Blueprint 2.1

by

Jay-Z

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This album should have been the original Blueprint 2.

1. A Dream (Featuring Faith Evans & Notorious B.I.G.) - Thought there would be an unreleased Biggie verse but it's just the 1st verse from the classic cut "Juicy", but anyways it's a really good track with alright production. 4/5

2. Hovi Baby - Awesome song,with good production, check out the remix on the Dysfunktional Family Soundtrack. 5/5

3. Excuse Me Miss (Featuring Pharrell) - 2nd single way better than O3' Bonnie & Clyde. Cool video 4/5

4. 03' Bonnie & Clyde (Featuring Beyonce') - I wouldn't like it even if he didn't rip off 2Pac. I hate it. 1/5

5. Gun's & Rose's (Featuring Lenny Kravitz) - Good Rap/Rock track, I heard it was supposed to be the 3rd single, but I guess not. 4/5

6. The Watcher Part 2 (Featuring Dr. Dre, Rakim, & Truth Hurts) - One of the best songs on the album, almost as good as the original on Dr. Dre's Chronic 2001 album. 5/5

7. All Around The World (Featuring Latoiya Williams) - Alright track, with good production. Features Latoiya William's of Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Records. 3/5

8. Some How, Some Way (Featuring Beanie Sigel & Scarface) - Great album with an awesome verse from 'Face. 5/5

9. Meet The Parent's - Awesome storytelling track, one of my favorites. 5/5

10. Ni99a Please (Featuring Young Chis & Pharrell) - Good production from the Neptune's, with an ok verse & hook from Roc-A-Fella recording artist Young Chris. 4/5

11. Poppin' Tag's (Featuring Big Boi, Killer Mike, & Twista) - I love this song, fast rapping from Twista. Check out the remix with Ludacris, Big Boi, Killer Mike, & Twista in it. 5/5

12. The Bounce (Featuring Kanye West) - Impressive rapping debut from Kanye, also good production. 4/5

13. 2 Many Hoez (Featuring Memphis Bleek) - Good beat with average rapping. 3/5

14. What They Gonna Do Part 2 - I like the original a lot better. This is the same with a different beat and without Sean Paul.

*Bonus Track's

15. La La La (Excuse Me Miss Again) - 1st single off of this album, as well as The Bad Boy's 2 Soundtrack. Better than the original with production from the Neptune's. 5/5

16. Stop - Ok song produced by Swizz Beat's. 3/5

Watch out for the Black Album featuring 12 song's with 12 producer's that Jay-Z respects.

I'm definately a Jay-Z fan. I never thought I would give a Jigga album two stars. Don't get me wrong, if you didn't buy the first Blueprint 2 you definitely should buy this album. If Blueprint 2.1 came out first I would have given it 5 stars, but this is simply a repeat of B2. I was hoping the tracks would be remixes or something other than a repeat of B2. If you own a copy of B2, it makes absolutly no sence to buy this album, because you already have these songs except for the 2 bonus/ hidden tracks. Which could have been release separately on a maxi single. The bonus tracks are HOT, but you need to decide if it's worth buying the whole CD just for 2 new tracks.