Jay-Z’s Latest Blueprint Unfolding on 9/11
Jay-Z is drawing up a curious date for his latest Blueprint.
The Jigga Man’s Blueprint³ will drop on Sept. 11, eight years to the day when the first Blueprint hit stores—and fell off the media radar in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.
News of the release, which will be distributed by Roc Nation via Atlantic Records, leaked out via a Twitter posting by Sam Crespo, the label’s VP of rap promotions, before it was taken down. The official announcement is expected to come Sunday at the Summer Jam concert in Giants Stadium sponsored by New York’s Hot 97.
Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) has been hinting about the new material for some time, telling MTV News back in February that he was planning to head into the studio with Kanye West, who’s producing and guest rapping.
“Kanye’s in the process of making a new batch of music that’s going to be phenomenal, and at the end of the day, when it’s ready for the people, we’ll serve it up,” said Jay-Z. “If I don’t have any time constraints…then I’ll be Axl Rose out here. It’ll be 12 years later and we’ll be talking about my Chinese Democracy or something.”
The Blueprint³ will be a follow-up to The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse, which debuted at No. 1 and sold 4 million copies. And despite being overshadowed by the events of 9/11, the original Blueprint did wind up topping the charts and selling 2 million copies.
The 39-year-old star announced last year that he was leaving longtime label Def Jam and forming Roc Nation in partnership with Live Nation.
Jay-Z is slated to kick off a U.S. tour with Ciara in Las Vegas on July 3.
June 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
September 10th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
HELLO, JIGGA. CONGRATULATIONS ON BLUEPRINT 3, I CAN NOT WAIT TO PURCHASE MY COPY 9/11/09. GOD,BLESS YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS, REGARDING THE 9/11-FAMILIES, MY THOUGHTS AND- PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM, DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. I, AM SO EXCITED ABOUT, BLUEPRINT 3, JIGGA I HAVE BEEN A DIE-HARD JAY-Z GIRL SINCE 1996. HARD KNOCK LIFE, STARTED IT ALL. TIL, THIS VERY DAY I, STIL GO BANANAS WHEN I HERE THE INTRO.I, HAVE EVERY STUDIO ALBUM YOU HAVE RECORDED THUS FAR I, AM HAPPY TO LEARN YOUR COMING TO B-MORE, OCTOBER 27,2009. SADLY I, WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE, BECAUSE, OF THE ECONOMY JAY, I JUST CAN NOT AFFORD YOUR TICKETS, NORMALLY I MAKE IT TO EVERYONE OF YOUR SHOWS, ALTHOUGH I ALWAYS GET HORRIBLE- SEATS, AND EVEN IF I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, IF, I CAN NOT SEE YOU UP CLOSE, I RATHER STAY HOME. YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCE IS CRAZY, (COMPLETE FIRE ON STAGE) I, HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST- SEAT. IT REALLY BREAKS MY HEART,I WONT SEE YOU THIS TIME. SO, IN CLOSING JAY, HAVE A WONDERFUL TOUR, AND BALTIMORE LOVES YOU, AND I LOVE YOU AS WELL, (NO DISRESPECT) TO MRS. CARTER, AND GOD-BLESS YOU BOTH. COOKIE, FROM B-MORE. A, JAY-Z GIRL4 LIFE. JIGGAAAAAAAAAA.