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	The Blueprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blueprint (2001) is the sixth album from rapper Jay-Z.
		Originally intended to be released on September 18, 2001, the album's release was pushed forward one week (to combat widespread bootlegging), thereby coinciding its release with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
		Half of The Blueprint became a battle album, in which Hova, from on high, attacks Nas, Prodigy, and all manner of prosecutors and persecutors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Blueprint (359 words)

	Shooting 50 - The Boston Globe
		Under the tutelage of an established hip-hop legend, a young rapper arrives on a wave of hype and releases a commercially and critically popular major-label debut.
		That's not a story the rapper is interested in telling, nor does it seem to be one the mainstream's particularly interested in hearing.
		Lost on those who champion the rapper for ''keepin' it real," is the fact that, however harsh his upbringing, 50 Cent is now as much a gunslinging drug dealer as Tom Brady is a Pop Warner-level quarterback.
	www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2005/11/06/shooting_50 (1484 words)

	Baltimore City Paper: MUSIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blueprint now lives in Cincinnati, and Rjd2-- coming off the heels of a critically lauded Def Jux debut and endless well-earned comparisons to DJ Shadow--recently transported himself to Philadelphia.
		Their precision work comes from separately logging lots of stage time: Blueprint ripped microphones in more than 60 cities last year on a grueling trek with Atmosphere, and Rjd2 frequently spins solo and toured heavily with Def Jux acts.
		While Blueprint's charismatic flow sparkled on the bustling "Printmatic," Rjd2 spun his self-produced track with neck-jerking percussion.
	www.citypaper.com /music/story.asp?id=6333 (429 words)

	Blueprint :: The Weightroom :: Weightless Recordings
		With "The Weightroom," Blueprint has created a solid musical symphony, with a couple of gems from some of the underground finest emcees, and a few slight miscues, which can be attributed to having a handful of affiliates who aren't quite up to par with the A-List of emcees on this album.
		The parable warns bullies and criminals of the possible retribution and karmic repercussions that may come along with their actions, each rapper narrating their own anecdote which has the miscreant causing havoc until the tables are turned, at which point he meets his eventual undoing.
		Blueprint's story comes off the best, but Flip the Urban and P. Dunbar don't disappoint either, pounding home the message that what goes around, comes around, and Print's cinematic production is nothing less than the exceptional.
	www.rapreviews.com /archive/2003_04_weightroom.html (1018 words)

	WTAworld.com - Jay-Z's Latest Disc Debuts at No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blueprint 2 ousted the Eminem-weighted "8 Mile" soundtrack from the top of the heap, where it stood for the past two weeks.
		DETROIT (AP) - Rapper Jay-Z, with a bottle of water in one hand and a microphone in the other, told an audience at the city's Cass Technical High School about the importance of staying in school.
		The rapper, whose album "The Blueprint 2: The Gift and The Curse," debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, didn't perform for the students, the Detroit Free Press reported for a Friday story.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=45798 (4416 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Blueprint [PA] - Jay-Z at Epinions.com
		For example, there is this rapper named White Boy who comes from Chicago and is slowly becoming a presence in the hip-hop scene through his connections with the sadly arrogant Kanye West.
		Include songs that seem to be introspective in nature, but to those with trained ears, it's the sound of the cunning fox trying to sneak one past you, for he's in search of the hound (the money).
		He talks about growing up with no father, becoming the best rapper he could be (with help from such legends as Primo and other semi-legends such as Jaz-O), then going on to creating a successful record label and clothing company.
	www.epinions.com /content_140148117124 (3069 words)

	Review of Jay-Z's The Blueprint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jay Z is not the best rapper though, he is just really high up there, and he is currently running the rap game.
		The Blueprint is a worthy solo album in which he attempts to show his greatness by himself, however I wish he woulda had just a couple more guest appearances on the album, but the album is still almost perfect.
		The album starts with the Ruler's Back which is a great track, a nice beat, and Jay Z worthy lyrics, which to me settled the whole Amil thing, as to whether she was with Roc A Fella or not, and it's done with style, great lyrics.
	www.realrap.net /review.html?id=12 (545 words)

	groovevolt.com \| get into the groove.
		By the time The Blueprint was released in September 2001, Jay-Z was the king of New York rap.
		Ignoring the criticism, Jay-Z's next release, Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse performed well selling 550,000 copies in its first week of release on its way to moving nearly two million copies in the U.S. The rapper shifted his focus to other areas in the entertainment realm.
		Those who accused the rapper of recent mediocre efforts have indicated that this album is a return to form for Jay-Z.
	www.groovevolt.com /features/jayz_3.asp (228 words)

	DMX: The Great Depression and Jay-Z: The Blueprint [2001] Shaking Through.net: Music: Review
		A rapper's worth is apparently measured in how much of a "playa" he can present himself to be.
		And "Renagade" actually quickens the pulse, although that's due to the scene-stealing rhymes of the deft, mercurial Eminem (not for nothing is this track shoved to the back of the disc -- Z is clearly shown up as the wannabe he really is).
		But for the most part, The Blueprint is a head-scratching affair, another jewel in a crown of tissue.
	shakingthrough.net /music/reviews/2001/dmx_and_jaz_z_2001.htm (814 words)

	The GREENHOUSE EFFECT (Blueprint & Manifest)- Interview by Todd E. Jones
		Blueprint did more than just prove that he could produce a quality album (like the albums released in 1988).
		As Blueprint brings the heat with Greenhouse Effect, he is following the blueprint for success and respect within the hip-hop culture.
		BLUEPRINT: “I chose Blueprint because I wanted something that stood for the style that I think I do, which is being really good at the items that the art form is built on.
	www.geocities.com /hiphopinterview/blueprint.html (3697 words)

	GReAtEsT rApPeR aLiVe
		He's one of the few rappers around today that makes songs that are not about money and parties and are still sucessful with the mainstream.
		the greatest rapper alive today, is by far..........by far, as in like theres nobody even touching this guy, is........Eminem.........master lyricist, master flow, his vocal techniques are not only unmatced but unmatchable.........theres really nobody else that matters in the rap game today, the closest thing to him is 50 Cent so........
		The greatest rapper alive would go to H.O.V aka Jay-Z but goes to Eminem because Em is the hardest lyricist, but he cant be the greatest because no one's gonna say he's the greatest because he's white, but if he wasn't he'd be the hardest.
	www.englishforums.com /English/GreatestRapperAlive/hmzg/Post.htm#37950 (1325 words)

	AllHipHop.com : Features
		Blueprint: The Weight Room is more a showcase of production, like back in the days when Marley Marl did In Control, how Dre did on The Chronic, obviously not to that level, but how they were able to assemble all of the talent around them.
		Blueprint: Nah, it was a complete shock to me. I basically learned when he posted it on the message board.
		Blueprint: Yeah, that’s what I feel like right now, but the public is gonna really decide.
	www.allhiphop.com /features?ID=571 (1490 words)

	Jay-Z MP3 Downloads - Jay-Z Music Downloads - Jay-Z Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jay-Z kept The Blueprint incredibly tight, focusing on a single sound and letting nothing interfere with some of the best raps of his career.
		The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse was a radically different record, with the most respected rapper in the business trying on a range of styles, collaborating with a lot of guests and working with...
		For years Shawn Carter has been the best rapper and the most popular, a man who can strut the player lifestyle with one track and become the eloquent hip-hop everyman with the next, an artist for whom modesty is often a...
	www.mp3.com /Jay-Z/artists/166366/discography.html (615 words)

	Blueprint :: 1988 :: Rhymesayers Entertainment
		Blueprint takes his love of that great time in music and makes that not only his point behind this album, but in life itself.
		In "Lo-Fi Funk", Blueprint grabs the mic from those who shouldn't even hold it, and just like the loop behind him, he confronts the listener and with a barrage of lyrics, dares the other person to not cry.
		Just as Blueprint makes you think he's all too serious about his rhymes, he offers "Big Girls Need Love Too", and brings to the forefront his love for thick ladies and still having love for those women who feel they need to be too skinny because of peer pressure.
	www.rapreviews.com /archive/2005_03_1988.html (1179 words)

	The Guide -- Making ‘Blueprint’ for Soulful Rap
		While different than his past effort The Blueprint succeeds not in the amount of club tracks that it includes, but instead in a return to the lyrical quality of Jay-Z’s most acclaimed work, 1996’s Reasonable Doubt.
		Lines such as “[They] wasn’t born hustlers, I was burpin’ ‘em,” pull off an arrogant style Jay-Z uses that is only backed up by the fact that he actually does the numbers he boasts in his songs.
		Just as the “Can I Get A”s and the “Big Pimpin’”s of previous albums have made their styles popular across the board, I would not be surprised to see that The Blueprint convinces and influences many that soulful hip-hop can be made well and sold in the millions.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/090701/guide10.cfm (487 words)

	SOHH.com Global Forum - Jay-z Biography(bio Of A Homo)
		by the way blueprint 1 have good beats which drowned out the kiddie raps.
		on blueprint 2 gayz(a former hustler)raps with the voice of austin powers.llllmmmmaaaaoooo.
		gayz is a clown kindergarten rapper who raps abt his success,and hustling.he uses the best producers to camoflamouge this fact.and he call u a ****ing dummy.
	forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=483352 (2730 words)

	Jay-Z's "Blueprint" for Success - Sep 19, 2001 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With his latest, Blueprint, the Brooklyn-bred rapper has scored four straight number one debuts on the pop album sales charts in less than three years.
		Even though album sales took a hit in the wake of last week's terror attacks--which occurred on a Tuesday, the same day new releases hit stores--the rapper otherwise known as Shawn Carter sold a solid 426,000 copies of his new disc for the week ended Sunday, according to SoundScan figures.
		Rapper Fabolous landed at number four with his rookie release, Ghetto Fabolous, fueled by heavy radio play for his singles "Can't Deny It" and "Right Now & Later On." He's followed at number five by rock-folk legend Bob Dylan with his latest, Love and Theft.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,8850,00.html?newsrellink (651 words)

	Amazon.com: The Blueprint [ENHANCED] [EXPLICIT LYRICS]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Blueprint may be Jay Z's most captivating record since Reasonable Doubt, but its predictably detached mood reflects the master hustler's superior ability to trick out lackluster subject matter with lyrical complexity and brief flashes of manufactured introspection.
		The beats are strong on "The Blueprint" and J Hova raps mainly solo throughout the entire album except for Renagade with Eminem, a rarity in today's rap game.
		The Blueprint is a surprising hit in the music world, and most people will be pleasantly surprised to hear this amazing album from Jay-Z. And now that the master of rap is retiring, you should find this even more valuable in your collection!
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005O54T?v=glance (1679 words)

	Jay-Z's 'The Blueprint 2.1' Coming In April - Rap Basement Message Board
		Hip-hop heavyweight Jay-Z is set to release The Blueprint 2.1--a new, retooled version of his most recent album, The Blueprint 2: The Gift and The Curse--on April 8.
		The Blueprint 2.1 will feature the rapper's favorite material from that 2002 double album and some previously unreleased material, according to published sources.
		A spokesperson for Roc-A-Fella Records could not confirm the tracklisting for The Blueprint 2.1, but expected on the set are the two singles from the The Blueprint 2, "Excuse Me Miss" and "'03 Bonnie and Clyde," as well as the radio favorites "Hovi Baby," "Stop," "A Dream," "Miss You (Remix)," and "Meet The Parents."
	www.d12world.com /board/showthread.php?t=38894 (152 words)

	CNN.com - From Brooklyn with a Blueprint - Mar. 6, 2003
		CNN.com - From Brooklyn with a Blueprint - Mar. 6, 2003
		In the last two years, his albums "The Blueprint" and "The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse" have both entered the U.S. chart at No. 1.
		The double disc "Blueprint 2" (Def Jam) features a parade of hip-hop A-listers, including Dr. Dre, OutKast's Big Boi, Beyonce Knowles and a posthumous contribution from Notorious B.I.G. TMR caught up with Jay-Z in London to chat about the album and why he says he'll only make one more.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/06/mroom.jayz (804 words)

	CONNECT
		Released on the infamous date of 9/11/2001, Jay-Z's superb sixth album was also the major turning point in the career of Kanye West.
		The Chi-town beatmaker (and then-unknown rapper) was the soul provider behind two of the album's brightest highlights: the Jackson 5-jacked smash "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and the Doors-unhinged Nas attack "Takeover." The hip-hop world immediately took notice.
		Finally, we've included a "bonus track" on this playlist: the Timbaland-produced "The Bounce" (from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2), which marked the Roc-A-Fella debut for Kanye West the Rapper.
	musicstore.connect.com /lists/listdetail/28733_Detail.html?... (249 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Blueprint *
		Blueprint has always shown promise in small doses.
		He's not a particularly noteworthy rapper (starring opposite Rjd2 in the Soul Position project doesn't do him any favors either), but he's been known to shine from time to time.
		He's nothing special as a producer either, but he has good instincts and an ear for mood and dynamic.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/2085 (482 words)

	E! International - News - Jay-Z's Last Hurrah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Before ending his hard-knock rhyming, though, the Brooklyn-born rapper has confirmed plans for a final farewell tour in support of his swan-song solo CD, The Black Album, beginning with a benefit concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on November 25.
		Hyping this trek as his official "victory lap," the Grammy-winning rapper-entrepreneur-Beyoncé boyfriend laid out his blueprint for the future.
		Jay-Z also helped organize the summer's hugely successful Rock the Mic Tour, gathering together some of the biggest hip-hop acts (like 50 Cent) with a number of up-and-coming artists and his own protégés (like Beanie Sigel).
	international.eonline.com /news/items/0,1799,12580,00.html (533 words)

	Rolling Stone : Jay-Z Number One Again
		Jay-Z's sixth album (in a mere five years), The Blueprint, seemed to suffer no ill effects from a frequently shifting release date, which rather than moving further and further away, took leaps and bounds towards the present until it seemed to suddenly materialize record stores.
		Fans were unfazed and unconfused, as The Blueprint sold 426,550 copies in its first week, according to SoundScan, making the album Jigga's fourth consecutive Number One debut.
		The Blueprint's stats are down fairly significantly from the MC's previous offering, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, but such oscillations seem commonplace in Jay-Z's career.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5932067 (783 words)

	NME.COM - Reviews - Jay-Z : The Blueprint
		Nor is there a rapper who can stand toe-to-toe with him in the actual
		Jay-Z is the don of the one-liner, the couplet, the verse and the chorus
		six, it's the blueprint for the Jigga's life and career.
	www.nme.com /reviews/5681.htm (422 words)

	C-Murder - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		He may stick to the predictable gangsta musical blueprint, but as a rapper, he had an original style and interesting wordplay that separated him..
		He may stick to the predictable gangsta musical blueprint, but as a rapper, he had an original style and interesting wordplay that separated him from the No Limit pack.
		C-Murder made his first recorded appearance as a member of Tru, a trio that also featured his brothers Master P and Silkk the Shocker.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,646524,00.html (423 words)

	Blueprint - '1988 (w/ FREE DJ Rare Groove - 'Best Of The Year 1988' Mix CD!)' Item Detail - Underground Hip Hop dot com ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ohio producer/emcee Blueprint, pays tribute to a golden age in hip-hop history with his official solo debut 1988.
		After lacing other rappers with beats on The Weightroom, rhyming over RJD2’s beats on 8 Million Stories, and rocking the boards on Chamber Music, 1988 is not only a tribute to the classic age of hip-hop, but also to Blueprint’s skills as both a rapper and producer.
		With guest-shots from Aesop Rock and CJ The Cynic, 1988 proves to be yet another stellar release from the Rhymesayers camp.
	www.undergroundhiphop.com /store/detail.asp?UPC=RHY057CD (358 words)

	Jay-Z \| news : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
		The retiring rapper has accepted a job as president and CEO of Def Jam, hip-hop's biggest label, as has been expected for more than a month.
		He told the Times that his first act as CEO would be to sign comeback-seeking rapper Foxy Brown.
		He also suggested that, as a performer, he'll offer a more sympathetic ear to the label's musicians than they might get from someone with a pure business background.
	www.ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,955425_10_0_,00.html (468 words)

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