Monday, September 21, 2009

Jay-Z - Blueprint 3







Eminem "The Relapse" is one of the best rap albums I have ever heard. It might actually be my favorite Eminem album. Jay-Z "The Blueprint 3" is one of my least favorite Jay-Z albums ever and exposes everything I had about the "new" Jay-Z. I heard some people who love Blueprint 3 and hated Relapse say they dont like Relapse because Eminem is rapping about the same old stuff. What?! Have you even listened to the album? Half of the songs are very personal about with his battles with addiction while the others are written in the first person perspective of a serial killer, while others are just the most off the wall crazy. Every song on Blueprint 3 is about how Jay-Z is ahead of the game and how everyone follows him and how hes so rich and loves his lifestyle. The reason why I will never consider Jay-Z on the same level as Biggie, 2Pac, and Eminem is because his songs are not personal at all. In Biggie and Pac you could feel the pain and anger they had in their hearts. You also got a sense of the paranoia of Pac. Eminems albums are like a autobiography. What does Jay rap about? Jay has never even admitted to being married to Beyonce on his records. He raps whatever style is popular at the time. When Biggie was on top Jay copied Big's style, now he copies Kanye West's style. Look at the people featured on Blueprint 3.... Mr Hudson, Kid Cudi, Drake... where is Beanie Segel and Memphis Bleek? Jay just latches on to whoever is hot at the moment. He's a leech. its a shame because "American Gangster" is a classic album, but this Blueprint 3 shit goes in the garbage bin with "Kingdom Come". Its a shame because I used to really like Jay-Z... the worst thing that ever happened to Jay-Z was Kanye West.

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