To keep things interesting Jay-Z applies all his craftsmanship wordplay, allusions to his well-documented life, a new verbal cadence for every song until, in the best songs, a listener ends up rooting for this overdog. His worst problems in the new songs are envious rivals and naysayers, and the self-imposed pressure to keep moving “On to the Next One” (although that song insists it comes naturally). But with “What We Talkin’ About,” the opening song on “The Blueprint 3,” he rejects “fiction” to promise “fact”: no fantasies this time. On his 2007 album, “American Gangster,” he slipped in and out of an alter ego the drug dealer Frank Lucas for some street-level action.
On “The Blueprint 3” Jay-Z confronts anew what it is to be a mature rapper: rich, famous, respected, pushing 40. (The new Tuesday release also allows three more days of sales to report to the album charts.) 11, the eighth anniversary of the release of his first “Blueprint.” Then he moved it up to Tuesday, reportedly because of online leaks although he authorized free, full-album online previews via the Rhapsody subscription service and MTV.com’s “The Leak.” Jay-Z called himself “the most bootlegged artist in history,” which might surprise Bob Dylan or the Grateful Dead. He had enough clout to schedule the release of “The Blueprint 3” not on a Tuesday, when albums are usually released, but on Friday, Sept. In his songs Jay-Z has singlemindedly flaunted his executive ambitions and how they’ve paid off. Thousands of voices shouted in unison on one of his taglines: “I’m not a businessman I’m a business, man!”
He brought his full band that has barnstormed across arenas and European festivals, and even added a Beastie Boys song to his set. No problem: despite a flurry of last-minute recording sessions, deal making and promotion for his new album, “The Blueprint 3,” Jay-Z could wedge one more show into his schedule. The rapper explained that he has a new contract which will see his profits from his back catalog and the new album all being signed over to him by Kanye West.ON July 31 the rapper Jay-Z stood center stage at the All Points West festival in Jersey City, a gig he had taken just eight days earlier when the original headliner, the Beastie Boys, had to drop out because a member needed surgery. In the meantime, Pusha also disregarded speculations that he was planning to leave Kanye’s G.O.O.D.
The album is being produced by Kanye West and The Neptunes and set for release later in 2022. Meanwhile, Pusha T is heavily confident in his upcoming album and says, “there’s no album better than mine this year.” At the time, he had said that he had said he’ll work with Hov once he’s “totally satisfied” with his own verse. Pusha’s confirmation comes months after he previously appeared to deny that he had a Jay-Z collaboration coming on his new album. I send him shit ‘cause I know he gonna say shit that I just can’t say. The hosts suggest that Pusha “barbecue baked” Hov on the “Drug Dealers Anonymous” track, which led to him giving a little more detail about the upcoming track. “I don’t know if I was supposed to say that,” he added. “ something from my new album,’ he said when pressed for details on the third single.
Pusha T previously worked with Jay-Z on the Kanye West feature “So Appalled,” and later the 2016 track “Drug Dealers Anonymous.” By a slip of the tongue, Pusha inadvertently revealed the upcoming collab as he said he and Jay Z has three songs, a fact the podcast guests were quick to pick up on. While speaking with the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, the rapper disclosed that the latest Jay-Z song adds up to three songs he has so far with the ‘Reasonable Doubt’ rapper. Pusha T says there will be a surprise for fans on his upcoming album as Jay-Z is set to appear on a song for the new project.