Popdose: CD Review: Jay-Z, “The Blueprint 3″
steed
· 3 months ago
This is a pretty spot on review. I'm not a big rap fan - but Jay-Z is one artist that I will buy and this is a bit disappointing. There's a whole lot that doesn't stand out in the crowd on this one.
The Man I Used To Be
· 3 months ago
Good review Jeff. I agree that the album falls of the table in the second half. Rap is not my major forte, but Jay Z is the Sinatra of Rap and someone I always look forward to hearing. He could very well be the coolest guy in this country right now. "D.O.A." is biting and a much needed kick-in-the-ass for the artist that abuse that tool. I hope he keeps it coming for us 30-somethings.
I was half expecting, with all things Beatles this week, for a "Grey Album" review. Danger Mouse's labor of HOVA/Fab Five love is without a doubt going to make my Top 10 of the 00's list. I can't listen to "December 4th" or "Helter Skelter" the same way again; "Grey" is a marriage made in time-warp and pop icon heaven.
Later, B
The Man I Used To Be
· 3 months ago
Sorry Fab Four love (not fab Five - must have had Michigan Basketball on the brain)....
BobCashill
· 3 months ago
In the early 90s Jay-Z lived in my building here in Brooklyn. On one of the songs on this album he actually mentions the address, referring to it as his "stash spot." I'm so proud. (Terence Blanchard also lived here. So did Lord Jamar, who played "Supreme Allah" on the HBO show OZ. He lived in what's now our crib--and the building owner joked that it was definitely a stash spot, not that I've found any evidence.)
arrrr
· 3 months ago
ARE YOU FU**ING SERIOUS?!? THIS ALBUM IS "SWEET!!!" THE BLUEPRINT 3 IS GREAT!! I LOVE IT, AS DOES EVERYONE I KNOW. JAY SAYS SOME SHHH THAT U MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, AT FIRST, BUT WHEN U DUMB F**KS GET IT, THE LIGHTBULB GOES OFF AND UR LIKE "YO, DIS NI***A IS CRAZY!!!" U SOULJA BOY LOVIN MUTHAFU.... WHERE ARE U HATERS FROM? NEBRASKA? NY KNOWS WHAT'S GOOD! WE KNOW THE REAL MUSIC!!!
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I was half expecting, with all things Beatles this week, for a "Grey Album" review. Danger Mouse's labor of HOVA/Fab Five love is without a doubt going to make my Top 10 of the 00's list. I can't listen to "December 4th" or "Helter Skelter" the same way again; "Grey" is a marriage made in time-warp and pop icon heaven.
Later,
B