Jay-Z The Blueprint

Q: 3 out of 5 stars - "...Drenched in slinky, '70s soul samples this time round, the hooks, and inevitably the hits, just keep on coming."
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CD Details

  • Released: September 11, 2001
  • Originally Released: 2001
  • Label: Roc-A-Fella

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 1/03/02, p.119
Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001".
Spin - 1/02, p.76
Ranked #7 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Dig the planet's most charismatic egoist flowing like Cristal....Punk record of the year? Fo'sheazy!"
Entertainment Weekly - 9/28/01, p.72
"...Jay spits his outlaw boasts and pimp-slap toasts with the same cooly obstreperous flow that's always gilded his thug-life cliches..." - Rating: B-
Q - 12/02, p.67
Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002."
Q - 11/01, pp.122-3
3 out of 5 stars - "...Drenched in slinky, '70s soul samples this time round, the hooks, and inevitably the hits, just keep on coming."
Uncut - 12/01, p.108
5 stars out of 5 - "...The sonics here are relentlessly ear-catching. Almost every tune sounds like a hit..."
The Wire - 1/02, p.40
Ranked #12 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001".
Vibe - 1/02, p.74
Rated as Vibe's "Best Album" of the year, 2001.
Vibe - 11/01, pp.145-6
5 discs out of 5 - "...Like a bookend [to his forst album 1996's REASONABLE DOUBT], or the second key on a double-bolt lock. Only better...he is our cleanest poet, rethinking space..."
NME (Magazine) - 12/29/01, p.59
Ranked #4 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".
NME (Magazine) - 10/6/01, p.41
8 out of 10 - "...Eloquently maps out life's foundations: laughter, tears, joy and pain, and marks the Jigga as the complete rapper..."

Tracks:

  • 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.Renegade - (featuring Eminem)
  • 13.Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)

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  • Sales Rank: 34,008
  • UPC: 731458639626
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