The Numbers Game: Jay-Z Is #1

“Please don’t bow in my presence/How am I a legend?/I just got 10 number one albums/Maybe now 11?” (From “Thank You” by Jay-Z). I don’t think anyone is surprised that Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 captured the #1 spot on top of the Billboard charts (Now it’s 11) Read more

Poll Question: The Blueprint 3 or Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… PT II?

When two of the biggest Hip-Hop albums of the year (That also happen to be sequels to Hip-Hop classics) drop on the same day, they are bound to get compared. After all the speculation, delays, and hype Read more

Jay-Z|The Blueprint 3

This was probably the most difficult album review that I’ve had to write during my tenure at nappyafro. Having previously written this album review in full with what I thought was an unbiased view led me to revisit it and start anew Read more

Jay-Z – “Thank You” x “A Star Is Born” (feat. J. Cole) x “Hater” (feat. Kanye West)

Can you tell that The Blueprint 3 has leaked? Damn Jay. Well, I wasn’t gonna post these songs but then I thought, “What the hell?”. After posting quite a few leaks off BP3, this is the finale Read more

Jay-Z – “Ghetto Techno”

Yea, I know. But hey, this isn’t on The Blueprint 3. And I’m glad. You can’t make a song like “D.O.A.” and then have a song like this on the same album; it’s just doesn’t make sense. Of course it’s produced by Timbaland Read more

Jay-Z – “Venus vs. Mars”

If your keeping score at home, that’s three straight leaks from The Blueprint 3; all Timbaland produced tracks. Shouldn’t Jay be looking at Timbo’s camp sideways? Read more

Jay-Z – “Reminder”

Another day, another leak from Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3. Dang. With basically no Hip-Hop releases, is this what nappyafro is reduced too? Just posting up songs all the time like a million other sites? Fuck it. We’ll bounce back. Oh yea; the song! Read more

Jay-Z feat. Drake – “Off That”

Damn. I really didn’t think this track would leak this early. Did Jay-Z “Hello Brooklyn” Drizzy? Yes. No verse from Drake just the hook. But let me stop hating off rip. The production is done by Timbaland and Read more

Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town” [Video]

Damn! Right when I was gonna turn it in for the night, the video for “Run This Town” leaks. With all the teasers, trailers, and snippets of this video, it’s kinda funny it played out this way Read more

Jay-Z|The Blueprint 3 [Official Tracklist]

Okay, the official tracklist for Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 is here and it’s sorta different from the one we posted up earlier this month. It looks like Nas doesn’t appear on “Empire State Of Mind” (Damn) and is replaced by Read more

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