At the time, he was awaiting two criminal trials for gun possession and assault. The Blueprint was reportedly cut in two weeks, with Jay-Z allegedly writing the lyrics in two days. In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It was later certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. Despite its release coinciding with the September 11 attacks, it sold over 427,000 copies in its opening week and debuted at number one in the US, holding the spot for three weeks. It is considered one of his best albums and has also been labeled as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. The Blueprint received universal acclaim from music critics, with praise being directed at Jay-Z's lyricism and the production. West produced four of the thirteen tracks on the album, including the songs " Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and the controversial " Takeover", which included diss lyrics aimed at rappers Nas and Prodigy, while Just Blaze produced three tracks, " Girls, Girls, Girls", " Song Cry", and "U Don't Know", also including the hidden bonus track "Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise)". The album is also famous for both its producers Kanye West and Just Blaze's breakouts as major producers. Contrasting the radio-friendly sound of Jay-Z's previous work, The Blueprint features soul-based sampling and production handled primarily by Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Bink, as well as Timbaland, Trackmasters, and Eminem, who also contributes the album's sole guest feature.Īt the time of the album's recording, Jay-Z was awaiting two criminal trials, one for gun possession and another for assault, and had become one of hip hop's most dissed artists, receiving insults from rappers such as Nas, Prodigy, and Jadakiss. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2001 at Manhattan Center Studios and Baseline Studios in New York City. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. It was released on September 11, 2001, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The sale of this irreplaceable asset must be stopped before it is too late, and Dash must be held accountable for his theft.The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. In the document, it was stated, "Dash is frantically scouting for another venue to make the sale. The lawsuit against Dash was filed on Friday, June 18. "He thinks Roc-A-Fella records is his - it is ours - and he's doing all this on Roc-A-Fella's behalf," Dash raged. It's a case of corporate versus independent and how they try to bully me -but they are trying to bully the wrong one."ĭash, who co-founded Roc-A-Fella with Jay-Z and Kareem "Biggs" Burke in 1995, is furious that the husband of Beyonce Knowles filed the lawsuit on the behalf of the record label. "That's what corporate always does to the independent guy. He offered me like I was Pookie or something from 'New Jack City'," the music mogul added. "Jay himself tried to buy my third and it was a crackhead deal. "And the thing is I own a third of Roc-A-Fella Records and I can sell my third if I feel like it." I've been working with one platform and that's SuperFarm," he emphasized. I'm not running around to different places trying to auction off 'Reasonable Doubt'. "They just said that I tried to sell an NFT of 'Reasonable Doubt' and. Jay owns one-third of 'Reasonable Doubt'," he insisted. "I got a bridge I can sell you too."ĭash also shut down Jay-Z's accusations suggesting that he's stealing the album via digital marketplace SuperFarm as a non-fungible digital token (NFT). "It is f**ked up for one black man to do that to another black man in front of all these people and whoever believes that s**t is a sucker," Dash further argued.
"He's got 'only one man to eat' syndrome and 'everybody else got to work for him' syndrome and 'kiss the ring and we're gonna mess up his reputation' syndrome if you look under the hood," the 50-year-old said of the rapper in an interview with Page Six. The record executive, who has been sued by the "Big Pimpin'" spitter for allegedly trying to sell his "Reasonable Doubt" album as NFT, slammed the MC for his " 'only one man to eat' syndrome." Dame Dash has called out Jay-Z for taking a legal action against him.
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