The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 What We Talkin' About (feat. Luke Steele) 4:04 8,159
2 Thank You 4:09 87,867
3 D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) 4:15 141,279
4 Run This Town (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) 4:34 30,504
5 Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) 4:36 285,525
6 Real as It Gets (feat. Young Jeezy) 4:12 36,441
7 On to the Next One (feat. Swizz Beatz) 4:16 52,795
8 Off That (feat. Drake) 4:05 38,070
9 A Star Is Born (feat. J. Cole) 3:06 34,259
10 Venus vs. Mars 3:10 84,594
11 Already Home (feat. Kid Cudi) 4:29 41,359
12 Hate (feat. Kanye West) 2:30 36,263
13 Reminder 4:11 76,201
14 So Ambitious (feat. Pharrell) 4:12 31,914
15 Young Forever (feat. Mr Hudson) 4:13 5,150

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About this album

Released: 8 Sep 2009 15 tracks (60:02)
The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation. It is the final installment in The Blueprint trilogy, preceded by The Blueprint (2001) and The Blueprint2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at several recording studios and was handled by Kanye West, The Neptunes, Jeff Bhasker, Al Shux, Jermone Harmon, No I.D., The Inkredibles, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 476,000 copies in its first week. It became Jay-Z’s eleventh US number-one album, breaking the record he had previously shared with Elvis Presley, and produced five singles that achieved chart success. Upon its release, The Blueprint 3 received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone named it the fourth best album of 2009.

Background

The earliest hype over The Blueprint 3 came when DJ Clue released in January 2008 a mixtape song called “Ain’t I”, produced by Timbaland. In the intro, Clue says, “Off that Blueprint 3 baby!” However, a spokesperson for Jay-Z said that it was an old, unreleased song and that the recording of The Blueprint 3 had not yet started. On July 20, Timbaland, a frequent contributor to previous Jay-Z albums, told MTV News that he would be producing the whole album. But in an interview with the Rolling Stone magazine, Jay-Z called the statement “premature”. In July 2009, Jay-Z confirmed The Blueprint 3 as the album’s title during an interview with radio station Shade 45.

Other releases from this artist

  • Black Album
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  • The Black Album
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  • The Blue Print
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  • alex0409

    AWESOME ALBUM [24567]

    March 2012
  • dejavu-

    foda.

    June 2011
  • fzsantista

    AWESOME ALBUM!!! + 31131231

    April 2011
  • homm

    awesome

    April 2011
  • PeReC95

    AWESOME ALBUM!!!

    January 2011
  • Pafgadget

    Nasir Jones RULES !

    December 2010
  • tanjazaric

    what a great album

    July 2010
  • SMiLEMASTER

    love it. (Y)

    June 2010
  • Ermideris

    thought it was weak. but now its kinda great. grew on me sloowly. i guess it's even better.

    April 2010
  • moonh8sun

    only listen if you want your head blown... another goddamn classic... j.

    April 2010
  • adawson73

    People always seem to hate the one's on top. Real talk. Brooklyn stand up!

    March 2010
  • kubA89

    Unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful

    March 2010
  • Vapetzi

    Jay-Z's a piece of shit, should just quit. meh [2]

    March 2010
  • Torenkownage

    Bullshit they didn't. Seven years ago, all I heard was "99 Problems is the only good song on The Black Album!! Hov is falling off!!1!". And you're out of your mind if you think nobody hated American Gangster... no singles broke the Top 50. Album got no love. Look right here on Last.FM: "I love Jay, but this album is wack.."/"great beats, half-assed rapping."/"yep TOTALLY retarded, kingdom come is better this is just.... just not jay z ".

    January 2010
  • Adencjusz

    The Blueprint 3 should be nominated for Grammy 2010 as the best rap album!

    December 2009
  • G-GUTU

    the best of all

    December 2009
  • Hanzo

    '...his a-game.' really? i thought timbo had the weakest offerings by far. he clearly ain't working w/ danja anymore.

    December 2009
  • betoonking

    Torenkownage you're an idiot. Nobody hated on American Gangster & The Black Album.

    November 2009
  • girugammesh

    yes it is

    November 2009
  • JcA92

    No it's not.

    November 2009
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