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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Ruler's Back, The
2. Takeover
3. Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
4. Girls, Girls, Girls
5. Jigga That N***a
6. U Don't Know
7. Hola' Hovito
8. Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
9. Never Change
10. Song Cry
11. All I Need
12. Renegade - (featuring Eminem)
13. Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)
DISC 2:
1. Dream, A - (featuring Faith Evans/The Notorious B.I.G.)
2. Hovi Baby
3. Watcher 2, The
4. '03 Bonnie & Clyde
5. Excuse Me Miss
6. What They Gonna Do
7. All Around The World - (featuring Latoiya Williams)
8. Poppin' Tags - (featuring Killer Mike/Twista/Big Boi)
9. F**k All Nite
10. Bounce, The
11. I Did It My Way
DISC 3:
1. Diamond Is Forever
2. Guns & Roses - (featuring Lenny Kravitz)
3. U Don't Know - (remix)
4. Meet The Parents
5. Some How Some Way - (featuring Scarface/Beanie Sigel)
6. Some People Hate
7. Blueprint²
8. N***a Please - (featuring Young Chris)
9. 2 Many Hoes
10. As One - (featuring Peedi Crakk/Freeway/Memphis Bleek/Young Guns)
11. Ballad For The Fallen Soldier, A
12. Show You How
13. B*****s & Sisters
14. What They Gonna Do Part II
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Beanie Sigel, Big Boi, Biz Markie, Eminem, Faith Evans, Freeway, Killer Mike, Latoiya Williams, Lenny Kravitz, Memphis Bleek, Peedi Crakk, Q-Tip, Scarface, Slick Rick, The Notorious B.I.G., Twista, Young Chris, Young Guns | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Audio Mixer: Rich Travali.
Recording information: Manhattan Center, New York, NY; Baseline Studios, New York, NY; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Record One Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Encore Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Master Sound Studios, VA; The Boiler Room.
Photographer: Albert Watson.
Issued to coincide with the 2009 third volume of his epic trinity (plus?), THE BLUEPRINT: COLLECTOR'S EDITION serves as both a chance for newer fans to catch up with Jay-Z's masterwork, and a snazzy shelf piece for the serious Jay-Z fan. The packaging contains the critically hailed first two volumes (three cds) of the series in a sharp silver box, with a poster, and room for the third disc.
Industry Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's The 50 Best Albums of 2002.
Q (12/01/2002)
5 stars out of 5 - ...The sonics here are relentlessly ear-catching. Almost every tune sounds like a hit...
Uncut (12/01/2001)
8 out of 10 - ...Eloquently maps out life's foundations: laughter, tears, joy and pain, and marks the Jigga as the complete rapper...
NME (10/06/2001)
...Jay spits his outlaw boasts and pimp-slap toasts with the same cooly obstreperous flow that's always gilded his thug-life cliches... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (09/28/2001)
3 out of 5 stars - ...Drenched in slinky, '70s soul samples this time round, the hooks, and inevitably the hits, just keep on coming.
Q (11/01/2001)
5 discs out of 5 - ...Like a bookend [to his forst album 1996's REASONABLE DOUBT], or the second key on a double-bolt lock. Only better...he is our cleanest poet, rethinking space...
Vibe (11/01/2001)
Ranked #4 in NME's 50 Albums Of the Year 2001.
NME (12/29/2001)
Ranked #12 in Wire's 50 Records of the Year 2001.
The Wire (01/01/2002)
Ranked #7 in Spin's Albums of the Year 2001 - ...Dig the planet's most charismatic egoist flowing like Cristal....Punk record of the year? Fo'sheazy!
Spin (01/01/2002)
Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 2001.
Rolling Stone (01/03/2002)
Rated as Vibe's Best Album of the year, 2001.
Vibe (01/01/2002)
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