The Official Blueprint 3 Appreciation Thread

[Chuck Dirty]

this shit goes fuckin hard.. banannas any one else got a real opinion on it?
lets leave the "2pac hated jay so i hate him" shit out of it.. just dont post if thats ur point of view

My favorite tracks are...

Young Forever - shits fuckin emotional and amazing.. u may have to be grown to get this track...

Empire State Of Mind - wow amazing track.. jus fuckin dope smoke n vibe wit it

A Star Is Born - this is creativity at its finest if u ask me.. way to show tribute and homage to the game

Reminder - Lyrically raw.. like Jay or hate him.. the muthafuckers a beats

Hate - more of the same as reminder

Venus Vs Mars - creative as shit the lyrics on this bitch are mind blowing.. some wont get the title but shit i get it.. it goes back to the old saying men are from mars women are from venus.. its a story about the struggles of men and women in relationships n how men are sometimes misled by fake broads n what not.. i aint even gotta say that shit for most people thatll post in here..

i dropped the lyrics to some of em.. if u aint got this album get it now n check it out..

[Chuck Dirty]

Jay-Z ft. J. Cole – A Star Is Born Lyrics

[Chorus]
Everyday a star is born [J. Cole]
Clap for em, clap for em, clap for em [Jay-Z]
Everyday a star is born [J. Cole]
Clap for em, clap for em, clap for em [Jay-Z]
Hey,

[Jay-Z]
I seen Mase do it, I seen Ye do it,
X came through, caught lighter fluid,
Still i came through it,
clap for em,
but I’m the blueprint,
I’m like the map for em,
I dropped another classic,
Made Puff pass it,
nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it,
Wayne scorching, I’ll applaud him,
if he keep going, pass the torch to him,
50 came through like hurricanes do,
thought I’d finish his ass at summerjam too,
I had the Illmatic on bootleg,
sh-t was so ahead, thought we was all dead,
Wayne did a millie, 50 did a millie,
Ye too, but what Em did was silly,
the white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him,
his flow on Renegade, f-cking awesome,
Applaud him,

[Chorus]

Snoop Dogg did, nearly came down,
The Face Mob, kept the ghetto for the H town.
Luda moved digits after he moved b-tches,
Drake’s up next, see what he do next,
Dru had a run, couple movie parts,
T.I literally wanted to shoot up the charts,
Wat up Jeezy, wat it do,
y’all remind me of us in early 92,
Outcast landed, 3 thou was ill,
like a male version of Lauren Hill,
Mobb Deep shook it but Prodigy took it a lil too far,
can’t f-ck with Brooklyn,
Wu Tang gang bang, Meth ate,
Rae’ took on the date with the Purple Tape.
Passed on to … and then Ghostface,
they had a hell of a run,
standing Ova, ayyy,

[Chorus]

And I am one of one,
can’t you see just along my front,
My brain new lou sun shine
been a star since i was back in one time,
one time give it up for him,
December 4th a star was born,
Clap for him,
he went from moving that corner
to this corner office is so enormous,
Hey, Pres Carter,
Watch him get a Monica on all day,
Hey,
got so many monikers but only 1 Jay
they come they go,
some real some foe,
some friends some hoes
but no i goes nowhere this Hov,

[Chorus]

[J. Cole]
And could i be a star,
this fame and this game have to change who you are,
could i be the same one who came from a far away life,
just to make it in this broadway lights,
now shining in the broad day light, go figure,
a slow transition from a lil broke n-gga from the Ville,
Got a deal a real life saver,
dreams of being behind the wheel like Jada,
i chill now a lil ice later, Cole you go the glow like a lil lightsaber,
so clap for him, then applaud Hov, he gave em a plat for him,
flow so sick thought he wrote the rap for him,
no sir,
the flows cold as a shoulder of a gold digging hoes when a broke n-gga approaches,
told ya I’m focused man, I’ll let you muthf-ckers soak it in,

[Chorus]
[End]

[Chuck Dirty]

Reminder

All rhymers with Alzheimers line up please,
all mommies with mind freeze please line up please,
all bloggers with comments,
please I come in peace,
see if we can kill your amnesia by the time I leave,
all mommies I harbour for vouch for me,
tell em bout the time all your mommas couch mommy
all hustlas who ever bought an eighth from me,
take the time out to set the record straight for me,
remember me, silver bullet hard top mentally
they think think I’m outta shape so I have to jog there memory,
think with indelible ink, I let the pen go,
verses permanently tattooed serve as mementos,
ah, im so mental, my track record speaks for itself,
Im so instrumental,
allow me to rekindle lets all reminisce like Mary did,
think i have to send you a reminder,
here it is,

[Chorus]
Reminder
Reminder,
I got it if you need it,
A reminder
reminder
reminder,
Think I better give you a reminder,
Reminder
Reminder,
I got it if you need it,
A reminder
reminder
reminder,
Cos I can give you a friendly reminder,

Ah,
What the hell have you done,
to even have an opinion on what I been doing,
what the hell have y’all won,
only thing you can identify with is losing,
10 number 1 albums in a row,
who better than me?
only the Beatles nobody ahead of me,
I crush Elvis in his blue suede shoes,
Made the rolling stones seem sweet as coolaid 2,
96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 and beyond,
02, 03, 04, 05, 06 and 7, 08, 09
back to back double plat, i did what you want,
men lie women lie, numbers don’t,
ain’t nothing changed for me except the year it is,
i think have to send you a reminder,

[Chorus]
Reminder
Reminder,
I got it if you need it,
A reminder
reminder
reminder,
Think I better give you a reminder,
Reminder
Reminder,
I got it if you need it,
A reminder
reminder
reminder,
Cos I can give you a friendly reminder,

Do what i done without crying in the environment and what ya’ll did it in without dying my n-gga,
rap like I rap without lying and then tying both together like iron my n-gga,
write 16’s in between running 16 businesses,
all the while showing these young punks what the business is,
as if I’m gonna let you n-ggas style on me,
as if,
now everybody senile on me,
go back to boonback,
remember those button ups,
young Hov,
tell them ordinary Joes button up,
I destroy your 4 points O’s
and Benz 500 and all points to Ohhhh,
Now you n-ggas ‘memba me,
how you forget, back to johnnys album cover,
red and blue Gucci sh-t,
ain’t nothing changed but the year it is,
I think I have to send you a reminder here it is,

[Chorus]
[End]

[Chuck Dirty]

Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

[Jay-Z]
Yeah,
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
now Im down in Tribeca,
right next to DeNiro,
But i’ll be hood forever,
I’m the new Sinatra,
and since i made it here,
i can make it anywhere,
yeah they love me everywhere,
i used to cop in Harlem,
all of my dominicanos
right there up on broadway,
brought me back to that McDonalds,
took it to my stash spot,
Five Sixty Stage street,
catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry,
cruising down 8th street,
off white lexus,
driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
me I’m up at Bedsty,
home of that boy Biggie,
now i live on billboard,
and i brought my boys with me,
say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
N-gga i be spiked out, i can trip a referee,
tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…

[Alicia Keys]
New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
but i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cap, holla back,
for foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and their naked,
cities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me i gotta plug a special and i got it made,
If Jesus payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card marley,
labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
long live the king yo,
I’m from the empire state thats…

[Chorus]

Welcome to the bright light..

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends,
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien

[Chorus]

[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
no place in the World that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,
[Chorus]

[End]

[Chuck Dirty]

Jay-Z ft Kanye West- Hate

[Jay-Z]
Haters,
Haters,
These n-ggas haters, and I made myself so easy to love,

[Kanye West]
Yeh, yeh
How much they hate it? very!
Kiss girls like Katy Perry,
I am never sprung but I Springer Jerry,
Don’t try this at home,
Results may vary,
King like T.i But in the Chi, Larry,

[Jay-Z]
Hoover, Hova,
Both are American Gangsters,
You choose whose colder,
Rappers get nasty in the booth but im gross so I can’t even stomach myself, ulcer!
More realer cos I’m closer,
Had girlies in girdles wearing more than they supposed ta,
Poser, no sir,
My hussle, so Russell,
I stretch work, Yoga,
You know i got it down dog, Al Roker,
I used to knock pounds off,
It ain’t nothing for me to knock nails off,
these MC’s praying for my downfall,
They just haters, I wave at you,
I’m so player,
I’ll never be done, I’m so reyer,

[Kanye West]
We killing the game, its not fair,
You muthaf-ckers stay right there,
cos we too high up in the air,
we blasting off just like a laser,
n-gga, pee-une, pee-une, pee-une
gimme back, gimme room room room,
DB9 like vroom vroom vroom,
Youing Hov what we doin doin doin?

[Jay-Z]
We ballin b-tches,
Eating ya food leaving dishes,
Why these n-ggas always talking Lear talk Ye?
Why I never see em at the clear port Ye?
Why always here they at the Airport?
Why i fly daily like i’m in the Airforce?
Therefore, please stop talking my ears off,
millionnaire talk,
You haters, you mad at me cos y’all paper,
need to get his muthaf-cking weight up,
Hold up,
waiter, I ain’t done,
name one thing I ain’t done,
it hurts when you say that I aint the one,
You haters,
How did i came your favorite,
i need to know because i care-ah,
i need you to love me cos i swear-ah,
Look here-ah, see Ye is running the Chi like Gale Sayers,
Im running new york, i go the payer on my pager,
you can’t fade us, you haters,
i need you, stay back, i breathe you,
like air-ah, air-ah, air-ah,
yeah yeah yeah yeah-a
yeah yeah yeah yeah-a
where are my haters, i love all my haters
love all my haters, I love all my haters,
uh uh uh, haters,
hater hater….

[Chuck Dirty]

Jay-Z - Venus Vs. Mars

Hov’s a Blackberry Bold,
Shawty is a Sidekick,
She used to have a man,
I used to have a side chick,
Shawty got wind I had to blow the chick off,
got rid of him they both took the sh-t hard,
shawty play the piano me I play the white keys,
shawty from the south, oh, i think she like me,
Shawty like Pac, me Big Poppa,
lyrics courtesy of killerhiphop.com
screaming hit em up, I’m screaming who shot ya,
I’m on that red wine, shawty like white,
same sh-t different toilet,
we both getting nice,
me I’m from the apple which means I’m the Mac,
She’s a PC, she lives in my lap.

[Chorus]
Shawty get it in,
Daddy go hard
Shawty get it in,
Daddy go hard
Shawty get it in,
Daddy go hard
Shawty get it in,
Daddy go hard
Shawty get it in,
Daddy go hard
Shawty get it in,
Venus Versus Mars,

Whether Black or white we both like Mike,
We both like Jordans, We both Phil’s Knight’s,
When I finish breakfast, shawty’s out for lunch,
yeah we both eating its better than brunch,
shawty like Pepsi, me I’m da Coke Man,
Body like a coke bottle, I crush it like a Coke can,
Started at the window, then the bedroom wall,
the Ying to my Yang, I skeet skeet off,
I hits it from the back, Shawty like the front,
the Bonnie to my Clyde,
both riding shotgun,
both covered in gold like C3PO,
James and Florida Evans let the good times roll,

[Chorus]

Thought Shawty was the truth, found out she was a cheater,
we were supposed to takeover, I caught her bumping Ether!
I thought shawty like Mike, found out she like Prince,
thought she was Adrian, it’s been Rocky ever since,
My dollars was down, she left me for some Euro’s,
Took my whole flavour, I call her coke zero,
Co-MVP like Kobe and Shaq,
left me for the Heat,
we were winning back to back,
said I partied too much, shawty got fed up,
shawty got Britney shaved her whole head up,
we used to make out, kissing each others face off,
Fell for the ponzi scheme, damn shawty just Made-off.

[End]

[Bushi]

i agree with ur choice of tracks, the album is really not bad. if theres one dude that doesnt like jay-z is me.

but after reasonable doubt this the only one i bother to listen to.

[TPAC_SHAKUR]

I think this album is a very decent effort from Jay-Z, not on the original blueprint level but that was a pure classic

Tracks im loving right now:

Thank You: love the beat on this tune
Empire State Of Mind: love everything on this track, alicia keys fantastic on the hook
Real As It Gets: this song feels so epic with jeezy
A Star Is Born: love the creativity, lyrics on this track
Already Home: quality tune, really feeling the instrumental on this as well

The more and more i listen to this album the more i feel it:

This is the second album only i will be purchasing this year; the first was relapse, this album will stay in my car till 50's new album comes out in Novemeber

HOV!!!

[Chuck Dirty]

much agreed man the more i listen to it the better it gets.. a supreme effort indeed..

[Smoka]

Bumpin this album for the first time today, i hear some good tracks on this, just some beats have to grow on me.

Bumpin onnnnn

[onealien]

agree wit chuck...there will be some who dont get the vibe...the spirit of the album...but like it or not...its cuz this is grown man music rite here...

traks im diggin:
thank you...just a nice trak with a message
empire state of mind...imo is a classic...akeys blows her ass off...
on to the next one...most ppl don like swizz...but its a high energy track to work out to...and the lyrics/message is super sikkkkk
off that...just dig it cuz of the message...its mature talk...new trends...but most of em who still rock baggy pants n chains wont like thisss...mwahahahaha
a star is born....dope
venus v mars...like chuck said...rediculously sik lyrically...
hate...had to listen to it like 4 times...a trak that don grab u right away...but give it a chance n yu'll understand y its there...
reminder...just a swag...confident...fk u...trak...dope
young forever...great way to end it...


i mean really...i skip the jeezy trak...and sometimes the already released traks...but the album has a minimum of 8 solid traks imo...thats a solid drop yo

[Franco]

This album is great.Its an 8/10 for me easy. I think some of the shit he says is like something that rap could use. Fuck it, I don't ever think Jay's flow is great, but the shit he says totally outshines anything that may be negative. I love this album. This is one of the only albums that I actually like by Jay.

[spiderman]

i agree with ur choice of tracks, the album is really not bad. if theres one dude that doesnt like jay-z is me.

but after reasonable doubt this the only one i bother to listen to.

My thoughts exactly.

His second album werent bad either.

Young Forever is dope. Forever young - alphaville is one of my fav trax lol... this one of dem feel good trax.. makes u think of good/fun/better times, dependin on ur current mood

venus v mars.... somethin about this trak tht makes me love it

the young jeezy trak ain bad either lol

first time i listened to it i thought it was wack..

it gets better every time..

[kace]

eh i cant get through it.. kinda not what i expected it to be..

[>War|Gamez<]

Yup , it aint either what i expected it , well i did not expect much as i think his career is coming to an end.

There are a few songs that i liked , apart from that it was just garbage , his old classics were the shit though.