Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (Review)

Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (2009)

The Gems:
Jay-Z is back!
D.O.A
Kanye West & No I.D. held down most beats
Runs like an album
Artistic, creative

Diamonds In The Rough:
Jay-Z’s 1^st full synth album
Very few samples
J. Cole & Drake got next, they both on the album
Alicia Keys feature is crazy
The Jeezy song would have a bigger impact on a Jeezy album

Bricks:
Timbaland tracks
Production doesn’t mix with Jay’s laid back style
More skip material than previous Jay albums
Very few ipod worth tracks

Summary:
The Blueprint 3… we’ve been waiting on this album for longer than a year. Finally it arrives and many seem to think this album is a miss rather than a hit. With the expectations people have for Jay-Z, and this album it was almost impossible to make a good enough album to please the fans. The Blueprint 3 will please some but it will also leave others confused and disappointed. We thought Jay-Z stood for 90’s hip-hop? Why is he rapping on synth beats? These are some questions that may be left unanswered in his legacy. But all we can think is evolution. Remember when Kanye West released Graduation? It was the same story. Why is Kanye’s album full of synth is beats!? 3 months later every teen in the world is singing “flashing… lights, lights”. Will The Blueprint 3 have the same effect? Who knows but this album will defiantly attract a younger audience then say American Gangster. This in the long run, was probably the goal of the album. If you look at it like that how can the album REALLY be a miss?

The Big Mouths:

I have bin walking around my condo for the last 3 days juggling possibilities for the album. 3 out of 5, 4 out of 5, Or right down the middle. I ended up choosing 4 out of 5 Big Mouths as my final score. The reason why I choose 4 is because of different perspectives. This Jay album might not be for his die heart fans or his older audience, but what the album does do is create a newer and younger audience. This in turn helps lengthen the Jay-Z legacy. When the number of sales come in on Sept. 11^th will see if I was right or wrong.

Top Tracks:
DOA, Empire State Of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys), A Star Is Born (Feat. J. Cole), Already Home (Feat. Kid Cudi),  Forever Young (Feat. Mr. Hudson).

Skips:
Thank You, On To the Next (track) (Feat. Swizz Beatz), Venus VS Mars, Reminder, many others could of bin skips as well.

Buy It Or Download It?

This could go both ways, for pissed of Jay-Z fans this one will probably be a download. For people like me who want it for my collection either way it’s a buy. So you decided people but I say Buy it!

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