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Blueprint Collector's Edition
Release Date: 2009 09 08
Label: Roc-A-Fella Records
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This box set from Def Jam landed after Jay-Z had split from the label, and as smooth marketing would have it, the same day as the rapper's debut for Live Nation was released. With his first post-Def Jam release being titled The Blueprint 3, this box -- featuring just the first two volumes on three CDs along with "a space to complete your collection" -- seems entirely necessary, but the trilogy barely hangs in hindsight as it goes from a fully realized hip-hop masterpiece to a radically different, two-CD release with more pop, and then finally to a record somewhere between the two. It also covers a pivotal time in the rapper's career, with releases in 2001, 2002, and 2009 and, with albums like The Black Album and American Gangster showing up between volumes one and two, it seems The Blueprint could be the name of choice for Jay-Z's less conceptual pieces. Plus there is the 2.1 problem -- 2003's one-disc shortening of The Bluepint 2 -- but you can't deny that the empty space for that other label's Blueprint is clever, and that the two volumes found here have more than their fair share of highlights. This is also an easy way for newcomers to catch up on the Blueprint saga, and with an attractive design, plus a poster added as a bonus, the tag of "Collector Edition" is validated. David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Ruler's Back	Hurtt, Sigler, Harrel, Carter	3:49
2	Takeover	Burdon, J. Morrison, Chandler, Densmore, Parker, Morrison, Lemay, Carter, Manza, krieger, Lomax, West	5:13
3	Izzo (H.O.V.A.)	West, Perren, Gordy, Carter, Mizell, Richards	4:00
4	Girls, Girls, Girls	Brock, Smith, Carter, Relf	4:35
5	Jigga That N***A	Barnes, Carter, Olivier	3:24
6	U Don't Know	Smith, Carter, Byrd	3:19
7	Hola' Hovito	Carter, Mosley	4:33
8	Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)	West, Carter, Price, Walsh	3:43
9	Never Change	Carter, Miller	3:58
10	Song Cry	Johnson, Gibbs, Carter, Smith	5:03
11	All I Need	Black, Harrel, Carter, Quann	4:28
12	Renegade	Mathers, Resto, Carter	5:37
13	Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)	Green, Harrel, Carter	12:08
14	Dream	Olivier, Wallace, Carter, West, Combs, Mtume, Wallace	4:12
15	Hovi Baby	Edmonds, Carter, Smith	4:20
16	Watcher 2	Carter, Griffen, Young	5:57
17	'03 Bonnie & Clyde	Shakur, Harper, Carter, Prince, Wrice, Rouse, West	3:25
18	Excuse Me Miss	Carter, Hugo, Williams	4:41
19	What They Gonna Do	Mosley, Carter	4:53
20	All Around the World	Collins, Hawkins, C. Clinton, Wilson, Wilson, Vitti, Theracon, Carter, Hawes, Jefferson, Simmons, Hawkins	3:52
21	Poppin' Tags	Robinson, Carter, West, Mitchel, Michael, Patton	6:00
22	F**k All Nite	Hugo, Williams, Carter	4:19
23	Bounce	Carter, Mosley	4:18
24	I Did It My Way	Anka, Stanton, Carter, Kendrix, Francois, Revaud, Thibaut	3:42
25	Diamond Is Forever	Stanton, Feemster, Carter	3:55
26	Guns & Roses	McCrea, Carter, Meyers, McCrea	4:25
27	U Don't Know [Remix]	Murphy, Griannage, Carter, Smith, Byrd	4:27
28	Meet the Parents	Carter, Smith	4:58
29	Some How Some Way	Carter, Smith, Grant, Jordan, McGloiry	5:37
30	Some People Hate	Russell, Russell, West, Carter	4:31
31	Blueprint²	Carter, Morricone, Charlamane	4:49
32	N***a Please	Ries, Carter, Hugo, Williams	4:37
33	2 Many Hoes	Mosley, Carter	3:34
34	As One	Carter, Smith, Cox, E. Del Barrio, White, Johnson, Pridgen, Muhammed, Ziyas, White, Ries	3:48
35	Ballad for the Fallen Soldier	Carter, Hugo, Williams	4:41
36	Show You How [*]	Smith, Carter	2:58
37	B****s & Sisters []	Porter, Hayes, Smith, Carter	2:38
38	What They Gonna Do Part II [*]	Branch, Carter	3:47

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Blueprint Collector's Edition [40 Tracks]
Release Date: 2009
Label: Roc-A-Fella Records

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