- hip hop, east coast hip hop, rap, pop rap
- 61 min
- 15 tracks
- Roc Nation
The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation; through distribution from Atlantic Records. It is the third album in the Blueprint series, preceded by The Blueprint (2001) and The Blueprint2: The Gift & The Curse (2002).
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Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 68/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.3/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−
- NME4/5 ★
- Pitchfork4.5/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3.5/5 ★
- The Sunday Times2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1What We Talkin’ About4:04
- 2Thank You4:09
- 3D.O.A. (Death of Auto‐Tune)4:16
- 4Run This Town4:28
- 5Empire State of Mind4:37
- 6Real as It Gets4:13
- 7On to the Next One4:16
- 8Off That4:07
- 9A Star Is Born3:47
- 10Venus vs. Mars3:11
- 11Already Home4:30
- 12Hate2:31
- 13Reminder4:18
- 14So Ambitious4:12
- 15Young Forever4:14
15 tracks, 61 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jay‐Z
- Label
- Roc Nation
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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