Blueprint artwork wasnt 100% original.

[I.AM.PIFF]

Nas stans & Jay-z haters stay being mad as usual.

Nas & Jay moved on, do the same.

No ideas are original.

Says the Jigga warrior

 

[spliz]

What makes this an issue is that the cover got props from many people who thought it was an original work of Jay and his staff. Had they referenced a well known photo it would not be an issue because it would be clear that they borrowed the concept. Without giving credit to the original photo it comes off as stealing a concept and passing it off as their own.

It has nothing to do with originality at all really, just seemingly taking undue credit because it is a lesser known photo. How are people really trying to justify this? Regardless of whether someone is a Jay fan or hater, putting biases aside I'd think people would find this unacceptable.

basically...

 

[Harry B]

What makes this an issue is that the cover got props from many people who thought it was an original work of Jay and his staff. Had they referenced a well known photo it would not be an issue because it would be clear that they borrowed the concept. Without giving credit to the original photo it comes off as stealing a concept and passing it off as their own.

It has nothing to do with originality at all really, just seemingly taking undue credit because it is a lesser known photo. How are people really trying to justify this? Regardless of whether someone is a Jay fan or hater, putting biases aside I'd think people would find this unacceptable.

That's one way to put it, another way to put it is that jay never goes for the obvious but almost always the obscure when it comes to his lyrics, art etc.
For me the album cover is just a nice cover without knowing the story behind the original, but when I found out about the origins I thought it was super dope cause it was a gangster schooling students. And I drew the reference that Jay-z a hustler was schooling rappers. Just like 99 problems became an even doper song when you got the story behind it.

As far as the biting part, maybe the photo was a bit too incognito. I understand what you are saying about people giving props to Jay for something he didn't do. my problem here is that Jay does not take his own photos. He hires people to come up with shyt based on what Jay tells them, so in any event all his covers are "ghostwritten" by someone else.

 

[Gifted one]

 

[Mr210]

ok its an album cover

 

[Rice N Beans]

Doesn't surprise me, Jay's always been like that.

Can't stop him from being the sucker he is.

 

[McPiff]

Says the Jigga warrior

breh, how old are you.... 15?

check my posting history.


i'm a stan of logic and common sense.

 

[Jamaro85]

That's one way to put it, another way to put it is that jay never goes for the obvious but almost always the obscure when it comes to his lyrics, art etc.
For me the album cover is just a nice cover without knowing the story behind the original, but when I found out about the origins I thought it was super dope cause it was a gangster schooling students. And I drew the reference that Jay-z a hustler was schooling rappers. Just like 99 problems became an even doper song when you got the story behind it.

As far as the biting part, maybe the photo was a bit too incognito. I understand what you are saying about people giving props to Jay for something he didn't do. my problem here is that Jay does not take his own photos. He hires people to come up with shyt based on what Jay tells them, so in any event all his covers are "ghostwritten" by someone else.

I understand where you're coming from with your correlation in the first paragraph. I didn't understand what the cover was really; I initially thought he was heading a boardroom meeting with his colleagues. I'm not familiar of the story behind 99 Problems though, I'll have to look that up when I get to my laptop.

The photo was almost certainly unknown to hip-hop fans and I still think he should've given an acknowledgement in the liner notes or something. Fair enough though, your sentiments were well put.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

lmao @ the debates etc about a fukkin album cover.

 

[Non Sequitur]

That's one way to put it, another way to put it is that jay never goes for the obvious but almost always the obscure when it comes to his lyrics, art etc.
For me the album cover is just a nice cover without knowing the story behind the original, but when I found out about the origins I thought it was super dope cause it was a gangster schooling students. And I drew the reference that Jay-z a hustler was schooling rappers. Just like 99 problems became an even doper song when you got the story behind it.

As far as the biting part, maybe the photo was a bit too incognito. I understand what you are saying about people giving props to Jay for something he didn't do. my problem here is that Jay does not take his own photos. He hires people to come up with shyt based on what Jay tells them, so in any event all his covers are "ghostwritten" by someone else.

He could have just credited the guy

 

[Big Mel]

i was offended that he called his album 'Blueprint' to begin with. waaaay before Ether too.

 

[Griffith]

you made it a hot cover, i made it a hot album

 

[Big Mel]

i swear i don't really care about that album at all. i mean, it's not wack...i never play that shyt.


i like IWW more than Blueprint. There you go Nas stans.

 

[Omerta]

This doesn't affect my perception of the album at all. So I don't really care.

I mean it's a dikk move, but it doesn't surprise me at all. It's Jay-Z, there's always someone who's been shafted with everything he does.

Still a classic album.

 

[Big Mel]

classic my ass. people told you it was classic and you said yes. he wasn't even really beastin' the mic that hard on that album.


for all it's flaws In My Lifetime Vol. 1 has waaaaaaay better material than Blueprint.