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My favorite song from that album
Happy 20th (and RIP) though brehs
The Blueprint 20 Year Aniversary Thread
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My favorite song from that album
Happy 20th (and RIP) though brehs
Random, but the Xbox that was out at the time had a racing game Project Gotham Racing and I used to race to the whole album but this song specifically all the time
I think that was the system or game where you could load ya own music 
This album in real time low key got our country through a national tragedy.
The return to soulful sonic mood of the production on the album and singles at the time where the prior 2 to 3 years were largley dominated by non sample based music from Pharell Mannie Fresh and Swizz.
The return to soulful sonic mood of the production on the album and singles at the time where the prior 2 to 3 years were largley dominated by non sample based music from Pharell Mannie Fresh and Swizz.
Takeover felt like it was a form of music that we really never heard before at least in relative recent memory for 2001.
Yeah Rock elements may have been incorporated with Run DMC in the Stone Ages of Rap.
But I dunno that type of Classical Rock elements was a new way to diss a rapper.
And to do it on the first song of the album one of the biggest Rappers in the world.
I mean at the time in 2001 98% of the Rap listeners born after 1980 weren't familiar with The Doors catalogue and maybe vaguely familiar with the name.
You gotta wonder if that took away from Takeover it being released coincidentally on the day of the biggest Terrorist attack
Yeah Rock elements may have been incorporated with Run DMC in the Stone Ages of Rap.
But I dunno that type of Classical Rock elements was a new way to diss a rapper.
And to do it on the first song of the album one of the biggest Rappers in the world.
I mean at the time in 2001 98% of the Rap listeners born after 1980 weren't familiar with The Doors catalogue and maybe vaguely familiar with the name.
You gotta wonder if that took away from Takeover it being released coincidentally on the day of the biggest Terrorist attack
Jay-Z Number One Again Rolling Stones piece from 9/19/2001
These days, there is no safer bet for a Number One debut. Jay-Z’s sixth album (in a mere five years), The Blueprint, seemed to suffer no ill effects from a frequently shifting release date, which rather than moving further and further away, took leaps and bounds towards the present until it seemed to suddenly materialize record stores. Fans were unfazed and unconfused, as The Blueprint sold 426,550 copies in its first week, according to SoundScan, making the album Jigga’s fourth consecutive Number One debut.
The Blueprint‘s stats are down fairly significantly from the MC’s previous offering, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, but such oscillations seem commonplace in Jay-Z’s career. Following the slow burn of success with 1996’s Reasonable Doubt and 1997’s In My Lifetime: Vol. 1, Jay-Z’s sales have been consistently strong, the individual magnitude of each hinging on the strength of that individual album’s singles. Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life scanned 352,000 copies in its first week back in September 1998, but the success of the title track gave the album a rare sales weight for the hip-hop genre, allowing it multiple weeks at Number One, with a sales spike during its first month of release as opposed to the obligatory drops. A businessman as much as rapper, Jay-Z struck while the proverbial iron was hot, returning just over a year later with Vol. 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter, an album which came with the buzz of an anticipated 1 million first week debut. It fell way short, scanning 426,000 copies. A little sales history would suggest over-saturation and artist fatigue. Yet, ten months later, The Dynasty shot to Number One with sales just shy of 560,000
These days, there is no safer bet for a Number One debut. Jay-Z’s sixth album (in a mere five years), The Blueprint, seemed to suffer no ill effects from a frequently shifting release date, which rather than moving further and further away, took leaps and bounds towards the present until it seemed to suddenly materialize record stores. Fans were unfazed and unconfused, as The Blueprint sold 426,550 copies in its first week, according to SoundScan, making the album Jigga’s fourth consecutive Number One debut.
The Blueprint‘s stats are down fairly significantly from the MC’s previous offering, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, but such oscillations seem commonplace in Jay-Z’s career. Following the slow burn of success with 1996’s Reasonable Doubt and 1997’s In My Lifetime: Vol. 1, Jay-Z’s sales have been consistently strong, the individual magnitude of each hinging on the strength of that individual album’s singles. Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life scanned 352,000 copies in its first week back in September 1998, but the success of the title track gave the album a rare sales weight for the hip-hop genre, allowing it multiple weeks at Number One, with a sales spike during its first month of release as opposed to the obligatory drops. A businessman as much as rapper, Jay-Z struck while the proverbial iron was hot, returning just over a year later with Vol. 3: The Life and Times of S. Carter, an album which came with the buzz of an anticipated 1 million first week debut. It fell way short, scanning 426,000 copies. A little sales history would suggest over-saturation and artist fatigue. Yet, ten months later, The Dynasty shot to Number One with sales just shy of 560,000
Kanye came through and crushed the buildings from a production stand point, along with Just Blaze
TAKEOVER WAS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT
AND SOMETHING IVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.
I WAS MINDBLOWN THAT
HE USED THAT BEAT TO MAKE
A DISS RECORD.
THAT ALBUM WAS GROUND BREAKING.
YEA WE HEARD SOUL SAMPLES BEFORE
BUT NOT IN THAT MANNER.
AND SOMETHING IVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.
I WAS MINDBLOWN THAT
HE USED THAT BEAT TO MAKE
A DISS RECORD.
THAT ALBUM WAS GROUND BREAKING.
YEA WE HEARD SOUL SAMPLES BEFORE
BUT NOT IN THAT MANNER.
