whoooooooooo boy

http://nahright.com/news/2008/08/07/video-kanye-west-brings-out-jay-z/

that bloke from oasis said i couldn't play guitar
somebody should have told him im a fuckin rock starrrrr
todaaaaay is gonna be the day that im gonna throw it back to youuuuuuuuu


that beat is sick

8/7/2008 11:00:03 AM

jeez nobody else excited?

JOCKIN JAY-Z

8/7/2008 4:19:59 PM

fuck noel gallagher

8/7/2008 4:59:37 PM

that shit is nice

8/7/2008 5:07:52 PM

BLUEPRINT 3 from kwest on Vimeo.

8/7/2008 5:17:55 PM

yall like this?

8/7/2008 5:21:01 PM

I wanna hear the studio version

8/7/2008 9:40:12 PM

I thought American Gangster was one of the best hip-hop albums in recent memory, I hope on everything that this shit doesn't flop like Kingdom Come.

8/8/2008 12:59:26 AM

MUST HAVE

8/8/2008 2:08:06 AM

If he's putting the name Blueprint in it then it definately better not flop. That short snippet alone was better than Kingdom Come tho

8/8/2008 9:50:05 AM

http://www.imeem.com/pitchforkmedia/music/EESPtWKO/jayz_jockin_jayz/?d=1

full song mp3 stream

don't know how long it'll be up though

[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 1:21 PM. Reason : better link]

8/12/2008 1:06:03 PM

love it if it all sounds like that one did

so glad Kanye is back to doin beats for OTHER people



sounds a little like 99 problems tho

[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 1:34 PM. Reason : f]

8/12/2008 1:10:42 PM

heres another site with the studio version. I doubt it will be taken down off of this one

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.5457/title.jay-z-jockin-jay-z

I like the run-dmc vibe with the song

[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/12/2008 1:48:59 PM

i'm not really feeling that beat

8/12/2008 2:03:54 PM

i'm fine to never hear that song again

8/12/2008 5:29:52 PM

apparently the entire album is leaked to the internets



[Edited on August 31, 2009 at 10:48 AM. Reason : apparently it's a staged leak. http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/134745991]

8/31/2009 10:28:56 AM

yeah the album leaked early this morning.


it's ok... it's definitely not a jay z classic, but it's still enjoyable... people are hating hard on it though because it's not up to par with the other blue print albums....


i love alicia keys on the hook of "empire state of mind"

8/31/2009 11:29:24 AM

Seent him on Bill Maher the other night...wanted to smack him everytime he laughed

8/31/2009 11:42:46 AM

post a link homos. its not on mininova and the google links i've tried have said they were added like 30 days ago

8/31/2009 11:53:54 AM

empire state of mind with alicia keys is a winner, love her on the hook

and YOUNG FOREVER i'm really feelin too. The bob dylan sample on the hook is a winner.. it's not bob dylan singing, but i thought that "forever young"was a bob dylan song, but i think it was "covered" by someone else, who knows though... either way its really mellow and relaxing

8/31/2009 12:10:40 PM

Half way through and i really like it. good job so far

8/31/2009 4:56:14 PM

Forever young is that shit. great song. i really like what Mr. Hudson does.

8/31/2009 4:59:44 PM

Empire State of Mind huh? That song title is about as original as the album title

8/31/2009 5:27:28 PM

I am enjoying D.O.A. (Death of Autotune) quite a bit.

8/31/2009 5:34:41 PM

I hope you didn't just hear D.O.A.

Also, empire state of mind is that hot fiyah. Could Swizz please make a beat that doesnt sound like every other one of his? good lord that is one unoriginal motherfucker!

8/31/2009 6:18:29 PM

I did just hear DOA as a matter of fact. I don't generally listen to hip-hop/rap anymore. Not a knock on the genre, just something that passes me by generally.

8/31/2009 6:25:24 PM

that swizz beat is wild as fuck


love the album so far

9/1/2009 1:31:11 AM

Just listened through and I must say that this album is impressive. I usually hate new music but I instantly liked this album. I can see it being one of those albums you can just put in and listen to all the way through. gg jigga.

Highlights:
Empire State of Mind
Thank You
Real As It Gets
So Ambitious
On To The Next One

Quote :

"people are hating hard on it though because it's not up to par with the other blue print albums...."

this album destroys the blueprint 2

[Edited on September 1, 2009 at 1:58 AM. Reason : quote]

9/1/2009 1:55:37 AM

^ agree, it's better than 2, but not by too much. some GREAT songs (what we talkin bout, DOA, empire state of mind, real as it gets), but there are also some real misses to:

hate
venus vs. mars
reminder (which i, i believe, is one of his worst songs ever)
young forever (liked it ok the first time i listened, thought it was meh the second, by the third listen i was like "oh this is bad" - maybe it will grow on me, i dunno)

overall, better than Kingdom Come, so worth getting...

9/1/2009 11:21:42 AM

i thought Venus vs Mars was sick the first time I heard it. A friend said the same thing about that track. What is it about it you don't like? He is showing the difference in men and women which I think is a cool concept.

Quote :

"Shorty like Pac Me, Big Poppa She screamin "hit em up" I'm screamin "who shot ya" Me, I'm from the apple which means that I'm a Mac She's a PC she lives in my lap shorty like pepsi me, I'm the coke man body like a coke bottle crush it like a coke can thought shorty was the truth found out she was cheater we was supposed to takeover but I caught her bumpin ether I thought shorty liked Mike Found out she like Prince Thought she was Adrian It's been Rocky ever since in the salt and pepper 'bach shorty like to front the bonnie to my clyde both ridin shotgun both covered in gold like C3PO"

The last verse in "Already home" is great. He uses "already" in every line.

I seem to have a much better impression of this album that most people.

[Edited on September 1, 2009 at 11:54 AM. Reason : venus vs mars lyrics]

9/1/2009 11:32:47 AM

^ i dunno, those lyrics don't really do it for me. especially over a lazy timbaland beat. not saying it's like a gucci mane song or anything, it just doesn't seem up to par for jay-z. but to each his/her own!

9/1/2009 1:33:10 PM

i love "thank you" and the track featuring kanye and with kanye showing timbaland how to properly do a timbaland beat

also i was really surprised by the swizz beats track.

also like how he did some experimentation with his flow that actually works for once across the album

9/1/2009 1:38:11 PM

the wordplay in Venus vs. Mars is ridiculous!

9/1/2009 2:54:48 PM

its a 7/10 for me

but thats because i mostly hate timbo beats

i feel like this is maybe the album he was aiming for when he made kingdom come

[Edited on September 1, 2009 at 3:12 PM. Reason : also i think im like the only person who ended up liking jockin' jay-z]

9/1/2009 3:11:10 PM

I want to know why this thing sounds like a shitty mixtape and not an album. lotta whack beats

9/1/2009 3:36:57 PM

i'm enjoyin the shit outta this album

9/1/2009 8:05:28 PM

4/10

weak beats, gimme a break

9/1/2009 8:34:37 PM

how can you say that?

the beats are fucking class on this album

9/1/2009 9:32:41 PM

IT'S THE ROC!

9/1/2009 9:45:39 PM

rofl some of these lyrics posted are ridiculous, did some 5 yr old scribble down a poem or something?

9/1/2009 10:40:27 PM

^please give an example of these weak lyrics you speak of

9/1/2009 10:55:43 PM

Me, I'm from the apple
which means that I'm a Mac
She's a PC
she lives in my lap

shorty like pepsi
me, I'm the coke man
body like a coke bottle
crush it like a coke can

9/1/2009 11:08:46 PM

and those are weak.... how?? do you understand rap music? or wordplay?

9/1/2009 11:19:01 PM

that is pretty awful

9/1/2009 11:53:47 PM

RAWR RAWR RAWR I DONT LIKE JAY Z HIS BEATS AND LYRICS ARE WEAK RAWR

then gtfo

stop trolling/hijacking our thread

9/2/2009 12:01:12 AM

^^again, explain how it's awful

9/2/2009 12:11:03 AM

i heard DOA on the radio the other day.

9/2/2009 12:31:41 AM

Quote :

"RAWR RAWR RAWR I DONT LIKE JAY Z HIS BEATS AND LYRICS ARE WEAK RAWR then gtfo stop trolling/hijacking our thread"

no problem...just tell Jay to stop hijacking KRS album names and Nas song title concepts

9/2/2009 12:35:52 AM

Quote :

"no problem...just tell Jay to stop hijacking KRS album names and Nas song title concepts"

You think Nas came up with that?

lol

[Edited on September 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM. Reason : ^]

9/2/2009 12:41:56 AM

in the hip hop genre? yes

its one thing to "bite" / sample some old billy joel shit (or some marvin gaye, al green, etc)

its a whole nother shit to bite some hip hop shit in the same era

[Edited on September 2, 2009 at 12:50 AM. Reason : .]

9/2/2009 12:50:04 AM