Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (Artwork x Tracklist)

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I guarantee this will get more than a few heads jabbering on about this in the c-section. My opinion? An album cover and lineup doesn’t mean shit unless the execution is perfectly performed. Tracklist and full art under the cut. SHAKE UPDATE: The tracklist is rumored, so don’t get overly hyped or overly heated. Relax… breathe… and wait for September 11th. Jay-Z.com. UPDATE 2: Official tracklist has been put up, check it here.


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1. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)
2. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)
3. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)
4. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)
5. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
6. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)
7. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)
8. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)
9. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)
10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)
12. Forever Young Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.)

Bonus Tracks:
14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)
15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)

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251 Responses to “Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (Artwork x Tracklist)”

  1. No Eminem feature? Damn

  2. looks sick

  3. bp1 >

  4. CANT WAIT

  5. looks gay

  6. cant wait.. lets see what kanye has up his sleeve for jay this time when it comes to his production.

  7. Is anyone as excited about this as I am? My God.

  8. where the fuck is J. Cole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. Am I the only one who thinks the red bars should be blue as in blueprint? Other than that, it looks good.

  10. no neptunes beats boo

  11. At Least The Production Should Be Nice

  12. wow kanye producing almost every track… sounds good. But what happened with Jockin’ Jay-Z, Swagga Like Us Pt.2, Brooklyn We Go Hard and History?

  13. The fact that Kanye is producing most of this is just getting me hyped

  14. This album is the result of caucasian exposure to Jay-Z. what happened to the hood life? WHERE IS THE GANGSTER SPITTIN?

    Mr Hudson/ are you serious? what a joke.

  15. jay dont want another renegade happenein, but looks like a nice line up, wanna hear that cudi collab looks interestin, im mad at the no j. cole or other roc nation artist or artist managed by roc bation (wale, mickey factz and some other) featured. we know u jay but u gotta help out ya artist or u gonna have another camp full of memphis bleeks, promote your artist get them a national stage so when they get out both yall can get paid right

  16. Can’t wait for that Empire State Of Mind

  17. covers wack imo..but dat tracklist looks kinda promising…

  18. I’m with hater. no J Cole feature? way to hype up your new artist.

  19. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West) probably equals the history track that leaked so long ago

  20. Hope the Kid Cudi x Drake features get cut. No just blaze is not a good look. Kanye has fallen off so hard from the production side. Don’t think is gonna be to great of a LP. Won;t be his worst album, will prolly be right there ahead of kingdome come.

  21. no dre beat damn

  22. LOL @ Timbaland. He was only a LITTLE off when he said he was producing the entire album. One track.

    But yeah, I wish Jockin’ Jay-Z was on it. I don’t care that Swagga Like Us and the remix aren’t, that beat got so annoying.

  23. @ blaka
    this mother fucker is 42 and a multi millionaire. u want him to rap about shooting niggas and selling crack! i hate people who feel hip hop HAS to be gangster rap about murder and drugs. who gives a fuck if he got mr hudson on a track. dudes need to keep their mind open to all influences in the world of music.

  24. Am I the only one not excited?

    Gimme my Rebirth/YM Album/Kid Cudi album and Im happy…

  25. I’ll get back to you on 9/18

  26. Based on production, features, and his verse on run this town, this looks more like ye’s 5th album than blueprint 3 haha. G.o.o.d music showcase going on. Can’t really complain though seeing as how k west is my favorite producer and I’m liking his shit, drizzy, and cudi’s more than hov recently

  27. no neptunes beats boo

    gowie said this on August 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 am

    ^^^ They weren’t on the original either. Just Ye, Timbo, Just and Bink. Judging by the production credits this should have that same feel. Sonically at least…

  28. What are you sayin a result of caucasian exposure people grow you either change or your forgot or you end up wit a cd like Relapse.

  29. sickkk

  30. ^the revolution will not be televised, so shut the fuck up and sit down.

  31. Woulda loved a Em feature too but still should be dope though.

  32. co-sign blak
    wtf is mr hudson doin on 2 tracks… lyk game sed, i think jays past it

  33. i see he fucked of just blaze. shame, looks dope though.

  34. he put wack ass kid cudi on here but not j.cole?? alot of features this time around 2…hope this is good but im not holding my breath. im 1 of the few who actually thinks Jay is declining in the rhyming dept….

  35. i like that the album mostly have one producer. the album should atleast have cohesiveness. now im getting hyped for this

  36. i’d rather listen to ron browz

  37. No Just Blaze? Primo? Should be as bad as gift and the curse.

  38. Looking forward to it…

  39. Let’s see what G.O.O.D. Music can do!

  40. The truth shall come to the light 9/11

  41. I know two people already said this but after looking at it again, I can’t believe he didn’t put J. Cole on it. Hype up Drake but not your own artist? Come on.

  42. Yeah, I’m surprised there’s no Primo… Jay is declining. In my eyes, nothing will compare to Reasonable Doubt

  43. YES, a KID CUDI feature!

  44. artwork and tracklist look dope. I only wish there would be some roc-nation artists. I mean Wale and Jay would be dope as hell.

  45. this official?

  46. Mr Hudson is boring as hell.
    To me it seems like Jay’s trying to benefit from G.O.O.D. Music’s, Drake’s and Rihanna’s hype.. he shouldn’t have to do that. Guess he’s trying to get good sales numbers.

  47. NUMBER 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 Agreed though, where the FUCK is J. Cole?

  48. “id rather listen to ron brownz” hahahaa funny.

    gift and the curse was all over the place when it comes to production. should of been a single disc album and got rid of all the fillers i.e. that lenny kravitz joint. but wteva ill wait for it.

  49. yea kanyes come back as producer i guess cause damn massive productions by him only…lol

  50. Everything looks great, except for the lack of an Eminem feature.

  51. It’s a fucking shame if he isn’t on this album.

  52. Artwork is sick…but the tracklist looks gay

  53. NO BINK!?!?!?!?

  54. no ron browz feature?

  55. (joke)

  56. Actually, I kinda don’t like the GOOD music features for the simple fact that it seems like Jay’s trying to change up his style.

  57. “Gimme my Rebirth/YM Album/Kid Cudi album and Im happy…”

    Jaywall said this on August 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 am

    smh…I seriously think you’re the only person waiting on these albums.

  58. This is garbage, for Jayz to have white people on this album is an insult to the hood. I will not be copping this album.

  59. rebirth is now slated for november 24, 2009

    smh

  60. First track I’m listening to is #7 to see what Timbo’s sound is like now!!!
    Woulda liked an Em feature & a Neptunes track, & it’s cool to see No I.D. get 3 tracks.

  61. i dunno i feel like the album isn’t gon match the hype remember what happened to kingdom come all the hype that didn’t really match the lp i dunno

  62. and “BlakaBlakaBooMbOOMbLISH-KA” is just a plain idiot

  63. i cant wait for this shit

  64. ^^SMH @ Kingdom Come!…That’s prolly why it’s No I.D. and not Just Blaze!!

  65. CAN’T WAIT

  66. agree w. Fresh kid. blaka is a racist prick for sure.

  67. so we have someone hating on white people I see. That is some bullshit.

  68. TRACKS WITH NAS AND KID CUDI SHOULD BE AIGHT BUT IM PROLLY GONNA CUT OUT JAY’S VERSES ANYWAYS

  69. WE DONT NEED MORE EMINEMS IN RAP. HE AINT NUTHIN WITHOUT DR DRE.

    NO WHITEY EVER FLOURISHED WITHOUT SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH AFRO AMERICANO PRODUCERS OR CO-ARTISTS.

    ACTUAL FACT….THE IMPACT WILL THROW TREES BACK AND CRACK STATUES…..U KNOW IT IS TRUE.

    HIP HOP IS NOT FOR YTS

  70. oh thats right only white people can be racist…. smh

  71. “Gimme my Rebirth/YM Album/Kid Cudi album and Im happy…”

    Jaywall said this on August 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 am

    smh…I seriously think you’re the only person waiting on these albums.

    Shawn P. said this on August 3rd, 2009 at 10:54 am
    I ONLY WANT KID CUDI’S ALBUM THE REST I AGREE THO

  72. SMH….”AFRO AMERICANO”

    hahahahahahahahahaha

  73. um, wordlife.

  74. looks good,expected this production line except I really miss Just Blaze and Jay!!!!

    After the lines he says about aggression and wearin black for a year in D.O.A, I was hopin we’d get ONE Primo track:( Its all good though Jay gets love,plus he’s a vet but pleeease GTFOH to anyone sayin Kingdom Come was a bad record! Minority Report was better than most rappers careers alone

  75. Though I consider myself highly influenced by Jay-z and kanye west my recent discoveries have led me astray… I no longer support these two freemason artists and their intentions for the industry… though i’ll download this when it leaks i’ll never buy another jay record ever again… both these motherfuckers broke my heart when they switched to the darkside…I am an anti-mason advocate… hip-hop needs to be re-evaluated…

    word 2 killa priest… whom i’ll be gracing the stage with on the 13th and will be on tour with for the texas legend of the lions dates…

    peep my myspace for details
    myspace.com/2gyfted

  76. RED ALBUM. =]

  77. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS ATM

  78. Damn a Jay-z album without Jay-z on the cover.

  79. so gyft, you will no longer support him but will bump his music. isn’t that the same thing. i like how people have “reasons” for bootlegging peoples shit.

  80. How many songs have Jay-Z and Nas done 2gether? If I’m not mistaken it’s 3, 4 if u include the song they did on Luda last album. Anyway I didn’t like “Success” off of American Gangster but “Black Republicans” and “I Do it for Hip-Hop” were straight. I hope they don’t fuck this one up. I’m sure it’s gonna sample NY State of Mind….Kanye & No I.D. better not fuck the beat up either cuz that beat go too hard to be tweaked and made worse.

  81. (Yawn)

  82. I’m a little scared for the cudi and hudson features even though i think they will probably just be hooks and i fucks with cudi. it just isn’t hova’s style to have these light voiced men on his tracks. I think it’s a little hypocritical to make a song like d.o.a shitting on trends in hiphop and stuff like that and then to have these features which pretty much represent the present trend/state of hiphop

  83. @ Gyft
    oh and your music sucks. i won’t even download your shit for FREE.

  84. I hope this is as good as American Gangster was.

    BA > RD > BP > AG

  85. this is like GOOD MUSIC version
    ‘ye, cudi and hudson on 2 songs lol

  86. @ gyft you got jay z in your top artists on your myspace page. way to take a stand against someone!

  87. Confused at the lack of a few tracks/features, but my final decision will be made on September 11th. Whatchu lookin’ at me for?

  88. [...] it that I just can’t put my finger on. I have to thank the homie Meka for this one over at 2DopeBoyz. I don’t know how I feel about the album as a whole though… It’s mostly produced [...]

  89. cant wait to here empire state of mind, just the name sounds cool, plus nas…its ganna be dope

  90. No just blaze???? wtf just and jay always make crack! im bumed

  91. pretty cool tracklist but where the fuck is just bleezy? a jigga album totally needs 1 or 2 beats by him!

  92. just blaze has to be on a blueprint album… bein that he and kanye made that sound….but uhhh……. WHERE IS SLU 2??? i was lookin forward to Andre 3 stacks murdering ppl on that one….

  93. this album is gonna be wack because mr hudson is white. aint no place for a yt on this records. what happened jay-z?

  94. Also only one Timbaland produced tracks and no Neptune’s.

  95. Empire state of mind? why yes . very nice

  96. Commercially distateful I give the cover and tacklist a 1 out of 5 stars and am guessing a 1 out of 5 mics.

    Jay again follows, copys, and mocks whats in. With Mr. Hudson, Kanye & Kid Kudi as line ups it seems Jay is preparing a

    808’s & Heartbreaks Pt. 2

    To be quite honest I would have preferred a Blueprint album with Rocafella artist, Premier production, Just Blaze, and other producers.

    Disappointing to say the least.

    I hate to say it but

    Kanye West is the new Jay and in some way Jay is trying hard, veerrry hard to be Kanye

    I think its safe to say

    Jay-Z career = 90% copying what everone else does

    At this point I cant imagine purchasing a Jay album the guy has no more credibility, has all the money he needs, and creatively has completely fell of the map.

  97. I have a feeling Jay will record more tracks and its inevitable this track listing will change

  98. Man I hope Mr. Hudson was able to yank that auto-tune out of his mouth long enough to record those two tracks because his excessive use of it is annoying at times.

  99. Fuck the racism going down. With that said, as a white man, I do not want Mr. Hudson on here. It has nothing to do with color, it has to do with what will sound right. I’ll happily be wrong if it turns out to be an amazing combo, but I’m not seeing that.

  100. [...] Even more interesting is that the tracklist is “Dope Boy Fresh”-less. I am [...]

  101. Blueprint 3 = Next Hip-Hop Classic

  102. How can you say jay is trying to sound or be like someone else when you havent even heard the album??? SMH

  103. I don’t like Swagg, but I was really fucking looking forward to SLU II.

    Well, that tracklisting is going to be ever changing anyway.

  104. guess the eminem song apostate will be on that DJ Hero thing

  105. Everyone hates, but im pumped for this. People complain about no Em feature, but him and Jay have a album of sorts together for DJ Hero, so I’ll be fine with that. I won’t lie, a Preemo track would have been dope, but Kanye comes hard too. A cop for me, no doubt…

  106. Eminem ? Renegade??

  107. damn i was hoping he was gonna have that rumored joint wit andre3000…guess that was just a rumor..b0oo

  108. This cover is fucking hot! I already know there are gonna be bunch of people who will say the opposite just to be assholes but come on man this cover is hot!

    I’m not even gonna read 1 comment above to avoid from seeing the ignorance!

  109. @ Derek

    well i’m sorry u don’t like my music…nonetheless… when you look up to an artist for so long and realize that after a certain point all the give a fuck about is the money and are basically feeding the fans bullshit… its kind of hard to respect them after that… I used to luv Common’s music until he decided to be the biggest corporate whore in hip-hop supporting these fucked up billion dollar corporations what don’t give a damn about the legimate workforce or the labor they employ… fact of the matter is Jay is full of shit and tho i have always respected his mic skills… he represents everything artist like Tupac, Krs-one, and Immortal Technique stood and still stand against… i’ll download it to see what shit he’s givin the hip-hop world but after a single listen i doubt i’ll ever jam it after that…

    besides keepin your friends close and enemies closer is rule #1 in this game…

    luv for the Hatred…

  110. shoulda had some Just Blaze instrumentals on it, but that’s my opinion…

  111. F.y.i thanx for remindin me jay was on my top artists list.. i forgot I had him up…been replaced…

  112. wheres just blaze, dre, premo ??????????????????????

  113. A Timbo Beat before a Neptune one? not sure if I like that or not. I knew Kanye was on production, but damn this nigga basically crafted the whole album. Nonetheless I’m still stoked for the album A wonderful day in Hip-Hop this will be.

  114. dude your dumb as fuck why do you want to hear all that fake gangster lyin shit that makin hip hop fall. its about trying to make good music not about trying to give faggots like you something to ride around with so you can than you’re gangsta

  115. artwork is cool imo

  116. I could care less for this album, Ima give it a listen but may not purchase it..

    Still why give G.O.O.D Music shine, when your own artist need a buzz?

  117. I think that cover looks sick. I also like the fact that Kanye is on the majority of the tracks, album looks good.

  118. ooo, cudi and j, i wanna hear how that one rolls

  119. how yall think i feel? im signed to the damn guy and hes got drake on his album? instead of his own damn artist?

  120. WHO WANNA IMPERSONATE THE GOD. REVEAL YASELF, YT

  121. Except, I would have liked to see J.Cole on a track or too for sure. Maybe axe drake and throw him on?

  122. @ gyft
    The dude bought the right’s to this album and to leave def jam for $5,000,000 and you think its about the money?! Obviously the man is in another state of mind from his Reasonable doubt or Blueprint 1 days. If anyone cares about the money, its your struggling artist ass who would rather bootleg the album than give go out and cop it.

    And what’s up with people wanting this to be the second coming of the original Blueprint. It’s like going to to see a movie sequel expecting to see the same plot all over again. Its called the blueprint for a reason… the dude sets trends. Period. He made all of you jump on the sped up soul steeze, he made everyone where button up dress shirts, and then he made everyone think twice about auto-tuning.

  123. i couldn’t care less about this.

  124. EMINEM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>JAY-Z

  125. the cover sick but wow, i was expecting something else out the track list… looks like jay switching up the swag a lil. this nigga trippin Em shoulda been the first one he threw on this shit. i’m disappointed jay!

  126. @DJ Finyl

    Jay and Kanye are both elitists…supporting free masonry and everything it stands for is detrimental to hip-hop culture and completely counterproductive for what the music stands for…him and beyonce both will sponsor damn near anything for a dollar and if youre gonna do that and turn around and try to represent yourself as an artist for the people your a fuckin hypocrite… listen to immortal technique and brother ali… they’ll lay the “blueprint” out for you literally…

  127. EMPIRE STATE OF MIND SHOULD OF HAVE PREMO ON PROD

  128. No Just Bleezy?

    Damn Hov, not cool…

    You can’t make no damn Blueprint without me…

  129. These are not myu lyrics. I guess Jayz used someone else for this album.

  130. @derrik, dont even get at Gyft or w/e the fuck his name is…Gyft is what happens when you drop acid

  131. There is no excuse for the lack of Neptunes production. Could it b/c Pharrell and them have ben working with Chris Breezy? Jay really is a “bitter ass nigga” as Jayceon calls him.

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  133. GET OFF KANYE’S DICK!

  134. Hmmm. It looks decent enough. at least Jay got
    Kid Cudi, Drake, and Nas. Just dissapointed
    that J-Cole isn’t on it. Or Eminem. Guess Jay
    doesnt wanna get murdered like Renegade..lol..
    But Looking forward to the Album.

  135. 1.PLEASE STOP THE RACISM. CONTROLLERS PLEASE DONT ENTERTAIN IT IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. I DONT THINK ILL BE VISITING IF IT GETS MUCH WORSE.
    2.YEP THE COVER SHOULD HAVE 3 BLUE STRIKES NOT RED ONES
    3. IM NOT IN HIGH HOPES ABOUT THE ALBUM..NOT SURE WHAT HE HAS LEFT TO SAY. BUT INTRIGUED ABOUT THE BEATS. BUT..I SAY BUT..I HOPE THE ALBUM WILL BE DOPE AND ANOTHER REASONABLE DOUBT/BLUEPRINT

  136. I don’t get how people say “shit looks garbage” when there’s no audio for you to hear the track, lol. That’s like saying a chic is ugly when you’re reading her name in a book and there’s no picture.

  137. This album cover and tracklisting looks classic. With kanye back on the beats for Hov this should be an overall great album I cant wait.

  138. YEP THE COVER SHOULD HAVE 3 BLUE STRIKES NOT RED ONES
    The Game will probably do The Red Print after his acclaimed “RED ALbum”

  139. G.O.O.D MUSIC!!!! Mr. Hudson and Cudi, gonna be some fresh stuff

  140. looks good to me
    a lot of hate thou
    most of the features will prob be on the hooks (thats a good thing)

  141. PLEASE NO KID CUDI!!! dude is horrible and homo

  142. hmm idk how good this’ll be. i sort of wish he would’ve put wale & j.cole on instead of cudi. or even some more established artists like fabolous and trey songz instead of mr hudson.

  143. im not judging quite yet. hopefully the tracks are hot and jay has a hotter flow than some of the songs he’s released recently

  144. ARE YOU NIGGAS STUPID!!!!

    WHY ARE PEOPLE SURPRISED TO SEE KANYE ON MOST OF THE PRODUCTION???

    JAY-Z SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE WANTED DA ALBUM TO BE MAINLY PRODUCED BY KANYE.

    He stated several times that he wanted to take it back to how he did the 1st Blueprint album, with the soulful vibe he had on it!

    It’s been noted and stated for several months since last year when he dropped “Jockin Jay-Z” and “History” that he was gonna just used Kanye fot the album. He then budged a bit and said he might use a few other people but only in the taste of the sound him and Kanye are building with No I.D. who is also helping production on the Blueprint 3!!

    Stop complaining and do ya homeworks niggas! What da fuck! Pat ya wet pussies dry and move on, stop bitching!

  145. Looking forward to the Album, I agree Premo/Jay/Nas would have been major.

  146. wheres Swagga like Us II?

  147. No i.d said we were doing blueprint 3 when we did heartless…this album is like 808 but more hip-hop and it gonna be a full-fledged classic. 90% of hip-hip is something someone else did. Jay-z never took this long on a album so I’m going with blueprint 3 as a classic. This tracklist is not a 100% because he is not done recording for the album. So stop cry about who is on the album and who is not.

  148. is this really a suprise though. like “Real” said. jay and kanye have mention that the was going to produce the whole thing. maybe have a different one here or there if it fit the sound and i guess the beat timbo did fit that sound. im not gonna complain until i hear what they did. maybe just blaze,neptunes,bink,ect. just didnt fit the vibe for this one. whats the one thing a lot of fans ask for. cohesiveness. everybody wanna complain bout havin 15 producers on the album. this only have 3 and yall still lose it…i just hope the album is good. thats it

  149. dope art

  150. PS no way jay wus ever gettin a dre 3000 verse…those r reserved for WHEN U LEAST EXPECT EM.

  151. anyone could make a dope album with this production and features. lol. you gotta judge it more tough than a normal album with this shit behind him.

    imagine if Jada had this behind him.

  152. ^^^^
    Umm didn’t Jada have a whole bunch of all star producers (even on the songs that didn’t make the album), featured artist and the all mighty Def Jam machine!

  153. rebirth is going to be the worst album of the year. i don’t know why people are hyped for it at all?!have u ever thought that it keeps on getting pushed back because its terrible and the label won’t put it out to save there embaressment.

  154. I think it might be too poppy for most heads, but I’ll probably enjoy it.

    Also, it looks like Jay is using Kanye to make him relevant again. All the kanye production and the Mr. Hudson features. Whatever tho

  155. what?? I thought it was known a while ago that Jay had SLU 2 in the pocket already with JEezy, Nas and 3k on it……wtf!!!

  156. Jada didnt have tons of Kanye produced shit did he? didnt think so.

  157. Keep the racism off the boards, Jay is obviously taking the blueprint in a different direction with some of the features, but you can’t judge the quality on the basis of a cover and a tracklist. Too many people who listen to hip-hop are too nostalgic what you want him to make a carbon copy of the first blueprint. Plus you should take account of his age you seriously want to listen to a grown man talking about drugs and the hood lifestyle, Raekwon is an exception. Rant over and fuck racism, 1!

  158. This looks more like kanye’s album

  159. The cover is unique and fresh. I like it. But the tracklist for BP3 looks fake. I’m gonna wait till Amazon.com or ITunes puts up the tracklist to be sure about it.

  160. oh my DICK… this is AWESOME.. I love Kanye produced Jay tracks..

  161. @yaowa

    Ok so what! So a Kanye filled album would make Jada bigger or more or something. He’ll transform into some kind of super rapper overnight because of Kanye? lol yeh right!

    I would agree if Jada was knew to the game but he’s 3 albums in, 2 Lox albums in, 2 Ruff Ryders compilation albums in, several features in, and 1 D-Block compilation album in!

    He’s too much experience to know what he should sound like to pop!

  162. GODDAMN! Kanye did almost every track. I know this shit gone be DOPE!!! Still can’t believe there no Neptune produced tracks, but still getting it.

  163. He’s had enough experience to know what he should sound like by now to make things pop!

  164. **
    ^^^correct

  165. Blueprint 3 = commercial garbage

    Goes back to bumping ether

  166. 15 tracks…im def just downloading this shit

  167. looks good. @derrik, I 1up you, bro. hip hop isn’t about guns and violence, it’s an art form, i hope jay can bring something fresh to the table with this. the production is amazing. would have liked a few more tracks with some other artists but the man is dope. i’ll be getting this album on release.

    quit comparing artists, that’s old.

  168. kind of excited for the album. needs more timbo/eminem/justblaze/lesskanye though.

  169. tracklist looks fake

  170. he should of remastered “Ain’t I”. The track produced by timbo. That beat was raw, just needed cleaner hits and breaks.

  171. this album is gonna fail

  172. Yeah, BP3 gonna have more tracks than this cause Swagga Like Us 2 ain’t on it and according to Wikipedia the tracklist has 14 songs with the last titled Lucy and the 2 bonus tracks. Shit has fake written ALL over it. Most of the songs were confirmed but the tracklist itself is fake. Why the fuck would someone leave out Swagga Like Us 2??? Shit don’t make sense.

  173. wow 1 dolla is a retard

  174. ^^^

    Wow, your a retard for randomly calling someone a retard with no reason. The fuck outta here.

  175. well i’m happy that jay’s colab. with cudi and hudson, if it’s real

  176. read all the comments and compiled wat ppl think the album needs: SLU 2 wit 3k,nas,jeezy, production by just blaze, neptunes, bink, preemo, less mr. hudson, features of j. cole, eminem.

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  178. i hope that’s the tracklist. :)

  179. I think the instrumentals are gonna be better than the lyrical content. When Kanye murk’d Jigga on the “run this town” single i was like uh-oh

  180. Can the children quit crying about not having a J. Cole feature? J. Cole can stand on J. Cole if he’s hot. Doesn’t need to be on Jay-Z’s album. Jay-Z needs to be on Jay-Z’s album. Too many features already, but I gotta hear the album, can’t wait! Hope he shows all ya’ll how spittin is supposed to be.

  181. iAgree with Derrick

    album looks good to me.. cant wait.

  182. The track with Em is for Relapse 2. Jay must have gotten murked again lol.

  183. jus realized he got mgmt production on it too!

  184. only real dissapointment is no justblaze, well that and kid cudi on there doesnt seem like they will match well. dont care if dre, the neptunes or primo had a beat on there, cant see him on primo tracks any more, neptunes are way to hit or miss and with him its usualy some gay shit like change clothes and dre the 2 dont have a good chemistry together, and after finding out that the dre tracks from kingdomcome wernt even mastered why bother anyway?

  185. no just blaze or dj premier? but glad to see only one timbaland/neptunes track. and no lil wayne, t.i., or rick ross.

  186. I wonder which song is the one with the beat Kanye claimed was one of the “best hip hop beats ever made”. Cuz I know I read somewhere like 2 months ago that he said that. Glad Kanye’s producing most of it tho, cohesiveness was what was really missing from Blueprint 2

  187. i thought Just Blaze was producing that track with Drake??

  188. looks like it culd b dope..yea i could agree that he could’ve threw j.cole and bleek on here..jus cuz like..cmon jay..
    other than that..it looks good tho…would’ve been nice to see primo too
    but i guess he doesn’t want that sound

  189. looks hell of dope. anything less and i’ll be disappointed

  190. DAMN NO 9TH WONDER OR ANYBODY ELSE, WHAT IF 9TH WONDER PRODUCED THE BLUE PRINT MIXCD IS HOT!

  191. i’m super excited for the 2 mr hudson tracks, he is dope! and, i really hate to be a spammer but go check out my music at http://www.myspace.com/ngewgs , especially the new Dust Hill produced track, ‘I Miss It,” and let me know what you think!!

  192. J. Cole and Em not on this shit is a disappointment, however I do like the Nas and Cudi features, Hudson’s nice too.

  193. didnt the post say the track list is “rumored”??? why is everyone acting like it’s set in stone?

  194. Anyonenotice that bombaclap dude is a racist dumbass ???

    And eminem should kill jay again onemoretimeforoldtimessake lol

  195. wow, MGMT credits on a Jigga album…hmm

  196. MGMT was a surprise! BUT DAMN NO NEPTUNES(they must hav beef now) i hope skate board p and hugo boss make the cut!

  197. is it me or is this a holly weerd album art rip?

  198. wasnt expecting Em to be featured but NO J.Cole?? that is some retarded shit..

    Cole > Drake > Cudi > Rihanna > Hudson

    just saying…

  199. Jay is a matured individual not no fukin punk ass rapper this nigga brings tru life to the game BP3 definately gonna be in my deck and that single with Rihanna and west was a smart move getting your accomplishments to assist u

  200. =0 co-f_cking-sign

    J. Cole is THAT dude, not to mention he is one of Jay’s artists. I really don’t want to hear the CuDi and Hudson tracks….Drake is cool with me though for sure.

  201. i know this is completely off topic and i apologize for that, but i am in a DESPERATE search of a song….

    does rock city have a song called “be with you” or “to be with you”? they have a song “i want to be with you” but that isn’t it… that’s an r&b song, but the song i’m talkin about has rap verses in it… the chorus goes something like this…

    to be with you
    tell me what i got to do
    to be with you

  202. … where… is j.cole on here?

    i too want cole on this badboy…

  203. stop whining about the production especially if you havent heard but 2 songs from the cd… jeez smh…….

  204. ITS HOVIII BABYYY..

    - great album cover
    -hopefully this isnt the final tracklist since its a bit short and hes been working on it for ages now
    - …but its still pretty gd…so wat if j.cole isnt on it its jays album, u want jcole wait for his album, i think jay noes wats hes doing by now in regards to crafting an album that MOST people would like, and also generate sales.
    - best lookn track is nas one, hopefully its as gd as black republican that was craaaazy.
    - also wanted an eminem feature, who wudnt, but i guess itl happen on relapse two ( and jays didnt get killd on renegade ,imo it was a tie, but if u wanna say eminem was better , fine, just dont say he killed him, cuz the stuff jay said was amazing, regardless, and cudnt have been “killed” even if eminem was better.

  205. late

  206. For feature, kid cudi and mr hudson, sounds more like a kanye got jay right where he wants him.

  207. This is obviously going to be garbage….You would think Jay would be smart enough to get Young Jeezy on 5 or more tracks. He needs his lyrics to make him better.

  208. That’s a dope cover (besides the fact there’s no blue what-so-ever on a BLUEPRINT album lol). The tracklist looks promising (No I.D. and Kanye on every track is a real upside). As for the features, I’m glad he got Nas, I’m glad he didn’t go the Busta Rhymes or Jadakiss route and get a bunch of (/waay too many) garbage trendy ass rappers. Both ‘D.O.A’ and ‘Run this Town’ are SICK, so…yeah…I’m pretty damn excited.

    BUT what happened to Swagga Like us 2 w/ Nas and Andre 3000? kinda disappointed.

  209. i don’t think i’ve ever been less hyped for a jay-z album, run this town is the definition of boring to me…
    and swagga like us 2 didn’t eventuate?? damn

  210. Jay-z is practically white now. what a sellout

  211. hater

  212. wack cover

  213. i was really hyped when i heard brooklyn we go hard, history, jockin jay-z and d.o.a.. of those only doa seems to be left. and i didn’t like run this town either.

    as for the features: i’m not too excited about the two mr. hudson songs, drake and rhianna, but they probably only do choruses and it won’t be that bad. on the other hand: no memphis bleek, no beanie sigel, etc. is definitely good news. i like nas and kid cudi, but their features don’t always keep promise.

    i’d definitely would have liked a new just blaze joint. but kanyes proven that he can create great albums.

  214. What happened to Dead Presidents 3

  215. Y’all niggas ain’t listen to Fab shit. I could tell cuz you just looked at the tracklisting and judged the title as slow jams!
    For ex. 14. “Lullaby”, 15. “Stay” feat. Marsha Ambrosius, 16. “I Miss My Love”

    I don’t know what a few of you niggas talkin bout with Fab album!!! I listened to that shit twice and that shit is one of the hardest albums I heard this yr! And the 1st 4 tracks are not auto-tune! My Time is auto-tune out of the 1st 4!
    I’mma Dot It is not auto-tune, Kobe voice was in speaker aka walkie-talkie and the song when Fab was using melodies was him following the sample that was singing!

    I agree that he had like 5 r&b club joints but lets be real those shits were fucking hot as hell. To be real one of the so called “Sloe songs” was a life song on some street shit, family shit etc. Not to mention if you add up all the uptempo tracks or street tracks it actually evens out and if you count the bonus tracks he has more street songs on the album!!!

    Y’all niggas need to stop listening to niggas and make your own opinion like I did!! Stop following niggas who hating with no cause!!!! I thought it was gonna be ok at best the album is good! Y’all niggas need to stop talking shit before you even hear something (All artists)!!! How you have an opinion without listening

    I swear some of you people call ya self hip-hop fans but yet everything you hear (key word hear and not listen) you shit on it! Y’all the same niggas that expect people to like the same shit you listen to! Contradicting ass niggas!!!!!

    13 street songs (including the 3 bonus songs):

    1. “The Way (Intro)”
    2. “My Time”
    3. “Imma Do It”
    4. “Feel Like I’m Back”
    8. “Salute”
    9. “There He Go”
    13. “Pachanga”
    14. “Lullaby”
    15. “Stay”
    16. “I Miss My Love”

    6 Slow joints:

    7.”Money Goes, Honey Stay” feat. Jay-Z [If you consider it a slow]
    5. “Everything, Everyday, Everywhere” feat. Keri Hilson
    6. “Throw It in the Bag” feat. The-Dream
    10. The Fabolous Life” feat. Ryan Leslie
    11. “Makin’ Love” feat. Ne-Yo
    12. “Last Time” feat. Trey Songz

  216. shutup^ fabs album was weak point blank he has yet to impress me!

  217. Fake tracklist, i reckon.
    Two Mr Hudson features on a Jay-Z album……..wtf is this? a Kanye West album??
    Major hype and mass radio play (in the UK, anyway) means this will be shit.

  218. Oh yeh the 3 Bonus joints (street tracks):

    17.”Bang Bang”
    18. “Welcome to My Workplace”
    19. “A Toast to the Good Life”

  219. @Yeezy

    Stop lying keep it 100 I know you ain’t even listen to it!

  220. old lullaby rappin ass nigga. too many rap n b tracks dude is devoted to the bitches hard. im not hatin its jus my opinion.

  221. But 808’s & Heartbreak is impressive! lol

  222. @ SHOWMAN3000

    Cosign. The album ain’t bad. Listened to it a good number of times. Not all the RnB type shit needs to be accepted as for the bitches. Most of it has a purpose for that time in his life which is why he did the album like it was a movie.

  223. ive listened to it! dnt tell me i havent cuz i hav! the only track i liked is da 1 wit jay and thts cuz the beat is dope. otha than that the rest is trash. ive never been a fan of fab so for you to criticize my opinion is what makes it hilarious cuz im gonna disagree with you cuz i dont like fab much at all now if he impresses me maybe i’ll like him more juz hasnt yet. he’s always been so so to me. decent skills but def not great. Ima not a follower i state my opinions and i dont let other people’s affect my decisions. im not your average hip hop fan.

  224. lol @ showman throwin shots at 808’s …that album had a certain mood to it the whole album it was made tht way for a purpose.. on the other hand fabs albums always gotta shit load of bubblegum tracks for the hoe’s. kanye dont have tht many of those on his albums.

  225. lol y am i still even acknowledgin this cat fab… anyways jay’s bp3 looks dope really dissapointed he didnt put j.cole on 1 track cuz dude deserves it. i think jay’s a lil scared of j.cole’s potential.. lol but overall this shuld be classic kuz yeezy always got heat on da beats and i dat nas track and drizzy and cudi track should be dope. i can imagine how hard drake came on tht track so im anticpatin it if he’s really goin in. and whats with the hate for mr.hudson. some negro had the nerve to say he aint buyin it cuz a white guy’s on the album thts sum racist bs! he muz be the most narrow minded nigga ive came across yet. get ya mind right brutha.

  226. and wtf happended to S.L.U part 2 man i was feenin for dat track when i hear about it. jay dissapointed me their. cuz i knw they recorded tht shit already jay’s jus bein ass.he prob got blown out the water by dre3k and nasty nas

  227. Who knows what the final tracklist will be…And the cover is no bueno.

  228. @Yeezy

    Dog you going way to far my original opinion was a general statement to most people who were saying how it was wak with even stating much of an opinion why! You look in this section and bunch sections since the album dropped there’s been similar random opinions.

    I can’t fathom how someone could defend 808’s album but like you said that’s you’re opinion and I’ll leave it at that.

  229. *without

  230. [...] speaks to MTV about the cover that has the Internets world in a tizzy. Spread the [...]

  231. forever young looks like a cover of bob dylans track..better do it the right way though cuz the origial is a classic, im saying that cuz he prolly got boring mr hudson singing it…anyways i thought jay been talkin about how he wants to bring back the old days of hip hop but he got kids like kid cudi and drake and mr hudson doing shit on the album..iono jay looks to me like you wanna sell out

  232. [...] caso es que todo esto no me importa una mierda comparado con esto y, por supuesto, [...]

  233. This comment section really brings out those who appreciate music, those who appreciate hip hop, and those who just listen to the fads.
    The cover is beautiful and I hope it translates to the SOUND of the album.

  234. damn. Jay-Z was supposed to retire like 3 albums (and 500 mixtapes) ago…lol. Its all good. Im feeling this artwork it represents the new breed of music he’s bringing but still familiar. Still Jay.

  235. get that drake fool off there

  236. Man i agree get drake off this album dude sucks wayne writes his songs. He is 2 commercial he needs 2 put j.cole or EM on there. But either way i cant wait 4 this album jay-z is the greatest
    Rapper eva and im a fan i cant help that wateva direction he is
    Takin this album it will be a classic

  237. Okay people said Drake wrote for Wayne, now it’s Wayne wrote for Drake. make up your minds or be quiet.

  238. Jay’s black album……………… The game’s red album

    the game has said in the past that he raps because of b.i.g, 2pac,easy,nas and jay-z. He is just mad that jay-z will not made a song with him. Blueprint 3 is a classic.

  239. People find a way to not like a talented artist like Drake but the people they like in return (newcomers in particular like Drake) are all laughable because in most cases Drake makes better music then them.

    It’s funny how people are such big supporters of underground artists and when they make it or get that break the 1st 2 things said is “his changing/selling out/going commercial” or “his overatted”

    Do your self a favor when you dislike someone make sure and have an actual reason why instead of judging by popularity or 1 or 2 songs! LISTEN and not HEAR please!

  240. the reason why jay didnt do a track with andre 3000 is because andre would murk his ass on it by just breathing in the studio.

    all in all…the album looks promising. to the people saying its classic…hahaha wooow. but yeah it looks legit…i like that he sticking to primarily one producer…thats always the best way to go. i am a little nervous about the mr. hudson appearances though. i like hudson and some of his stuff…but i dont think him and jay go well together. i hope jay gets some soulful samples from ye and stays away from the pop stuff…b/c jay can’t pull that off

  241. Yall are absolutely nutty if you want Jockin Jay Z, Swagger like Us, Brooklyn go Hard, or ‘Aint I’ on this album.

    Those are decnt songs, but not for an album, not 4 real jay fans, or shall i say folk that ‘like to listen like that’. That aint the Jay Z i want. Those r play around songs, no thanks.

    Those songs are proof that Kanye has fallen wayyyy off beatwise. Compare those beats to ‘Guess Who’s Back’, Cant be Life, etc.

    Those bubble gum, lazy sample songs. Sampling MIA, Lady Gaga, and Rev Run is not hot.

  242. Andre 3000 has said that Jay-z is the best rapper in the game. Give me Andre 3000’s top 5 verse and i will give u 20 of jay-z that r betta. Andre murking Jay-z on a track is like Lil Wayne murking rakim. Haha

  243. i’m geeked.

  244. Andre 3000 has said that Jay-z is the best rapper in the game. Give me Andre 3000’s top 5 verse and i will give u 20 of jay-z that r betta. Andre murking Jay-z on a track is like Lil Wayne murking rakim. Haha

    oatz said this on August 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    your insane. hollywood divorce, aquemini, red velvet, royal flush, rosa parks which is a quick list just off my head. but 4 u 2 say that bout j and andre prolly means that all the ill shit that andre said/ will say is over your head

  245. additional producing by mgmt, dont know how i feel about that, lets hope that’s good…”scenes from the past” looks like some story telling music, i can dig it

  246. [...] official tracklist has made it’s way to the internets (via Jay-Z.com). Comparing it to the rumored version, I’m excited to see J. Cole get a spot. Hopefully Nas will come through and still lace a [...]

  247. [...] the official tracklist has made it’s way to the internets (via Jay-Z.com). Comparing it to the rumored version, I’m excited to see J. Cole get a spot. Hopefully Nas will come through and still lace a verse [...]

  248. [...] the official tracklist has made it’s way to the internets (via Jay-Z.com). Comparing it to the rumored version, I’m excited to see J. Cole get a spot. Hopefully Nas will come through and still lace a verse [...]

  249. No Just Blaze? C’mon Jay. That would be lame. Still time to put him on, no?

  250. Andre 3000 is waaayyyy over rated!!! All the great mc’s that went and you mean to tell me Andre 3000 enters your mind!

    Andre 3000 after ATLiens aka “before the name change from Dre to Andre 300″ aka “before Erika Badu fuckery” aka before Aquemini he was on his way. He was still good but not as potent! Due is a soulful mc that never advanced from that point just a bunch a potential! It’s also obvious he’s not into rap! Dude rather sing or act or just dress weird who knows.

    Stop the overrating this nigga stop it Jesus! Most of y’all niggas can’t even remember 5 verses from him off top without doing an online search or pressing play to an album!

    Keep in mind I was a huge Andre fan from SouthernPlayaListic days and after ATLiens so I could go on for days on good rhymes from him like Babylon, Jazze Bell, Elevators, SouthernPlayaListic Caddalac Music!

  251. iHeard It–iLoved It.
    & For Tha Person Name “hmmmm”…
    STFU,Like Seriously

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