Idk still not sold especially after the Illuminati type shit-video.

I miss the old Jay

……eh ….. bey is not on the cd ,,,,,, i hope he relaxes now … …………
……he aaight … i think he is sexy when he put his grown man on
…… them saggin pants is not him he looks like he dont wash
…… i bet he is a mofo to live with tho lol

THIS IS A FOR SURE GREAT ALBUM…NOT A CLASSIC NO BUT DEFINITELY NOT A “LACKLUSTER” COMPOSITION…ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO A LOT OF MUSIC THAT IS OUT AS OF NOW AND IF IT WERE COMPARED IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A CLASSIC…NOT THE JAY OF OLD BUT A MORE INTROSPECTIVE HOV

@ #26 and #38….I agree.

The idea of the ‘Blueprint’ is Jay-Z sarcastically explaining that his footsteps cannot be retraced. On the simply riveting “Thank You,” he foreshadows the forthcoming #1 debut of this third Blueprint installment, which brings (or will bring) his grand total to 11. Not too shabby, and certainly nothing another rapper can rival.

Jigga isn’t worried about topping himself; it can’t be done. But here, more prominently than ever, he discusses how any effort he makes will prove superior to even his closest competitor.

Don’t miss the point of the record. Mr. Shawn Carter himself is in the top slot. The Blueprint 3 may not eclipse the original Blueprint or Reasonable Doubt, or even American Gangster (which thrived from the film’s subject matter), but it is not a career low point. Kingdom Come and The Blueprint 2 were far less focused and inconsistent.

And as it has been said here numerous times, “review” the album after listening thoroughly and try to capture the motives behind the songs. It’s clear that this is Jigga’s brag-a-thon and he’s well obliged to brag.

I will be getting this tomorrow or sometime this week. I will be going to see him in Austin bought my tickets this week. They still have tickets no sell out there.

Sounds amazing to me !
People just need to grow the fuck up and start living in the present ! All the people disappointed by this album were just waitin for sequels to “big pimpin” , “la la la ” and all that good stuff! yep these were great but dude is not doin all dat shit anymo, rap game has changed and he needs to evolve too
this does not mean sell out just evolve
Jay Z has been around for generations now ! Yep he’s “old” compared to others and so what ? And the lyrics are incredible !

does brian not do the album reviews anymore? noticed he didn’t do this one or trey songz review so i just wondered…

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo that cd is not all that! You jay z nut swingers are always trying to convince others to jump on the bandwagon….NOT!
I see he made sure he had hella collabos on it though….he is getting played out. And his concerts………………………………………ARE SNOOZERS! ALL THE HYPE FOR THE SAME OLE SONGS..COME ON STANS!

THIS GUY HAS RUN OUT OF THINGS TO SAY AND IT REALLY SHOWS! I HAVE THE ALBUM AND THE OVERALL MESSAGE WAS THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN THIS TOWN AND IF THERE IS A NEW TREND IN FASHINON HE IS OFF THAT.

I STILL WILL BE A JAY FAN TO THE END BUT THIS IS JUST A COLLECTION OF NICE SONGS WITH GOOD PRODUCTION. HIS RHYMES ARENT EVEN AMAZING. WHAT DOES A MAN SAY WHEN HE HAS SAID EVERYTHING???

I’ve already purchased a copy of BP3 and I have never purchased any of Jay-Z’s music before.

I appreciate him as an astute business person and he respresents himself and Brooklyn well.

Much Luv!

Empire state of mind is so DOPE, The Jeezy song is SICK, The Swizz song has so much energy, Kid Cudi joint is cool, love the production, Kanye and No I.D. are masters…Dig the album…

Great review, except for one thing… Beyonce IS on the album. Even if it’s just for a line or two “Daddy go hard” on Venus vs. Mars… he kept her on it. Which i think is worth the mention. That’s his wife, she doesn’t need to be featured on the album, but in true hubby form, he managed to still squeeze her in.

Ha Ha Ha Ha-nope.

BP# is DOPE. Loving it, I listened to the album st8 through like 10 times already. His lyrics are on point, he is witty and comical. Do your thing Jigga. I couldn’t get tickets for the live show @ MSG but I will tune in to Fuse.

** BP3

Okay, some of these comments yet again are bogus. But the tracks that I liked were:

Thank You
D.O.A Death of Autotune
Run this Town
Real as it Gets
Empire State of Mind
Hate
On to the Next
Off That
Venus vs. Mars
Already Home
Young Forever
So Ambitious
Ain’t I

The tracks that are so-so with me are:

Ghetto Techo
Jockin’ Jay Z
History
Brooklyn (Go Hard)
My President is Black

He definitely out did himself with this one, but I do enjoy. Whenever a rapper can come out with an album and more than 10 of the tracks are hot. That phenomenal!!!!
There’s not to many rappers that have supported over 5 years, other than Eminem. Dre needs to hurry up and come out with that DETOX and quick.

The lyrics are just mad epic on this album hands down.

@ JAY-Z CORPORATE PUPPET

NO ONE CARES IF YOU JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON OR NOT. YOU NEED TO CHECK HIS STATS. YOU CAN’T COME FOR JAY SWEETIE BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER RAPPER (ALIVE) THAT CAN KICK LYRICS THE WAY HE DOES. YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT BUT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO RESPECT IT.

Fo’real fo’real this review is what’s lackluster. I’m glad I got some grown-up shit to ride to cuz aint shit else popping off right now but complete garbage so review that.

Anybody who read this, go listen for yourself the shit is definately something to ride to solo on a fall day. Fuck the hataz and the critics..they just got find something to say.

wanna know what “big” lebron and them dudes got playing in they rides right now…grown-up shit! Jay that dude and you cant do…nothing…about ….it FUCKAZ

The person who wrote the “breakdown” of this album…get your info together. Jay-Z stopped “popping” Cristal YEARS ago. So you referencing them in your essay was in poor taste. Otherwise..everybody has their own opinion…good article…

PS. interesting that his wifey was not on the album, but RiRi & A. Keys are….Hmmm??!!!

I think the best song on that album was already home ft kid cudi, that song is madd deep. The album is hot thou

@ highlighter
lol i see you slyly trynna start some sh*t. so what if rihanna’s on it and not his wife. just cause they’re married doesnt mean they have to feature on each others’ albums. which brings me to my next point: BEYONCE IS ON THE ALBUM
lmao, i love how people just express their ignorance on here. she’s on a version of Venus and Mars.
BP3 is one of the best albums i’ve bought in a while. Jay outdid himself. i personally think those who find his album ‘boring’ are fans of noisemakers like Soulja Boy and the rest. they have no idea of what real hip hop is
btw congrats to him for his number spot on the UK Singles Chart with ‘Run This Town’. it went straight to number 1…literally

jay has been on the radio , all week big boy in the morning and he makes a lot od sense. hes having fun hes talking a lot of good stuff, about how he decided to do this album and how he tries to out do himself he makes a lot od sense to me . and until all of the people thats older than jay retire let him do his thing, who cares. if you are having fun why quit, when you are doing something that you love doing. and he and his wife can always put out a new album together. she will be throwing down another one soon and he will be on it no doubt, but i see where they are coming from they both appeals to two entirely different groups of people. so its all good weather bey is on the album are not, people are so judgemental and always have their own take on all things that they see and hear. i love the album.

make sure you read #38, right on the money….

the CL review is pretty wack, sorry but thats the truth….anybody who thinks “Run this Town” (or even D.O.A.) is lackluster really has no idea what they’re talking about smh

you really do have to listen to the album as a complete work…its crazy how much better “Off That” sounds when its played right after “On To the Next One”(even though the Swizz Beatz track was meant for the club, Hov’s lyrics are crazy on this one). And if “Already Home” isn’t even mentioned as one of the album stand-outs you’re missing the whole feeling of BP3….

“Niggas want my old shit, /buy my old album.”
-On to the Next One

“Venus vs. Mars” is a crazy concept for a track, same goes for “A Star is Born”. And “Hate” might be above a lot of peoples heads, but it probably should be since its so next level (makes me wish it was longer), but its still the classic back and forth that Run DMC built the roots of hip-hop on.

Overall, the album is really a statement of where Jay-Z is at in his mind, and it might not be his best ever, but its probably the best that HE could have possibly put out at this point in his life (just like reasonable doubt, the blueprint 1, and even more mediocre records like Vol 3.)

“Yeah so on this summation I don’t know who you racing… I’m already at the finish line with the flag waving…” - Already Home

Standout Tracks:
Empire State of Mind, Already Home, On to the Next One, Run This Town

Overall: 4/5 stars

i think that i have a respect for this guy because i know where he has come from, and how hard it must have been for him to get to where he is today. and there is still some more youngesters that will slowly climb right up there just like jay did. it takes a lot of self control and of course hard work and hooking up with the right people. i often make a comparison of jay, 50, diddy, timb, dr. dre, em, swizz, and all of them and quess what all of them has shifted it into second gear and they are moving on out. thats the way you do it get up and make some noise.and stop complaining.

Glad i’m not the only one who thinks that the album wasnt as good as some of his earlier work. Didnt wanna sound like a “Hata”..lol. But seriously..umm.. NO. The album did not move me the least bit. Though im not a fan particularly of Jay i still give all music a chance..to hear the lyrics and metaphors and such. This just didnt do it for me at all. It’s about that time Jay. Just hang it up and focus on Rhianna, Kanye and your wife!.

and mrs jay is busy running her empire and she has worked overtime to get to her spot . and there is still room at the top for who ever that wants to work and sweat and do all of the things that it takes to get you up to the top. you just can’t knock anothers work habits because that is what they have decided that they want to do. and i think that RUN THIS TOWN IS THE BEST CUT OFF THE ENTIRE ALBUM TO ME, its loaded to me and all of them brings it extra hard on that one, we shall see.the sales on that one will tell the story.

Top 5

A Star is Born (my ringtone)
Empire State of Mind
On To The Next One
Already Home
Venus Vs Mars

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Ok I heard the cd from top to bottom for the past hour w/o missing a beat.

The cd lacksluster. Yeah I said it.

Hands down there are 3 songs on the CD that are bangers.

1. to the next 1
2. forever young
3. venus vs. mars

From a commercial stand point I’ll give u

4. d.o.a
5. run this town
6. empire state
7. a star is born.

so that’s 3/15 or 7/15 - IM STRETCHING THAT LIST!!!

So from Jay Z’s grown man standpoint its not hot for him. I agree w/ some1 who said he’s running out of things to say.

But dont take my word for it Jay is set to sell 350,00 first week.

I definitely didn’t like the album originally, but it has grown on me. Once you realize where he is coming from (semi-retired, successful, etc.) it makes sense. I compare it to Kanye’s 808’s, in the sense, that once I understood he[Kanye] was depressed over the loss of his mom and brokenhearted the album made sense. Jay is living a different lifestyle now, taking some time to get used to, but I’m gettting there. Do I still wish for the Hov of yesteryears, yes, but he said it best, N*GGAS WANT MY OLD SHIT, BUY MY OLD ALBUM!

I don’t get the hype about Empire State of Mind. I’m tired of hearing about how great it is to be a New Yorker. I’m tired of the adulterer Alicia’s screaming and screeching. She cannot sing all that good. But the album does have some pretty good songs on it. It’s one of the better albums this year.

If you don’t go out and buy black music, then it’s going to go away. Yall going to be stuck listening to Miley Cyrus, Green Day and Taylor Swift all day. Give Jay his props, he’s been doing it for a minute. And he still puts out hot albums. The man is about to beat Elvis in the record books for the most consecutive #1 albums in history. Appreciate somebody black being legendary. It seem like with black people once somebody has been #1 for a long time, some of us just turn on the person for that reason. Not too many other races are like that. We need to get our minds right before it’s too late.

The album is hot. My favorite tracks right now are Venus v. Mars and Forever Young. Daddy does go hard.

Jay-Z is a great actor…he has everyone convinced that he is the best lyricist. People today don’t know REAL music. Nas is WAAAAYYYYY better than Jay-Z, and true hip hop would know that. Plus aint this camel too old to be rapping now?!?

@ 67 It’s funny how nobody else has said anything about Beyonce’s breath. You ain’t never had people lie on you. The writer Toure said that rumor was bull*hit. I swear I wish people could be famous for about a year and see how it feels to have bull*hit spread about them, based on what one person said. First, Nas’ baby mama was jealous of Beyonce like some women are. She was getting dumped by Nas, and I bet Nas talked about how fine Beyonce is on a few occassions in front of her.

Secondly, if Nas did say it for real he was just jealous that him and Beyonce never became a couple. She was in one of his videos first before she got with Jay. Now, you know Nas would want Beyonce over Kelis.

Nas be rambling sometimes and acting like he’s deep. Jay is more relatable, cohesive and clever with his lines. Plus, Jay is still introspective.

Beyonce was on Bonnie and Clyde and that song was major. Other than that, Jay has never released a song as a single that Beyonce was on. They still have great collaborations on Jay’s albums like the song Hollywood, even if it’s not a single. Plus, Beyonce is on Venus v. Mars. I think she was added later so that might be the reason why she’s not showing on the credits. But that’s definitely Beyonce’s voice on the hook of that song. I heard the version with Cassie only, too, and you can barely hear her. Her voice is too weak to be on a track with that strong a beat. Beyonce’s voice added that extra sexy edge that was needed on the song.

The album is a classic. It’s an album you can just play and not skip tracks on. Jay has done it again, imo.

Yep, that’s definitely Beyonce on the Venus v. Mars track. I recognize that sexy voice anywhere.

after reading what someone commented on here about the last verse in empire state of mind i listened to it and yeah i think you’re right it is about rihanna lol

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@111 you convinced me to buy his album. I agree we should support black arts, I preach it all the time. So I’ll buy the dvd/cd from amazon, that should be more entertaining.

@ Julia - ur 100% rt. I heard that is bey lacing that track, that’s probably why it’s one of my best songs on the cd.

& empire state of mind is Jay repping his city as New Yorkers always do. Hey dont fault the man for living in the greatest city in the world. but I agree Akeys lends nothing to the song. He was better off getting estelle to sing the hook since it appears that Akeys is trying to duplicate her style.

But Jay went hard on the 3rd verse I listened to that verse 5x’s last night & poor Rihanna. It’s true that weekend in Vegas w/ her posted up w/ Tata one night, Jay brown the next - US CL BLOGGERS called it out!!! she was being passed around & Jay called her on it!. Geesh!

@122 exactly i wonder how she feels about that and it def is about her she jus did that vogue spread half naked *smdh*

i thought the comments were off.. it seems to be the norm now for people reviewing music to not thoroughly listen to the lyrics.. its even worse to not listen them on a Jay album considering that’s what he’s known for.. if listened to carefully, the album is a piece of every album he’s ever made.. its almost him coming full circle.. plus he doesn’t need the big watered down commercial single.. its a real hip-hop album, and not the crap rap that’s out today!!!

BP4 LYRICS CHECK IT!!!

“Jay Z sucks, he’s old as F*ck, he need to go back to EGYPT and join his Camel crew F*CK. His wifey is getting on OUR MF nerves, why the hell she got to shake her red a$$ on everybody’s award show?” I’m tired of these two, that’s what the hell make’s me BLUE, sit yall a$$ down in NEW YORK and CREATE five camel baby booooooos!!!!

NEXT

Beyonce is on Venus and mars… Daddy get it in :)… this album is awesome..”just a picture day to last a whole life time and it never ends cuz we just hit rewind”
Don’t drink crystal them F**kas RAACIST LMFAO…
im loving this album.. and ive been with jay z since forever..he’s evolved, because the world is evolving…. and he’ straight up he’s not on that gangster stuff anymore… because he’s no longer in the hood”popping up on forbes list GORGEOUS….. ELEVATION… “they be talking bulls**t i’ll be talking more s**T they nauseous”….. hahhahha loving it