Some might consider Jay-Z’s The Blueprint to be one of, if not his biggest record.But for the grammy-winner, The Blueprint 3 might’ve been bigger than the first. If only because it proved that ...

As Jay-Z got prepared for his show at Madison Square Garden, he sat down for a video interview to talk about everything Barack Obama's election to the making of his hot new album, "The Blueprint 3.

Of all the albums in Jay-Z's catalog, The Blueprint 3's cover is the first not to feature a photo of Jay, so naturally people questioned whether the BP3 image — a cluster of white-painted ...

Jay-Z “The Blueprint 3” Roc Nation * * 1/2. 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 ...

With a new album on the way, Jay-Z knew what the people wanted when he performed Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut: a taste of the new songs. In one of only five U.S. Jay-Z Previews ...

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The Blueprint 3 is the latest release by rapper Jay-Z; it's the second sequel to one of his best-known releases, 2001's The Blueprint. It's also Jay-Z's 11th solo album in 13 years, making him one ...

We can wrangle with the moral implications of Jay-Z making a track like "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" when the very next song on Blueprint 3 has Rihanna (to say nothing of whoever's on the hook ...

The Blueprint 3 is Jay-Z's 11th studio LP and it became his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, breaking the previous record with Elvis Presley. It sold 476,000 copies in its first week ...

Jay-Z is on course to net his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 next week, as "The Blueprint 3" should cruise to the top of the chart.

Flits from languidly combative to awkwardly obtuse and Jay-Z gets lost in the shuffle. The Neptunes’ synth-quirk production never quite clicks, and then it does, and then it doesn’t again. 14.

Jay-Z's new "The Blueprint 3" is on par with his past work. Overall, it's a state-of-the-art performance by arguably the greatest to ever speak ghetto poems over music. Then why does it feel like ...