The Blueprint 3
Studio album by Jay-ZWikipedia
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Oct 26, 2026
RalphHOST
Oh, yeah.
RalphHOST
You're getting songs off the Blueprint 3, like, you know, on to the next one.
RalphHOST
You're getting...
RalphHOST
The one song that you might get is like, Dirt Off Your Shoulder, 99 Problems.
Ray DanielsHOST
Jay, he's not that guy.
Ray DanielsHOST
I just think when you look at his albums, like on the Blueprint, not Blueprint 3, yeah, the Blueprint 3 album, he addresses Damon, but he just addresses them on one line.
Ray DanielsHOST
I ain't Santa Claus, nigga ain't black.
Ray DanielsHOST
He does that one line, then he goes on to make his album.
WaynoHOST
Then we go to Unfinished Business, which was the second album with R. Kelly.
WaynoHOST
Another one, right? Then you got Kingdom Come, American Gangster, Blueprint 3, Watch the Throne, Magna Carta, Holy Grail, 444, Everything is Love with Beyonce.
WaynoHOST
I'm taking away all of the features, all of that shit.
WaynoHOST
Just solo commercial projects because I want to talk about 50 Cent as well.
Cole CuchnaHOST
But after two years of making a name for himself through mixtapes, Cole was finally inside, about to receive the opportunity of a lifetime.
Cole CuchnaHOST
With Cole's heart beating out of his chest, Jay started playing him songs from his upcoming album The Blueprint 3.
Cole CuchnaHOST
Eventually, he landed on a song he wanted Cole to write to, a song produced by two more of Cole's heroes, Kanye West and No I.D.
Cole CuchnaHOST
The song was called A Star Is Born, and it found Jay looking back at history's great rap stars, from Biggie and Nas to Kanye, 50 Cent, and Lil Wayne.
Cole CuchnaHOST
After shaking off his nerves, Cole wrote and recorded an incredible verse full of intricate rhyme schemes and introspective questions about the stardom he seemed destined for.
Cole CuchnaHOST
He felt like he'd met the moment but still left the studio unsure if Jay would actually use it.
Cole CuchnaHOST
He found out when everyone else did, when the Blueprint 3 tracklist appeared online.
Cole CuchnaHOST
And there it was, track 7, A Star Is Born, featuring Jay Cole.
Victor BaezHOST
Again, born in 98...
Victor BaezHOST
Growing up, my first introduction, if I'm being honest, to Jay-Z that I remember was the Blueprint 3.
Victor BaezHOST
I feel like that was our era, Blueprint 3, and he had those songs on there with Swizz Beatz and stuff in that era, and then getting familiar then after with the other stuff.
Victor BaezHOST
But at that time, that was the introduction that I remember my earliest introduction to Jay-Z as a kid was the Blueprint 3, Alicia Keys, the New York song and everything.
Victor BaezHOST
That's what we were kind of grew up in.
Victor BaezHOST
And then I would look back at the Black album and the work with Kanye in the past and realize the greatness of him.
Victor BaezHOST
Oh, my God.
Victor BaezHOST
But then fast forward albums after that.
QuakeHOST
Dominant to me means there's a wide gap, and that wasn't there.
QuakeHOST
So what other years do people mention with Jay-Z when it comes to dominating? They say 2001 with Blueprint, right? They say, "That's the album.
QuakeHOST
He dominated.
QuakeHOST
He had the beef with Nas.
QuakeHOST
Like, what are we talking about here? What are we talking about? Jay-Z never had that year.
QuakeHOST
I sometimes throw in 2009 because Jay-Z had an, his first ever as a lead artist number one hit with Empire State of Mind.
QuakeHOST
He did well with Blueprint 3, it sold over 400,000 copies the first week.
QuakeHOST
And, yeah, he just had good commercial success that year.
WaynoHOST
It's like, yeah, 2001, 2002.
WaynoHOST
Then you get The Blueprint, not The Blueprint 3, I'm sorry.
WaynoHOST
Then you get The Black Album, right? And then Black Album was a moment.
WaynoHOST
Black Album was definitely a moment.
David O'ConnorGUEST
And as a showman, he nails it.
David O'ConnorGUEST
And the Blueprint 3 really was at that time.
David O'ConnorGUEST
And what an album to sort of cross over and become kind of a pop thing.
David O'ConnorGUEST
It was filled with everyone he picked to do a feature with ended up being like a megastar as well.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I went to go see Jay-Z, Jeezy, and Trey Songz.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
It was the Blueprint 3 tour in St. Louis.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
That was my first concert.
Rob BrentonHOST
Trey Songz, that's a throwback name.
Ilirian ZalliGUEST
There's, there's ...
Ilirian ZalliGUEST
The Blueprint 3 is what the album cover-
Jackson JacobGUEST
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Ilirian ZalliGUEST
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