Jay-Z- Blueprint 3

Yep...

Hmm.... I've listened about 3 times so far, and I'll say about 3.75. Then again this was the downloaded copy; I still haven't thrown the actual thing on yet. I'll vote after I do that

Yeah i'm leaning toward 3.75 but i'll wait.

Somebody actually gave this a classic rating??? That's INSANE!! I think I know who did it too.

BP3 is nowhere near a classic. It's 3.5 at best, which is what I clicked on.

lol. Steve hasn't been on, and he doesn't think it's a classic. I have it at 4 stars personally.

3.25

I have this in 4 territory after one spin.

After spinning this album 3 times, I have no desire to spin it again save for maybe 3-4 songs.

No song on this album ranks with any of Jay's all time best songs.

Let go of the hate...

4.0

The Real Real Jeru wrote:

Let go of the hate...

I'm just callin it like I see it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Steve wrote:

4.0

It's funny how you trash Rae's album, yet you only rate BP3 a quarter of a star ahead of it.

You said BP3 was 1 star below Rae - you said Rae was 4.5. So BP3 is 3.5 ... so why are you trashing it so much - 3.5 is not bad.

The Real Real Jeru wrote:

You said BP3 was 1 star below Rae - you said Rae was 4.5. So BP3 is 3.5 ... so why are you trashing it so much - 3.5 is not bad.

It's not a bad album per se, but it's a letdown when you consider that Jay has 6-7 albums that are 4 stars or better.

The way you talked before made it seem this was 2 star garbage to you.

The Real Real Jeru wrote:

The way you talked before made it seem this was 2 star garbage to you.

Nah nobody could legitimately say that.

3.5 for me. I think the samething that happened with Raw Footage has happened with this album for me right now. When I heard the single DOA it set up me thinking the album was going to be a tad harder, this album is safe and it seems to me on a good amount trks he's going thru he motions. I like the message of the album he hit that on point but the 2nd half of the cd is the strongest to me, everything after Off That. As always with time it may get higher I doubt worst because Raw Footage has got a lot betta from my first response.

It's a 4.0 now it got way betta.

Yeah I settled on 4.0, although the .25 gap between this and albums like Survival Skills and OB4CL2 means that one should be higher or the others lower.

4.0 easily

this album has Jay up to his usual lyrical tricks and the beats are decent as well, there are missteps on the album like for one he did one too many collabo's..he could have reduced some of those, and he could picked a few tighter beats here and there but the overall theme/message of the album and the way he is flipping words on some of these tracks and the way he's matured on it make it a 4.0 for me...it's a tight project!

too many features? you smokin chronic.

4.25 to me. IMO, the album has serious replay value for me. dope album all the way around.

2 stars. as you know i dont really like jay but i can give BP1 & black album 4 stars and i give reasonable doubt 5 stars but this new album was as bad as kingdom come. only 3 songs i really liked on this one

KJ Styles wrote:

No song on this album ranks with any of Jay's all time best songs.

4 star album from me. As far as all time best songs from him, I'd put "What We Talkin Bout" and "Empire State Of Mind" up there.