Blueprint 3

Choke · Post by **Choke** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:17 pm

So much better than I expected. The last 1/3 of the album isnt very good but the first 2/3 make up for it to me.

Gyangsta 4 Life · Post by **Gyangsta 4 Life** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:21 pm

Well, it's not as bad as the last two albums. He kilt a couple verses. The beats are mostly wack and there aren't any genuine bangers. "Hate" is dope. "Off That" is pretty dope.

It's a wannabe-Kanye album and it almost succeeds.

DiMidio · Post by **DiMidio** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:33 pm

This shit is gay on all type of levels

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:40 pm

And not for nothing, but Jim Jones kinda already made this album (without the fancy help)...

Mo Cheeks · Post by **Mo Cheeks** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:08 am

Seiko Flossberg wrote:
Jay-Z wrote:They call me a camel!
lol

a faggot ass camel

intuition · Post by **intuition** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:55 am

second verse on "empire state of mind" became my shit today.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:06 am

blastmaster wrote:And not for nothing, but Jim Jones kinda already made this album (without the fancy help)...

say what?

The Iron Sheik · Post by **The Iron Sheik** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:38 am

songs that i like:

What We Talkin' About (great pattern on the second verse)
Thank You
D.O.A
Run This Town (sans chorus)
On To The Next One (i really like swizz beatz's new direction with sampling, it's a really interesting case study to see a dude just now attempting to use samples after solely using casio presets and shit)
Already Home (this is a genuinely great track)
Hate (i can see most people not liking this but i think it's hot. love kanye's style at the beginning and the beat is very interesting with the vowel analog synth pitching)
So Ambitious

the rest of it is unlistenable

much better than i expected

Deviant283 · Post by **Deviant283** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:03 am

Thank You is dope.
Empire State of Mind is dope, Alicia sounds great.
Real As It Gets is dope.
On To The Next One is annoying as hell.
Venus vs. Mars aint shit.
the beat for Already Home is my favorite and buggin me out right now.
Hate is entertaining.
Reminder beat is dope.
So Ambitious has Pharrell on it so boo.
Forever Young sounds too gay even for Kanye.
rest is ah. albums more enjoyable than i expected though.

ric · Post by **ric** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:12 am

havent heard the album yet but i like the leaked version of mars vs venus

starks · Post by **starks** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:01 am

JEEZY!

oldmajor · Post by **oldmajor** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:53 am

Reminds me of Vol 1, - couple great songs, some garbage, not something I'll ever play all the way thru again. "A Star Is Born" is the exact opposite of "Takeover"": shitty beat, awful chorus, not much happening lyrically. It is good to hear Memphis Bleek's son (credited under the name J Cole) showing up to add absolutely nothing to the track. Like father like son.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:58 am

Well shoot, I must be missing the last three tracks because mine only has 12...

Kalistoga · Post by **Kalistoga** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:04 am

this is a lot better than i expected. it shits on Kingdom Come at least (which isn't hard to do i guess). I mainly like the first half of this album. Obviously, Jay ain't what he use to be, but I wouldn't say he fell off. There's so many rappers I can think of that aren't even half as dope as they use to be. Even the weak spots lyrically are better than most rappers...

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:14 am

oldmajor wrote:Reminds me of Vol 1, - couple great songs, some garbage, not something I'll ever play all the way thru again. "A Star Is Born" is the exact opposite of "Takeover"": shitty beat, awful chorus, not much happening lyrically. It is good to hear Memphis Bleek's son (credited under the name J Cole) showing up to add absolutely nothing to the track. Like father like son.

Really? Vol. 1? Can't see it.

Not the best of the whole Blueprint series. Got a few tracks like the ones blastmaster named off. I really fucks with "Reminder", even though its a track with auto-tune on it and he's got a song called "D.O.A." on it which made give a

for a quick sec. Can't listen to "Haters"; not a fan of that track......

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:07 am

first half of the album is dope. The second half, eh not so much.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:08 am

blastmaster wrote: The sentiments of DOA are cancelled out swiftly by horribly sung choruses and shitty electro faggot beats.

exactly

some of these beats are embarassingly bad. a few of the songs had killer verses and then the hook comes in and ruins them.

i'm extremely disappointed in this album. way worse than expected.

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:51 pm

The only thing worse than Jay-Z's music in 2009 are message board threads about Jay-Z in 2009.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:58 pm

I Drive A Lexus wrote:The only thing worse than Jay-Z's music in 2009 are message board threads about Jay-Z in 2009.

not as bad as "critical discussion" blog posts and subsequent comments about jay-z's music in 2009

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:59 pm

Some (most) of you decided that it sucks before you heard the album. It's very good for a 2009 Jay-z album, whatever that means to you.

Rabbi Jihadovich · Post by **Rabbi Jihadovich** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:02 pm

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:13 pm

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0S464H7S

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:36 pm

Read this thread...went in with lowered expectations...so ended up kind of liking this on first listen. I get the complaints, this album is all over the place and some of the production is not good. But I like Already Home, What We Talkin' About, Thank You, D.O.A and So ambitious. Would have liked Hate, cause I like the beat and Jay-z on it...but Kanye makes this too annoying to listen to again.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:31 pm

Everybody is blasting this in ny and its not even officially out yet. Peeps will find ways to like this. Jayz is keyzer soze.

step one · Post by **step one** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:36 pm

drizzle wrote:
I Drive A Lexus wrote:The only thing worse than Jay-Z's music in 2009 are message board threads about Jay-Z in 2009.
not as bad as "critical discussion" blog posts and subsequent comments about jay-z's music in 2009

and almost as bad as the avalanche of bootleg mash up albums that will follow once the acapellas are made available (Wu Print 3, Dilla Print, Dre Print, Blueprint 4 (all the BPs mashed together) etc)

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:38 pm

Some of those blend things are a fun listen.

IRISH_CRAIG · Post by **IRISH_CRAIG** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:52 pm

Employee wrote:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0S464H7S

Shouts...

IRISH_CRAIG · Post by **IRISH_CRAIG** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:53 pm

Trademark wrote:Well shoot, I must be missing the last three tracks because mine only has 12...

You need a 15 track re-grouped rip?

starks · Post by **starks** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:29 pm

AND I'M (STILL) TALKIN YAYO

rofl.

when will he stop saying "w'sup? w'sup?"
does he think that sounds hard?

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:36 pm

http://www.rhapsody.com/jay-z