Re-Evaluating Blueprint 3...

[Lunatic]

This album was pretty dope and I remember lots hating on this..How do y'all look at it right now?

1. What We Talkin' About - 4.5/5 - Always loved this, perfect intro.
2. Thank you - 3.75/5 - Grown on me, hated Jay's flow on this when it came out but its cool to me now..
3. DOA - 5/5 - Always loved it of course
4. Run This Town - 4/5 - good mainstream rap
5. Empire State of Mind - 5/5 - best single I've heard in a while
6. Real As It Gets - 3.5/5 - Not bad, Jay/Jeezy could do better though
7. On To The Next One - 4/5 - best swizz Beats instrumental in a while..monster 
8. Off That - 3.75/5 - again, monster instrumental.
9. A Star Is Born - 4.25/5 - J Cole murdered this
10. Venus Vs. Mars - 4.5/5 - I think re bumping the album just now made me realize how bad I specifically slept on this joint. Jay kills this shit.
11. Already Home - 4.25/5 - Love Kid Cudi, this is a dope collaboration and Cudi kills the hooj
12. Hate - 2/5 - This is still plain weird lol
13. Reminder - 4.25/5 - Again, like "Venus Vs. Mars", didn't realize how Jay raps his ass off on this.
14. So Ambitious - 3.75/5 - Always love Jay-Neptunes collaborations. Another smooth delivery from Pharrell that works.
15. Young Forever - 4/5 - Say what y'all want, love the re-make lol.

Thoughts ??

[Jome]

I think the album was under-appreciated.. sure it wasn't up there with Blueprint or Black Album, but it was a pretty cool album with so-so replay value.
Track 6 & 7 kinda ruined the albums flow for me, could have been replaced with the excellent leftovers.

And you need to add "Total rating" to your reviews, reviewing each track doesn't say much about the overall verdict.

[Young Dan Iza]

to me it is jiggas worst lp, 5 good songs.  the intro is classic though and is still my fav

[Meho]

Love the album personally, the Jeezy track is out of place but other than that... classic Jay in the sense that he's keeping up with the trends but bringing them to his world. Album is filled with single material, perfect play list for long rides, parties...

[Chamillitary Click]

real solid; strong at some parts.

had a few cuts i can easily just skip over.

overall though a 3.5-4/5; depending on my mood.

[virtuoso]

It feels cliche, formulaic, lazy and average by the standards of Jay-Z. None of the songs are terrible but the most part it's uninspiring as there aren't many songs I would choose to include on a play list. Jay-Z is rapping well within himself and some of the production jumps from the uninteresting to the downright boring.

If Blueprint 2 was simply one cd, the songs would better these ones, no question in my opinion.

[13th Duke]

For me it was a decent album let down by some horrendous singles. Run This Town and Forever Young should have been on the next fucking Backstreet Boys album, not a grown man's rap album. Other than those two I thought it was a solid effort.

[Action!]

i dig it

[Beatzz]

For me it was a decent album let down by some horrendous singles. Run This Town and Forever Young should have been on the next fucking Backstreet Boys album, not a grown man's rap album. Other than those two I thought it was a solid effort.

"Forever Young" is actually the only track i bump off this.

[13th Duke]

For me it was a decent album let down by some horrendous singles. Run This Town and Forever Young should have been on the next fucking Backstreet Boys album, not a grown man's rap album. Other than those two I thought it was a solid effort.

"Forever Young" is actually the only track i bump off this.

All I have to say to this is "oh dear".

[Jaydc]

2 out of 5 for me.Pretty boring.

[Suga Foot]

I like most of the songs, but I never want to listen to it.  And I don't know why.

[sav]

I like most of the songs, but I never want to listen to it.  And I don't know why.

Same for me. I can't explain it either!

[K.Dub]

Yeah, it's a good album. Only a few decent tracks and one bad; Young Forever, which I only listened to once or sth.

[Dre-Day]

it's mostly crap