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The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation. It is the final installment in The Blueprint trilogy, preceded by The Blueprint (2001) and The Blueprint2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at several recording studios and was handled by Kanye West, The Neptunes, Jeff Bhasker, Al Shux, Jermone Harmon, No I.D., The Inkredibles, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 476,000 copies in its first week. It became Jay-Z's eleventh US number-one album, breaking the record he had previously shared with Elvis Presley, and produced five singles that achieved chart success. Upon its release, The Blueprint 3 received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone named it the fourth best album of 2009.

Background

The earliest hype over The Blueprint 3 came when DJ Clue released in January 2008 a mixtape song called "Ain't I", produced by Timbaland. In the intro, Clue says, "Off that Blueprint 3 baby!" However, a spokesperson for Jay-Z said that it was an old, unreleased song and that the recording of The Blueprint 3 had not yet started.[1] On July 20, Timbaland, a frequent contributor to previous Jay-Z albums, told MTV News that he would be producing the whole album.[2] But in an interview with the Rolling Stone magazine, Jay-Z called the statement "premature".[3] In July 2009, Jay-Z confirmed The Blueprint 3 as the album's title during an interview with radio station Shade 45.[4]

By November 2008, he had finished the album but with lengthy negotiations with Def Jam, he went onto reworking it.[5] In January 2009, Jay-Z confirmed continued production of the album and admitted the leak of several songs.[6][7] In a Billboard magazine interview, Jay-Z confirmed "What We Talkin' About", the album's intro, "Thank You", and "Already Home" as song names and collaborations with Australian dance group Empire of the Sun, rappers Drake and Kid Cudi and singer Rihanna.[5] He also mentioned in an interview with DJ Semtex that his favorite song on the album is "Empire State of Mind".[8] The official tracklist for Blueprint 3 was revealed on August 18, confirming the guest appearances from Alicia Keys, Drake, Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy, J. Cole, and more.[9])

Recording

Most of the album's recording sessions took place in Hawaii at Avex Honolulu Studio,[10] in an effort to avoid leakage. West's protégé Mr Hudson explained to The Times that he "won't get bothered there" compared to a major city such as New York or Los Angeles.[11] Sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at Avex Honolulu Studio and several other recording studios, including Germano Studios, Oven Studios, and Roc The Mic in New York City, Kingdom Studios and Lava Studios in Cleveland, Midnight Blue Studios and South Beach Studios in Miami, The Holy Chateau in Perth, Australia, and Westlake Studio in Los Angeles.[10][12]

Jay-Z told Rolling Stone magazine his method of selecting producers: "If Timbaland makes ten great tracks then he produces the album, if Kanye West makes ten great tracks then he produces the album; if he makes three, I'll take three. I let the music dictate the direction."[3] However, the final track listing reveals, that West produced the majority of tracks on the album, and three done by Timbaland. West confirmed two songs, "A Star Is Born" and "Young Forever", during an appearance on The Wake Up Show in February 2009.[13] Mr Hudson, who is the featured artist on the latter, described it as a flip on the Alphaville record of a similar name.[14] During a joint interview with Hudson, West confirmed that the pop artist would be featured on three songs.[14] Pharrell stated that he emailed "So Ambitious" to Jay-Z the day he was mastering the album. He loved the track so much that he put off the mastering.[15]

Release and promotion

The album was released September 8, 2009 on Roc Nation in the United States.[16][17] It was also released digitally on September 11, 2009 in the US, and its United Kingdom and international release followed on September 14 that same year.[18] Prior to its official release, the album leaked in its entirety on August 31, 2009.[19] When asked about the leak, Jay-Z stated "It's a preview. I'm excited for people to hear the album. I'm very proud of the work I've done, so enjoy it".[20]

The album's promotional single "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" was premiered on June 5, 2009 via New York radio station Hot 97.[21] On June 7, 2009 Jay-Z made a guest appearance at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert, and performed D.O.A. live on stage, for the first time. On May 20, 2009, Jay-Z confirmed that he bought out the remainder of his contract from Def Jam Records in order to start his contract with Live Nation, as The Blueprint 3 was set to be released under Roc Nation and distributed by Atlantic Records.[17] In August 2008, Jay-Z performed the Kanye West–produced song "Jockin' Jay-Z" during the latter's Glow in the Dark Tour.[4]

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 476,000 copies.[22] It serves as the third-highest first-week sales of 2009.[22] It became Jay-Z's eleventh US number-one album, breaking the record he had previously shared with Elvis Presley.[23] In its second week, it remained at number 1, selling another 301,000 units, before dropping to second in its third week. After four weeks sales totaled 1,104,000 units. In the album's fifth week it sold 75,000 copies bringing the total to 1,178,000 it is Jay-Z's 11th solo album to go Platinum.[24] The album in its fifth week is also number 5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. In its sixth week the album rose up 2 spots to number 3 on the Billboard 200, despite selling 65,000 copies, 10,000 less than its previous week. 53,000 copies were sold in the US in its seventh week, putting it at number 4 on the charts. In week eight the album sold 51,000 copies. In the next week album sold 48,000 units.[25][26] In next three weeks album sold over 100,000 copies and its current sales in the U.S. is over 1,700,000 units as of May 2010.[25] having sold 1,748,000 copies [27] and being Jay-Z's first album to have 3 Hot 100 Top 10 Hits.

The album was the 9th best selling album of 2009 in the U.S., selling over 1.52 million copies in 4 months,[28] the album is now at over 1.86 million sold and still in the Top 30.[29] The Blueprint 3 was the second highest selling hip-hop album of 2009 domestically.

The album has sold 1,909,000 copies.[30] It was the 5th Highest selling Rap Album of 2010 according to Billboard.[31]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[32]
Robert Christgau(A-)[33]
Entertainment Weekly(B+)[34]
The Guardian[35]
The New York Times(favorable)[36]
Pitchfork Media(4.5/10)[37]
Rolling Stone[38]
Slant Magazine[39]
Spin(mixed)[40]
The Village Voice(favorable)[41]

The Blueprint 3 received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.[42] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, based on 22 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[42] In his consumer guide for MSN Music, critic Robert Christgau called the album "fairly superb" and gave it an A- rating,[33] indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction".[43] Allmusic writer John Bush gave it four out of five stars and compared the album to its predecessors, describing it as "somewhere between the two, closer to the vitality and energy of the original but not without the crossover bids and guest features of the latter (albeit much better this time)".[32] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly commented that the album succeeds at its goal of "reaching maximum commercial blast radius while maintaining its street bona fides".[34] Steve Jones of USA Today praised Jay-Z's lyricism and wrote that he "shows that for someone who is measured mostly against himself, lyrical dexterity doesn't have an expiration date".[44] The Daily Telegraph gave the album four out of five stars and complimented its modern sound.[45] The A.V. Club gave it a B+ rating and stated "Jay-Z sounds liberated by his legacy rather than weighed down by expectations".[46]

However, Slant Magazine's William McBee found The Blueprint 3 "predictable" and "complacent", stating "The album is a hip-hop feast, for sure, filled to the brim with elite production and elite rapping, but it lacks the hungriness, the spirit, and the craziness that marks a classic album".[39] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that it "peters out in a mass of indistinct tracks" following its first four songs.[35] Andrew Martin of PopMatters gave it a five out of 10 rating and viewed its second half as weak, stating "Jigga has the ability to push the envelope and make fantastic music. But on here, he has clearly reached an impasse of how to execute that perfectly".[47] Pitchfork Media's Ian Cohen commented that it is "so certainly Jay-Z's weakest solo album, you'll be tempted to wonder if Kingdom Come was somehow underrated".[37] The Washington Post's Chris Richards gave the album a negative review and criticized its lyrical content, "pairing bromidic couplets with swatches of keyboard piffle".[48] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, critic Greg Kot gave the album two-and-a-half out of four stars and viewed Jay-Z's celebrity and older age as somewhat of a flaw, stating:

It's tough for hip-hop stars to age well. Once they become celebrities living in mansions and starring in family movies, street cred is usually the first thing to go. Just ask Ice Cube. Longevity just wasn't built into the hip-hop lifestyle, with its premium on youthful swagger, street tales and fast turnover [...] 'The Blueprint 3' aims to show everyone he still has wicked skills on the mike. It does, even as it illustrates that sometimes he coasts on his celebrity [...] The message: Don't mess with ol' Gray-Z.[49]

Charles Aaron of Spin criticized the album's production and commented that "it's got its highs and lows".[40] Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen called it "a catchy, pop-friendly record", but viewed that it lacks the "electric charge" of Jay-Z's previous albums and that he is "stuck for a subject [...] But he says it well".[38] Stephen Dalton of The Times gave the album three out of five stars and called it "no great milestone, but far from the predicted disaster."[50] Despite noting inconsistency in Jay-Z's rapping, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times complimented the album's varied musical elements and called it "an unexpected blend of maturity and youth".[36] Pete Cashmore of NME gave it an eight out of 10 rating and wrote that it "delivers because of hefty beats and quality rapsmanship, nothing else. And, ultimately, that’ll do just fine".[51] Kiilian Fox of The Observer commented that Jay-Z is "maturing into a responsible elder statesman".[52] Zach Baron of The Village Voice viewed that "much of Blueprint 3 is about the weird, meta-rap work of redefining what it is to be a boss" and stated "Jay-Z's midlife crisis is over. Which doesn't make The Blueprint 3 a classic. But we'll take it. For now".[41]

The Blueprint 3 was ranked the best album of the year by Billboard,[53] and seventh best album of the year by MTV.[54] Rolling Stone named it the fourth best album of 2009 in its year-end list.[55]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."What We Talkin' About" (featuring Luke Steele)Kanye West, No I.D.4:04
2."Thank You"Kanye West, No I.D.4:10
3."D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"No I.D.4:15
4."Run This Town" (featuring Rihanna & Kanye West)Kanye West, No I.D.4:27
5."Empire State of Mind" (featuring Alicia Keys)Al Shux, Janet Sewell-Ulepic, Angela Hunte (co.)4:36
6."Real as It Gets" (featuring Young Jeezy)The Inkredibles4:12
7."On to the Next One" (featuring Swizz Beatz)Swizz Beatz4:17
8."Off That" (featuring Drake)Timbaland, Jerome Harmon4:06
9."A Star Is Born" (featuring J. Cole)Kanye West, Kenoe, No I.D.3:48
10."Venus vs. Mars"Timbaland, Jerome Harmon3:10
11."Already Home" (featuring Kid Cudi)Kanye West, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker (add.)4:29
12."Hate" (featuring Kanye West)Kanye West2:31
13."Reminder"Timbaland, Jerome Harmon4:18
14."So Ambitious" (featuring Pharrell)The Neptunes4:12
15."Young Forever" (featuring Mr Hudson)Kanye West4:13

 • (co.) - co-producer
 • (add.) - additional producer

Personnel

# Title Notes
The Blueprint 3

Executive producer: Kanye West, Shawn Carter
Mastered by: Tony Dawsey
Mixed by: Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15)
Recorded by: Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton (tracks: 1 to 12, 14, 15)
Written by: S. Carter

1 "What We Talkin' About"

Songwriters: S. Carter, E. Wilson , K. West , K. Randolph, F. Mercier
Sample: "Spirit" by Frederic Mercier
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker, Kevin Randolph
Vocals: Luke Steele

2 "Thank You"

Songwriters: S. Carter, E. Wilson , K. West
Sample: "Ele E Ela" by Marcos Valle
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker

3 "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"

Songwriters: S. Carter, E. Wilson, G. DeCarlo, D. Frashuer, P. Leka, J. Nilović, D. Sucky
Sample: "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam, "In The Space" by Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky

4 "Run This Town"

Songwriters: S. Carter, E. Wilson , J. Bhasker , K. West , R. Fenty
Sample: "Someday in Athens" by Alatas Athenasios
Vocals: Rihanna, Kanye West

5 "Empire State of Mind"

Songwriters: S. Carter, A. Shuckburgh , A. Keys , A. Hunte , J. Sewell-Ulepic
Sample: "Love on a Two-Way Street" by The Moments, "The Breakthrough" by Isaac Hayes
Vocals: Alicia Keys

6 "Real as It Gets"

Songwriters: S. Carter, J. Jenkins , J. Mollings , L. Elliott, L. Mollings , M. Carpender
Vocals: Young Jeezy

7 "On to the Next One"

Songwriters: S. Carter, K. Dean
Sample: "D.A.N.C.E." by Justice
Additional vocals: Swizz Beatz

8 "Off That"

Songwriters: S. Carter, A. Graham , J. Harmon , T. Mosley
Additional Vocals: Drake

9 "A Star Is Born"

Songwriters: S. Carter, E. Wilson , J. Cole , K. West , M. Jordan
Sample: "Touch Me" by Mother Freedom Band
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
Additional vocals: J.Cole, Tony Williams (uncredited)

10 "Venus vs. Mars"

Songwriters: S. Carter, J. Harmon , T. Mosley
Additional Vocals: Beyoncé Knowles (uncredited)

11 "Already Home"

Songwriters: S. Carter, E. Wilson , K. West , S. Mescudi
Sample: "Med Mad Ivy" by Gladstone Anderson And The Mudies All-Stars
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
Vocals: Kid Cudi

12 "Hate"

Songwriters: S. Carter, J. Bhasker , K. West
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
Vocals: Kanye West

13 "Reminder"

Songwriters: S. Carter, J. Harmon , N. Briscoe , T. Mosley
Background vocals: K. Briscoe

14 "So Ambitious"

Songwriters: S. Carter, P. Williams, C. Hugo, M. Riperton, R. Rudolph, H. Lewy
Sample:"Memory Lane" by Minnie Riperton
Vocals: Pharrell Williams (uncredited)

15 "Young Forever"

Songwriters:F. Mertens, K. West, L. Bernhard, M. Gold
Sample: "Forever Young" by Alphaville
Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker
Vocals: Mr Hudson

Chart history

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
September 26, 2009 - October 3, 2009 		Succeeded by
Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
September 19, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK R&B Albums number-one album (first run)
September 20, 2009 - September 26, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Tongue N' Cheek by Dizzee Rascal
 UK R&B Albums number-one album (second run)
October 11, 2009 - October 17, 2009 		Succeeded by

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