Def Jam 25: Jay-Z “The Blueprint”
October 5, 2009 @ 4:50 PM EDT
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Next Tuesday, VH1 will celebrate Def Jam’s 25th anniversary with a special edition of Hip Hop Honors. All week long, we’ll commemorate the label with print ads from the past decade. And what better way to kick things off then with Hov’s classic, The Blueprint. I’d bet my bottom dollar the original title was The Ghostwriter.
When the album dropped, I was reluctant to listen. At the time, Nasir had my ear. Eventually, I put biases’ aside and was captivated by the production and Jay’s wizardry. I still feel “Lyrical Exercise” doesn’t get enough cred. Eight years and two sequels later, The Blueprint still serves as one of the game’s best templates.
September 11th, 2001, I was in my 3rd year in college. Left my first class and went to the store before my next just in time for the store to open and copped. It was my next class is when I first heard about the tragic incidents that took place that day.
Blueprint is a classic. Cosigns “Lyrical Exercise”. That track along with “All I Need” “Never Change” were my favorites. Too many to name actually.
What is this Jay Z central, my god man their are other artist. Jeez.
*Remembers copping the bootleg 2 weeks before*
glad this wasn’t the CC cover
^^^^^ you’re name says it all but this is a classic I think its Jay best one IMO “u dont know” is my favorite
Jay’Z best album by far Better Than Reasonable Doubt and The Blacc Album this was his best one
I remember being 12 buying this shit out the fye store it was so weird that the motherfuccing cashier didnt pay attention I thought getting in that line that the nigga was going to be like man put that shit bacc you kno you aint suppose to be having that shit IDK if the nigga was New or He was still scared with them Plane attaccs or Maybe the Nigga just didnt care but I got by
Favorite Joints Song Cry, Renegade, Heart of The City,Takeover, man I cant even lie that whole album was just an anti fast forward album every song only albums that can compete with this is Marshall Mathers LP DMX its Dark and Hell is Hot Clipse Lord Willin’ and Dr.Dre 2001 but to me Blueprint is still the best out of them
why does it sasy 9-18-01
it got pushed up to combat bootlegging
YES!!! Lyrical Exercise was my joint on that album. Breathe Easy!!!
*jumps out of RSS*
Jay-Z > Nas
*jumps back to RSS*
iCandy: suck a dick you fucking hater.
I remember the day it came out. I was in the 9th grade and I had my granny go to the store and get it for me (yeah, my granny rides for me like that. She’s the best! lol.) I remember watchin the 9/11 events on tv at school and everybody panicking, but when I got home, I saw that shit on the table and couldn’t stop listenin’ to it. I also remember my uncle playin BP1 the whole way up to Michigan State University on a cold ass Oct day for a football game we went to….Ahhh, those Blueprint memories….
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I remember 8th grade seeing the blueprint ads at the fyi store at the time i wasnt really a jay z fan but i also remember the first time i heard h to izzo on my walkman radio that record was crazy, that album means so much to hip hop.
favorite song on the album: heart of the city”
favorite line: ” i got young fucks spittin at me, young rappers gettin at me, my nigga Big predicted the shit exactly, Mo’ money Mo problems gotta move carefully, cause faggots hate when you gettin money like athletes”
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