Re-Evaluating Blueprint 3...

[Blood$]

1. What We Talkin' About
6. Real As It Gets
8. Off That
9. A Star Is Born
11. Already Home
13. Reminder

these are the only tracks I have on my iPhone from Blueprint 3

[Digital Pimpin']

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!

Fuck, me too. I even skip them on shuffle and there's at least six decent tracks on the album.

Already Home is the best track by far. Empire State of Mind would be a close no 2, if it hadn't been played to death a week after the album came out.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

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.

DING DING DING.

This shit was too average for Jay-Z.  I would rather listen to older Jay a million times over than any of the songs off this..

[MediumL]

Lazy album.

Carried by the names he worked with unfortunately.

[TheWestCoast]

first time ive agreed completely with a review

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 ??

[R1ZE]

forgettable album imo

the beats range from okay to great, but jay's rapping is ALWAYS mediocre.. can't stand his new flow.

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

2.5....not terrible, got some good songs but there's quite a few weak tracks and Jay-Z's rapping isn't very impressive. A lot of the songs are carried by the beat, hook

[FUCK U]

the album was good, dont like the jeezy track or the one with mr hudson....other then that its cool

[Chamillitary Click]

forgettable album imo

that's honestly a great way to put it.

it's not something i see myself going back to in a couple of years.

it had it's cuts, but those cuts lacked some replay value.

[Action!]

Yo, get slight buzz and bump this.  Thank you is such an ill track.  Jay kills that last verse.  Album is dope.

[KURUPTION-81]

Definitly not a classic and a let down after american gangsta but there is till 5 or 6 tracks i listen to now.