the blueprint

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Original Content Every Jay-Z Era Had A Purpose Every shift in Jay-Z’s sound marked a shift in the industry. This is how each era built the man and the myth. By Erika Marie November 05, 2025
Music Just Blaze's 7 Best Beats A Just Blaze beat is instantly recognizable. By Wyatt Westlake December 07, 2023
Music Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Turns 22: An Undeniable Classic Widely regarded as JAY-Z’s best album, "The Blueprint" is known for its use of soul samples and includes some of his most iconic tracks. By Wyatt Westlake September 20, 2023
Original Content Classic Rotation: Jay Z's "The Blueprint" We re-visit Jay Z's classic album, The Blueprint, on the day it was released 14 years ago. By Chris Tart September 11, 2015
Original Content #TBT: The Best Kanye West Beats From 2001-2005 Revisiting Kanye West's early collaborations with Jay Z, Ludacris, The Game, & others. By Danny Schwartz August 25, 2016
Original Content How Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Changed Rap It's been decades since Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" released, & the album remains one of the most influential hip-hop records. By Caleb Hardy April 14, 2023
Music Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Is Now Triple Platinum One of Hov's best albums received a new certification from the RIAA over twenty years since it went double platinum. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2023
Music Jonathan Mannion Reveals Original Photo Behind Jay-Z's "The Black Album" Jay-Z's iconic album cover lands an origin story. By Mitch Findlay November 15, 2018
Music Jay-Z Once Told RZA He Inspired "The Blueprint," The Wu-Tang Clan Legend Says The Wu and the Roc are some of the most important pillars of New York hip-hop; how could they not be linked in some way? By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2023
Original Content Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Turns 17: Celebrating A Classic Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" remains one of the millennium's definitive albums. By Mitch Findlay September 11, 2018
Original Content Every Jay-Z Album And Single With A Platinum Plaque The Jigga Man has plaques for days. By Mitch Findlay July 05, 2017
Original Content Ranking Jay Z's 12 Albums From Worst To Best We order Jay Z's solo efforts from worst to best. By hnhh December 11, 2014
Music Just Blaze Unearths Kanye's Sampler Used On "Blueprint" & "Black Album" Just Blaze recently unearthed an old ASR-10 sampler that Kanye West used to create beats on "Blueprint," "Black Album," and more. By Mitch Findlay July 23, 2021
Music Jay-Z Calls Kanye West's Comments About "The Blueprint" & Just Blaze "Unfair" Hov reacted to Ye's "Drink Champs" episode saying "everyone is entitled to their opinion" but denied that Just Blaze copied anyone on "The Blueprint." By Erika Marie November 05, 2021
Music Big Gipp Says "Eminem Made Jay-Z Cooler" After "Renegade" Big Gipp gives Eminem his flowers for his verse on "Renegade." By Aron A. July 26, 2023
Original Content #TBT: Just Blaze Revisiting Just Blaze's incredible production run from 2001 to 2005. By Danny Schwartz March 16, 2017
Music Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Will Be Archived In The Library Of Congress One of Jay-Z's classic albums has become a piece of American history. By Mitch Findlay March 20, 2019
Original Content Jay-Z Perfected The Art Of The Lead Single Given everything he's accomplished as hip-hop's first billionaire, it's almost hard to imagine Jay-Z as a free-spirited bachelor setting fire to the charts. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2020
Original Content Top 10 Kanye West-Produced Jay Z Tracks There's more to Ye and Jay's relationship than meets the eye. By Benjamin Salkind August 14, 2017

Next