S. Coulibaly 2010-03-14

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this is my number rap album. i just LOVE every single track on it. you should listen to it

J. Pratty 2010-03-05

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The King of East Coast Rap does it again as he puts together another incredibly solid album. Chock-full of high profile guest appearances, The Blueprint 3 has a little something for everybody. Kanye West produces seven of the tracks and while his ability as an MC can usually be hit or miss, he shows that he is still one of the top producers in the genre (regardless of his personal penchant for interruption). Young Jeezy's track "Real As It Gets" appeals to the hardcore fans and is one of my favorite tracks on the album. Rihanna and Alicia Keys bring their R&B style and both contribute solid tracks, with Rihanna backing up Jay-Z and Kanye on the self-power anthem of "Run This Town". Alicia Keys sings the chorus on "Empire State of Mind", Jay-Z's love song to New York City which is one of the best tracks on the album. Kid Cudi rounds out the guests by garnering the backpacker/underground crowd on "Already Home". The only weakness of this album is in fact the strength of the guests, as Jay-Z is actually outshined at moments. Though it lacks the vision of some of his earlier releases, The Blueprint 3 shows that he still deserves the respect as a Godfather of rap.

alex fryling 2010-03-02

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Jay-Z The Blueprint 3
Well Jay-Z was back with the blue print 3 and lets just say that it did not live up to the first blueprint at all. This time around coming off his last album American Gangster which was not a commercial album at all it seemed like Jay-Z wanted to go commercial for this album. The production for this album is very good not on Dr Dre level but its up there but when it comes to lyrics Jay-Z does not stand out on this album like he has other times in his career. In fact there are so many features on this CD which is common in rap today that most of the guest hosts outshine Jay-Z on this CD. Rakown's CD came out the same day as jay-z and while everyone knows Jay-Z would outsell him by 10 X the amount Rakown's album was one of the best quality rap albums of 2009. It was almost like Jay-Z felt his last CD sales were not a good reflection and he felt he had to go back to a commercial album to get more airplay and it did work. Overall this is a mixed bag at the end of the day I am going to go in the middle with 3 stars and a recommendation to download it before you go out and buy it.

biglomba 2010-02-22

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CD is awesome, and purchasing and receiving item was extremely efficient and easy. Thansk Amazon!

Anthony Wappner 2010-02-21

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This is my first Jay- Z cd and I am happy. It makes me want to buy the rest of his cds. Every song is perfect. My favorite: On to the next one, haters, home. Other rappers (except Kanye) need to beware.