2002: By the turn of the new millennium, Brooklyn rapper Jay Z had already begun his ascension from hip-hop to mainstream superstar and business man. His 2002 album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The ...

The problem with being on top, as Jay-Z would no doubt attest, is that there's nowhere to go but down. It's not surprising, then, that The Blueprint 2 has led many to claim that the rapper has ...

Jay-Z The Blueprint 2 — The Gift & The Curse (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) Jay-Z must be taking his status as the king of New York hip-hop for granted. On the follow-up to 2001’s critically acclaimed ...

There are holes in Jay Z's hefty catalog on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music among other streaming services. The hip-hop mogul's Blueprint series -- 2001's classic The Blueprint, 2002's The Blueprint ...

Both The Blueprint and The Blueprint 2 rank highly among Jay-Z's best albums.In fact, in different ways, both projects are ...

Jay-Z will on April 8 release "Blueprint 2.1," featuring highlights from last year's Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam double-CD set "The Blueprint 2: ...

The Blueprint 2 The CD cover of rapper Jay-Z’s latest album, “The Blueprint”. 26 November 2002. Photo: Getty Images Chris Walton/South China Morning Post.

This is Jay-Z’s 3rd ‘Blueprint’ titled release in as many years, and this time it’s an edited version of ‘The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse’. In an attempt to reclaim a bit of face he’s now ...

Now, at 55 years old, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has amassed a $2 billion fortune, proving that success doesn’t just happen, it’s built.From the Marcy Projects to the global stage, Jay’s story ...

Jay-Z : The Blueprint 2 : The Gift & The Curse ... ‘The Blueprint 2’ has state of the art club tracks, introspective ditties, violent face-offs and ghetto truths ripped from memory, ...

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 ...