The Blueprint 20 Year Aniversary Thread

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I remember it leaking on SOHH. Think it was end of August 2001 leak...classic & loved the vibe immediately. Made sure to get the album for real later on possibly through I think BMG music service.

I joined SOHH in 2001 cause I was googling Jay vs Nas beef and the forum popped up in the results, ha.
 

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I remember going to the record store on 9/11 to get this album. I musta ran Ruler's Back about 20 times before getting to Takeover. Then I remember getting stuck on Girls and playing that about 30 times. Then I got stuck on U Don't Know. Then going back between U Don't Know and Hola Hovito.

After all that, All I Need and Lyrical Exercise ended up being my favorite records :heh:
 
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Have the blue tinted CD cassette somewhere in my folks place. Haven’t played itcince this summer. That changes tomorrow
 

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Amidst the 9/11 tragedy, Jay-Z dropped one of his most classic albums.

It was later inducted into the National Recording Registry of The Library Of Congress as an aural treasure worthy of preservation because of it’s cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.

 
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H to the Izzo
Girls x3 (overplayed to infinity, beat would've been better used by Ghost tbh)
Jigga that nikka
Hola Hovito

4 skips out of 13 tracks.

hola hovito a for sure slap
shyt always get me active

Izzo is an automatic listen off “hov did that…” alone

girls 1 is tough… couldve done without 2 tho
 
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