The Blueprint

Album Description

Includes both of Jay-Z's ground-breaking albums The Blueprint and The Blueprint 2:The Gift & The Curse with a space to complete you collection!

Both albums feature chart topping hits!

The Blueprint, the album that stated it all features the hits Izzo (H.O.V.A.), Girls, Girls, Girls, The Takeover, Song Cry and More!

The Blueprint 2; The Gift & The Curse THE DOUBLE ALBUM, the second in the set. Includes '03 Bonnie & Clyde feat. Beyonce, Excuse Me Miss, U Don't Know (Remix) and More!

This unique set also includes a limited edition collectible Jay-Z poster!

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

The Blueprint may be Jay Z's most captivating record since Reasonable Doubt, but its predictably detached mood reflects the master hustler's superior ability to trick out lackluster subject matter with lyrical complexity and brief flashes of manufactured introspection. The Blueprint, a solid mix of preprogrammed radio hits ("Izzo," "Girls, Girls, Girls") and better-than-average mid-tempo compositions ("Never Change," "Song Cry"), confirms the Brooklyn rapper's legendary status. Blistering flames of the Queensbridge/Jay Z feud fan high with "Takeover," a direct attack on Nas, set over the Doors' rock & roll burner, "5 to 1." "Renegade" provides the album's only full-on guest appearance. Jay and Eminem take this opportunity to address haters (within the industry and in the general population) who don't understand the mind of an artist. Jigga spells it out on the title track: "Reasonable Doubt--classic, shoulda went triple." The Blueprint might not be quite on par with Reasonable Doubt but it is reasonably good. --Rebecca Levine