Jay-Z - Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
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Artist: Jay-ZEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2002-11-12
Music Label: Roc-a-Fella
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- A Dream (featuring Faith Evans and Notorious B.I.G.)
- Hovi Baby
- The Watcher 2 (featuring Dr. Dre, Rakim & Truth Hurts)
- '03 Bonnie & Clyde (featuring Beyonce Knowles)
- Excuse Me Miss
- What They Gonna Do (featuring Sean Paul)
- All Around the World (featuring LaToiya Williams)
- Poppin' Tags (featuring Big Boi, Killer Mike & Twista)
- F**k All Nite
- The Bounce
- I Did It My Way
- Diamonds Is Forever
- Guns & Roses (featuring Lenny Kravitz)
- U Don't Know (remix, featuring M.O.P.)
- Meet the Parents
- Some How Some Way (featuring Beanie Sigel and Scarface)
- Some People Hate
- Blueprint 2
- N***a Please (featuring Young Chris)
- 2 Many Hoes
- As One (featuring Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Young Guns, Peedi Crakk, Sparks & Rell)
- A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier
- Show You How (bonus track)
- B****s & Sisters (bonus track)
- What They Gonna Do Part II (bonus track)
Free Music Notes for Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
Free Music Review: His very weakest effort. 2 stars.
Hit: 2 Stars
I can't believe J fell off with this one. I mean it was so direction-less and empty. To think I wanted to spend 17 bucks on this was pure craziness.
This was back in 2002 and Jay-Z has stepped up his game a bit since then, but I'm still not impressed on a whole. The Black Album was decent stuff (Change Clothes, Allure, Encore and 99 Problems (the latter two being the biggest highlights).
But this one's a mess. I remember Excuse Me Miss, B&C '03 Bonnie & Clyde and that's IT.
I hated Jay-Z after this album. I don't to this day, but back then I was more than sorely disappointed with this mess.
I'm just glad he improved with all future releases without fail. Good thing The Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2000 wasn't after this. I'd have to take back my word a little.
Cover Art: C
Other Art: ?
Songwriting: D-
Vocals: C-
Vocal Emotion: F+
Vocal Acrobatics: N/A
Production: C+
Length: C+
2 stars.
Overall: D-
Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse Poster
Do you want in on hip-hop's dirty little secret? Well, not even rap's greatest icons have been able to pull of a memorable, fast-forward-free double disc--2Pac's All Eyez on Me and Wu-Tang Clan's Wu-Tang Forever included. On this follow-up to part one, Jay teams up with Destiny's Child's Beyonc? on "03 Bonnie & Clyde," a so-so remake of 2Pac's "Me and My Girlfriend." The Dr. Dre-produced remix to "The Watcher," featuring Rakim, reveals that, in addition to expanding his audience, Jay is interested in appealing to his tried-and-tested demographic--East Coast hardrocks. He rounds out the first disc with "I Did It My Way," sampling Paul Anka's version of "My Way" and equating his Rap Pack (Kareem Burke, Dame Dash) to the Rat Pack of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin. Don't laugh. The stronger second disc contains some pleasant surprises. The Lenny Kravitz-fuelled braggadocio of "Guns and Roses" titillates, while Jay's Jeru the Damaja-like "Bitches and Sisters" is sure to stir up accusations of misogyny. In the end, not even Jay can tear through 11 hot tracks, much less 25. --Dalton HigginsRap & Hip-Hop Music CDs
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