September 9, 2023
Jay-Z Drops The Blueprint 3 Album – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Sept. 8, 2009: The Blueprint 3 was the last album in Jay-Z's Blueprint trilogy, which started with the classic The Blueprint in 2001, and then continued with The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse in 2002. On this day in 2009, the Brooklyn rhymer completed the triumvirate by dropping BP3 in retail stores everywhere.The Blueprint 3 is Jay-Z's 11th studio LP and it became his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, breaking the previous record with Elvis Presley. It sold 476,000 copies in its first week of release.The album is notable for "Empire State of Mind," his anthemic ode to his...