after 'american gangster' i've pretty much swore off from ever listening to another jay-z album in full
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 September 2009 03:51 (fifteen years ago) link
what i hate about American Gangster is that it's always just barely interesting enough that I keep it on but never really enjoy it; at least Blueprint 3 is real easy to turn off, so it's less of a waste of time
― een, Monday, 28 September 2009 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
heard ghetto techno @ like 4 parties recently after totally forgetting it existed
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 20 December 2009 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
it's so ridiculous btw
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 20 December 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
alicia keys annoying the fuck out of me on "Empire State of Mind" tbh
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Sunday, 20 December 2009 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
she's the only good thing about the song, though
― some dude, Sunday, 20 December 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1nbvplgElw
...this is actually the next single
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
damn...at least I didn't have to hear "Beach Chair" more than once
― I WILL NOT GO HAM!!! (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that's the UK single and "On To The Next One" is the US single? either way, shameful enough for him to even make that song, let alone shoot a video.
― forkslovecraftcthulhu (some dude), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"on to the next one" would actually be a good choice, best rap song on the album imo
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the one that's basically a jeezy song that jay jumped on better but yeah
― forkslovecraftcthulhu (some dude), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DyffCOVjwQ
remember when it felt actually affecting
― deej, Thursday, 24 December 2009 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sET8An5XL._SS500_.jpg
― pugwant (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513RTusNv-L._SS500_.jpg
smooth jayz
― autotuna fish (Tape Store), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i wonder sometimes if there is a smooth jazz scene. like, do dudes get together and groove on grover washington records and talk about starting bands? do they argue about whether chris botti is really smooth or not? what's the pitchfork of smooth jazz?
― an american hippie in israel (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
wow forever young is so horrible horrible horrible i could only stand about 30 seconds into it. is that sting?
― Body Butter (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude, you don't remember 90210's David Silver?
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
I don't like that "Empire State of Mind" Pazz and Jop Single of the Year song.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Having to review "Young Forever" has reminded me that I haven't totally transcended the feeling of absolute hatred for certain pieces of music.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 February 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
also who the fuck is that "mr hudson" dude?
― El GarBage (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 15 February 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
It just appalls me that any piece of music from someone who was ever once good could be this gratuitously bad. Why didn't they even bother to autotune (in the pre-Cher sense) the chorus?
― Tim F, Monday, 15 February 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
if christ martin is david lee roth than mr hudson is kanye's personal sammy hagar
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 February 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
hahah christ martin u_u
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 February 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
also then*
i haven't heard "young forever" and don't plan on it
I had avoided until now and was happier for it.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 February 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i've noticed it lurking in the charts and have been avoiding too - mr hudson sounds like an actual tramp
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 15 February 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tim F, Monday, February 15, 2010 2:08 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest
DOA duh
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
would love to hear that his singer is out of tune bcuz jay specifically refused to autotune in a bout of self flagellating rockism
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
no we will NOT autotune i don't care what he sounds like
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 16 February 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"young forever" is awful but there's at LEAST five worse songs on the album iirc!
― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah...i'm already starting to get pretty sick of "Onto The Next One," i guess anything that feels like a breath of fresh air in the context of Blueprint 3 would be a fart anywhere else
― the cold bieber open (some dude), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
and fuck that autotune cuz we OOOooooooon
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, January 4, 2010 12:05 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
every time i hear this part i think wow, whiney considers this a quotable 'hot line'
― the cold bieber open (some dude), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
i pretty much dig "on to the next one" tho
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
the only hot line in "on to the next one" -- "niggas want my old shit, buy my old albums" -- is undercut by the fact that it's spit on a song from the blueprint 3
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i would rapidshare them if i hadnt already bought them
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
kids want my old shit, .rar my old albums
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i give up. I love jay-z and even found a lot to like about blueprint 2 even though it has a lot of crap on it. but i flat out just don't like blueprint 3. lyrically it's...bad. even the production pales in comparison to the original, but I have not been able to finish this album since the first 3 listens.
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah...honestly this album makes Kingdom Come sound good
― dora the explaro (some dude), Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i even tried listening again on Friday after taking several months off to see if maybe itw as a "just wasn't in the mood for it at the time" but nope. the flow sucks, the lyrics suck. and yet it got fairly good reviews, which surprised me.
Even "Run This Town" is a bit neutered - kinda pop rap like T.I. (whom I like btw), but it would have been a lesser song on The Blueprint.
ohw ell, guess I'll stick with listening to Freeway and Tech N9ne...
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/19454.jpg
kings on set
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 1 July 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
big hat club
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 March 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
jay still plays young forever at his live shows, so embarrassing
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
I dunno if it's a staple of every tour, but last summer w/ Justin they closed with it as a dedication to Trayvon which was very oh fuck you're trying to make me feel bad about hating this song now
― The Greta Gerwig In The Sky (some dude), Thursday, 20 March 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
― The Reverend, Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:55 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha i made a big hat club joke about pharell on the grammys and some dude was the only one who said anything about it :)
― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 March 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
the other day i was listening to Shaq songs on YouTube and a one with an old school Jay guest spot came up and sometimes it's shocking now to hear old Jay, he was SO GOOD, like he fell off so incredibly hard
― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 March 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
not gonna deny dude got worse and the fact that RD/BP/Black Album are cited like they're his only dope albums '96-'03 is irritating but I always dug this the most out of post-retirement Jay. then again I haven't listened to it in forever
― nova, Friday, 21 March 2014 02:55 (ten years ago) link
the other day i was listening to Shaq songs on YouTube
Yo Shaq! Where ya at?I'M OVAH HERE
― Neanderthal, Friday, 21 March 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8BvC0PNpI
― slam dunk, Sunday, 23 March 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link