Anticipation for Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 has been building for something like a year and a half now, since back when it was all just a very intriguing rumor. With the album’s release officially scheduled for this Sept. 11 — eight years to the day since the release of Jay’s original, epochal Blueprint — fans don’t have much longer to wait anymore. In fact, you can hear some of what Jay-Z’s been working on this very morning, now that he’s debuted his brand-new single “Run This Town” mere minutes ago. Guests on the tune include Kanye West and Rihanna, which would be a pretty stupendous lineup even if this wasn’t Rihanna’s first high-profile work in months. When you take that last fact into account, this is nothing less than a major event.
Head over to Jay-Z’s MySpace to hear “Run This Town,” then let us know: How do you like Hov’s latest? On a scale of one to ten blueprints, how psyched are you for The Blueprint 3?
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Photo credit: Jay-Z: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters/Landov
JAY-Z has done it again… REAL HIP HOP
Didn’t he “retire?” I’m so sick of celebrities saying that for publicity.
he “retired” in 2003 came back in 2006 and has released 2 albums since then and is about to release a third.
yall be on some old shit
oh the song was dope
HOT..
its about time!!..
some real music
Good vocals Rihanna….Classic Jay Z and KANYE is dope.
Yeah Kanye is a dope.
her vocals haven’t improved
Liking the song, liked Jay-Z and Kanye. Heavy
Meeeean song! (; LOVE IT! =P
RI ri was hot, Kanye was dope but jay was luke warm, nothing like the DOA or “you all are welcome” BARS he dropped…but Nice song still
That much power coming together and pulling it off… usually that much star power the result is luke warm. Definite bang with this one. JAY-still on top.
wow…that lyric is terrible and the music sounds like it was made by androids. love live rap!
I agree completely
May be your best post yet!!
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