Real Talk: Blueprint 3
Alicia Keys, who lent her vocal & writing talent to the song “Empire State of Mind” off the album, just tweeted the link to this Jay-Z ‘Blueprint 3′ review from The Boston Globe, written by Julian Benbow – and I have to say, while I don’t do reviews on here, this would be the review I probably would have written… sorta. What a great, well-written piece. Just the fact that The Boston Globe have someone write this extensive of a review for a Jay-Z album explains why Jay is still miles ahead of any of his competition or nay-sayers. I mean, does the Globe even know who Jim Jones or The Game are? Or more importantly, do they even care?
Forbes-list money, ultradiva wife, and executive status lifestyle aside, Jay-Z really can’t win. “The Blueprint 3’’ is easily the best of his three albums since his pseudo-retirement in 2003, and it almost doesn’t matter. If he did a song with Biggie and Pac tomorrow, someone would still say, “Well, Jesus didn’t sing the hook.’’ He’s either competing against his own records, dead rappers, any rapper with a buzz and/or beef, or rappers he helped become stars, when, really, he hasn’t been interested in competing in years.
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