- hip hop, east coast rap, hip hop rap, hip-hop
- 15 tracks
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging.
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Character
Grave, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 88/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Uncut5/5 ★
- USA Today4/4 ★
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- A1The Ruler’s Back
- A2Takeover
- A3Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
- A4Girls, Girls, Girls
- B1Jigga That Nigga
- B2U Don’t Know
- B3Hola’ Hovito
- B4Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)
- C1Never Change
- C2Song Cry
- C3All I Need
- C4Renegade
- D1Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)
- D2Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise)
- D3Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)
About the album
- Artist
- Jay‐Z
- Label
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
- Released
- 2001
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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