Blueprint 3 (2009)
Album Scan
I always remembered Jay-Z getting the best, groundbreaking beats on his albums. If it was Jay-Z, you were getting ear-shattering beats. But I think I was mistaken. With the exceptions of Kingdom Come and The Dynasty Roc la Familia* he was more likely to get the best of the current set. The soul-sampling of Blueprint wasn’t exactly groundbreaking in its production, nor was the hard-pop of Volume 3, they were just the best collections of the current style. It’s like he didn’t want to change rap, he just waited for rap to change so he can step up and say he’s the best of the new style.
