" that it's not "politically correct" to rail against one of the most reviled trends in pop music during the 2000s.) From there, he branches out with a calculating type of finesse, drawing in certain demographics via a roster of guests, from Young Jeezy (hardcore) to Drake (teens) to Kid Cudi (the backpacker crowd).
( Jay doesn't sound very convincing when he claims in "D.O.A. There's plenty more lyrical violence to come, but most of the targets are much safer than they were eight years earlier. West also produced the second, "Thank You," and while it starts with typical Jay-Hova brio, the last verse piles on the unrelenting criticism of unnamed rappers doomed to weak sales. "What We Talkin' About" begins the album with a wave of surging, oppressive synth, while Jay-Z enumerates (with an intriguing lack of detail) what he's said and what's been said about him, ending with a nod not to the past but the future (and Barack Obama). Kanye West is in the producer's chair for seven tracks, and it's clear he was reaching for the same energy level as the original Blueprint (which he produced). The Blueprint 3 is somewhere between the two, closer to the vitality and energy of the original but not without the crossover bids and guest features of the latter (albeit much better this time). The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse was a complete turn, a set of half-cocked crossovers, bloated to bursting with guest features that obscured his talents. The Blueprint of the first volume was Jay-Z as vital as he'd ever been, storming back to the hardcore after a few years of commercial success.
#Jay z the blueprint 3 tracks series
… Why do a lot of people dog ‘In My Lifetime: Vol, 1’ as a bad album/sophomore slump just because of some choice tracks (“Sunshine”, “I Know What Girls Like”).When Jay-Z first made a series out of his best album, 2001's The Blueprint, it became a game of high expectations. with their music looking at this album as the new “blueprint” to model after (the same as how Jay followed Kanye’s “blueprint” with ‘Graduation’ and ‘808s & Heartbreak minus Auto-Tune). He said that he’s creating the “new” classic with BP3, not trying to duplicate the “old” classic with BP, and after it’s released I think a lot artists will probably follow suite in terms of production, design, etc. Honestly, I think Jay by now has realized that Kanye has come into his own as an artist and individual in being a trendsetter and innovator (not just the Chicago kid with soul beats as he probably thought around the first Blueprint) and he’s not afraid to swallow some pride and realize when some things are becoming the norm. Jay has never been one to stay boxed in and he’s definitely not going to with this album and people’s expectations of the sequel to the original Blueprint. That “22 Two’s” or “Can I Get Open” flow isn’t need 13 years later even though he could if he really wanted to. Besides that in terms of lyrics Jay doesn’t really have much to prove in that area, that’s why he’s been relaxed and had rap-talk flow on more recent tracks. You most definitely have noticed that with his own music since ‘The College Dropout’ was released and quite frankly the “soul sounding” beats/production in Hip-Hop is fading out and making room for more experimental beats utilizing different genres like Rock, World, etc. A lot of things have changed since 2001 when the original Blueprint was released and that includes Kanye’s production style. Unfortunately that’s not gonna happen with this album or any to follow. With it being another album in the Blueprint series and Kanye handling a majority of the production, listeners are expecting to hear soulful samples and prime time rhymes. From the two singles “Death of Auto-Tune” and “Run This Town” is easy to see that Jay is adapting his music to fit the style and feel of music nowadays, and I think that’s what’s bothering a lot of listeners.
Most Jay-Z fans since ’96 have been waiting for another ‘Reasonable Doubt’ and then since ’01 have been anticipating another ‘Blueprint’, but quite frankly neither is going to happen and it’s really a good in fact. I don’t think BP3 is gonna be a disappointment, it’s just gonna be different.
You ready for September 11th 8th? Update: Jay-Z explains the cover of The Blueprint 3: Even though it just a tracklist and album cover, I’m curious to see what people think. I’m happy to see a Nas cameo as well as the sole producers basically being Kanye and No I.D. Sound Of The 70’s (Produced by Kanye West)ġ5.
Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)ġ0. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)Ĩ. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)Ħ. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)ĥ. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)ģ. But really, at the end of the day it’s only an album cover. Hov is definitely going for the artistic look. So this is the cover to The Blueprint 3 huh? Honestly, I really don’t kno what to think.