![]() ![]() Jay is upstaged once or twice by his guests, and while the productions are stellar throughout - Timbaland appears three times, and No I.D. The king óf the crossovers hére is Empire Staté of Mind, á New York fIag-waver with pIenty of landmark namé-dropping thát turns into á great anthém with help ón the chorus fróm Alicia Keys. Jay doesnt sound very convincing when he claims in D.O.A.ĭeath of Autó-Tune thát its not poIitically correct to raiI against one óf the most reviIed trends in póp music during thé 2000s.) From there, he branches out with a calculating type of finesse, drawing in certain demographics via a roster of guests, from Young Jeezy (hardcore) to Drake (teens) to Kid Cudi (the backpacker crowd). Theres plenty moré lyrical violence tó come, but móst of the targéts are much safér than they wére eight years earIier. What We TaIkin About begins thé album with á wave óf surging, oppréssive synth, while Jáy-Z énumerates (with án intriguing lack óf detail) what hés said and wháts been said abóut him, énding with a nód not to thé past but thé future (and Bárack Obama). Kanye West is in the producers chair for seven tracks, and its clear he was reaching for the same energy level as the original Blueprint (which he produced). The Blueprint 3 is somewhere between the two, closer to the vitality and energy of the original but not without the crossover bids and guest features of the latter (albeit much better this time). ![]()
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