Blueprint 2: Everything I stole to get
By Mr. Super Heavyweight Dec 15, 2002 | 2 out of 3 found this Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse review helpful
Being a rap fan, since way back in the early 80's, I've heard my share of rap music, good and bad. But this album.....I went and bought it on the first day it was released in stores and my my my.....this album sucked. It sucked so badly, I sold it ...for half of what I paid for it so I could buy somebody else's music. What's wrong with this album? Well first of all, there is nothing wrong with remaking a song, but this whole album was full of other people's lyrics that I've heard in the past. I mean damn! It was so many lines from other people that I heard Jay-Z saying that it made me upset. To all the young people that aren't even in their 20's or in their early 20’s thinking Jay-Z is hot, I hate to burst your bubble, but his last two albums have been full of other people's lyrics he's taken. On the first Blueprint, it had other people's lyrics that he had taken also, but I will give credit where it's due, it was a hot album. But you should know when your favorite artist has made horrible music and if this is all the rap that you listen to, then you're making an idiot out of yourself thinking this is all original or Jay-Z is the best. It doesn't hurt to use someone else's beat or maybe even someone else’s lines occasionally, but this album? Damn! It should have been named: Blueprint 2: All The Damn Lines I Stole From Everybody Else To Get Paid. As far as the Nas and Jay-Z beef goes, I'm not going to get into too much detail about how it started and what’s what, because you can go to any website and read that. But Nas is the clearly the better rapper. I find that most people that don't like Nas have never even listened to the man. They listen to Jay-Z because he is commercial and it gets played on the radio all the time. Nas has his "Street Hop" which is a direct link to rap's roots from the beginning. For everyone that doesn't like Nas, just do this much. Get any CD he's made and pop it in. His flows are original and he has solid, tight beats. True rap fans know in the beginning, rap wasn’t mainstream at all and the best stuff is always never mainstream. A lot of times, in the beginning, rap music was played on AM stations at night. Rap music is much more respected when you’re original and you put down your own piece of the game. Rapping about how much money you have or making songs with your nickname in the title is cool for a “quick minute.” After that, it’s old and you need to move on to something else. I’m in no way saying that Jay-Z is a bad rapper by any means because he’s put down some hot stuff in the past, but some things need to be analyzed and changed. My advice: Let 2Pac and Biggie rest. (Meaning stop using their names, lines, lyrics and songs.) Stop using other rapper’s lyrics that the younger generation may not know about. And last, but definitely not least, please stop saying you’re the greatest rapper of all time and let the people crown the greatest rapper. You have ORIGINAL rappers like 2Pac, Biggie, Ice Cube, Scarface, KRS-One, Rakim, Too $hort (14 albums) and LL Cool J (10 albums) and you want to say you’re the greatest? Come on now, let’s be serious. If I ever do buy another Jay-Z album, I will make sure it’s a three dollar bootleg copy before I go spending my hard earned money at the record store to hear this guy use other people’s stuff for an entire album, then turn around and say he’s as good as 2Pac or Big. Read more Less
