The first disc entitled 'The Gift' features mainstream, pop-oriented music. Though the album has no strict concept, the album contains two discs. Pharrell also provides vocals and hooks of many of his produced tracks, for example 'Excuse Me Miss' and 'Nigga Please'.
The album also includes an uncredited verse from Kanye West on the Timbaland-produced track 'The Bounce'. Dre, Rakim, Beyoncé, Faith Evans, Beanie Sigel and Scarface. Other features include West Coast rapper and producer Dr. Unlike The Blueprint which was almost void of guest appearances, The Blueprint² features many featured guests, even out-of-genre artists that include Lenny Kravitz and Sean Paul. Dre, Jimmy Kendrick, Heavy D, and Neff-U. The production on the album was handled primarily by Just Blaze and Kanye West - both of whom had recently established themselves as both of one of hip-hop's most celebrated producers due to the success of The Blueprint - while other producers include The Neptunes, Timbaland, No I.D., Darrell 'Digga' Branch, Charlemagne, Big Chuck, Dr. The Blueprint 3 won't be legally available until Friday, September 11, but you can listen to the whole thing, RIGHT NOW, only on 'The Leak.The recording sessions took place after Jay-Z's critically acclaimed and commercially successful sixth album The Blueprint (2001), at the age of 32. (Death of Auto-Tune)' and 'Run This Town,' both of which are already burning up the charts. And not only does Jay draft the hippest artists, but he's laying out some of the hottest singles of the summer with songs like 'D.O.A.
On The Blueprint 3, Shawn Carter goes throwback, giving up a nod to the soul grooves he grew up on, but is also future-forward and features some of the best in the music industry, from Rihanna and Kanye West to Kid Cudi and Alicia Keys. Now, the long-reigning king of hip-hop has returned with his eleventh – yes, eleventh! – studio album and much like fine wine, Jay-Z is only getting better with age. When HOVA ditched his retirement plans a few years ago and came back to hard-hitting beats full-time, we couldn't have been happier. On to the Next One featuring Swizz Beatz (4:16) Real as It Gets featuring Young Jeezy (4:12) Empire State of Mind featuring Alicia Keys (4:36)
Run This Town featuring Rihanna and Kanye West (4:27) What We Talkin' About featuring Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun (4:03) It was originally slated for a late 2008 release, but then Jay decided he didn't want to rush the album, and pushed it back to 2009. The Blueprint 3 is promised for a 2009 release, with Kanye West reportedly on board to produce most, if not all, of the album's tracks.
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