bymerkstarrron August 21, 2016

Format: VinylVerified Purchase

I ordered this and exchanged it because the vinyl was warped and terrible quality. The replacement had the same problems. I would not recommend buying this.

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A Masterpiece

ByLance & Amyon October 20, 2013

Format: Audio CDVerified Purchase

Generally speaking, I'm not that big of a Jay-Z fan. I think the hype and self-promotion of the best rapper alive greatly outweigh the product he puts out. I started noticing a lot of the songs that I did like were coming from The Blueprint, so I thought I'd order it. Turned out even better than I had hoped. Not a bad song on here though i felt like Takeover and Hola' Hovito really stood out. Even well known songs like Girls, Girls, Girls, Heart of the City, and Izzo seemed better than when they were brand new. As good of a rap cd as you could ask for.

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better than reasonable doubt

Bygee rileyon May 29, 2014

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I dont know why everyone always rate Jayz album reasonable doubt higher than this one. this album kind of really put Kanye on the map he produced like 4 songs on here. not only that, this album really went hard at nas and caused the rap beef between those two..yes this is timeless music

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One of the last real great albums in rap

ByJohn Ballon November 19, 2015

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Classic Jay. One of the last real great albums in rap. These days who can barely find an album worth listening to from start to finish. Maybe 1 or 2 songs that I can only vibe with if I'm in the mood to hear but everything else is always on repeat.