Jay-Z Shelves Blueprint 3 Indefinitely

by Thomas on April 1, 2009 · 71 comments

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Looks like Jay-Z’s long awaited Blueprint 3 may never see the light of day. In a recent interview with MTV, Jay seems to have had enough of Kanye West and his over sized ego. The two superstars are currently not speaking and haven’t spoke since this past weekend when an argument sparked in the studio.

Jay was quoted as saying, “Blueprint 3 is over. It’s never coming out. Kanye wanted to take it in another direction and that just ain’t me.”

Apparently, Jay and Kanye were in the studio over the weekend laying down the final masters for the album. They were planning on releasing it on September 11, eight years after the original Blueprint came out.

According to eye witnesses, Kanye tried applying autotune to the whole album without Jay’s consent. When Jay found out, he confronted Kanye who let his ego get the better of him and told Jay that Blueprint 3 will be nothing without him and if he wants to use autotune, then he’ll use autotune.

Jay told MTV, “Kanye and I are through. It hurts me to say it; he was like my baby brother. But he’s gotten too big. He doesn’t respect me like I deserve to be respected.”

Jay continued to say that he will quickly return to the studio with Just Blaze to work on Kingdom Come 2.

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1 verses April 1, 2009 at 9:05 am

aprils fools. good one

2 One Mic April 1, 2009 at 9:36 am

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

3 One Mic April 1, 2009 at 9:36 am

As if!

4 Dom Corleone April 1, 2009 at 9:43 am

… I really REALLY hope this is a joke. If not, dayum. Jay should just get Just Blaze to do the whole LP, it can still be extra dope even without Kanye.

5 Phil April 1, 2009 at 9:44 am

Nice one.

6 dar April 1, 2009 at 9:49 am

nice try.

7 soundhead April 1, 2009 at 10:29 am

Is this a joke?
I hope not, cause Kanye is a fuckin sellout in my eyes…
He used 2 be good, but now…shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

8 Myke_Wayne April 1, 2009 at 10:32 am

def April Fools Joke

9 DJ Wax On April 1, 2009 at 10:32 am

Either way, i’d rather hear a Blaze/Jigga album than a Yeezy/Jigga album to be fair…

10 Prof.Shucks April 1, 2009 at 10:35 am

New Fox show, “When Egos Attack!”

11 Marcha April 1, 2009 at 10:38 am

“Jay continued to say that he will quickly return to the studio with Just Blaze to work on Kingdom Come 2.”
lmao.

12 OH JEEZ April 1, 2009 at 10:50 am

I REALLY HOPE KANYE KISSES ASS. GO MAKE A BIG BROTHER 2 OR SOME SHIT… THIS STUPID GUY W/HIS FCKN AUTO TUNE… THAT SHIT IS PLAYED OUT…. ITS BORIN ALREADY LET IT GO! AND KINGDOM COME 2 COME ON THAT ALBUM WAS MEDIOCRE DON’T NAME IT THAT PLEAAAAAAAASE! NOW AN ALL JUST BLAZE ALBUM WOULD BE FIRE THOUGH… STUPID FUCKIN KANYE…. SMACK HIM BACK DOWN TO EARTH JAY!

13 Cenzo April 1, 2009 at 11:13 am

kanye tryin to transform jigga into a homo?

at least jay z is keepin it real and not changin his style for gayne west.

or is this post a joke? mhh…

14 Medium April 1, 2009 at 11:14 am

lmao I hope this is an april fools joke but, if this is true than Kanye is no longer my mentor. kingdom come 2 lmao come on!

15 embark April 1, 2009 at 11:20 am

“Jay continued to say that he will quickly return to the studio with Just Blaze to work on Kingdom Come 2.”
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight :/

16 Jon April 1, 2009 at 11:28 am

April Fool for sure!

17 J. Rizzle April 1, 2009 at 11:36 am

I agree with everyone else ..it’s an April Fools joke

18 m easy April 1, 2009 at 11:51 am

HAHA “kingdom come 2″ is a dead give away

19 DJ Wigs April 1, 2009 at 11:56 am

Yo! Most def a April Fool’s Joke. September 11th is on a Friday this year. As we all know, new albums drop on Tuesdays.

I gotta admit though, they had me going for a hot minute. Until I saw Kingdom Come 2! LMAO!!

20 Tommylux April 1, 2009 at 12:00 pm

I wouldn’t be surprised if this was real and not an April joke. It’s no news that Kanye’s ego has gotten inflated and that he’s taken a strong liking for electro music (see his last album). Also, to give you an example of how insane the man seems to be, he was recently quoted as suggesting that the reason he gave up emceeing was because he wanted to become one of those eternal stars you’ll find on black-and-white posters, like Marvin Gaye. I was never convinved of the man’s rappin skills and now him singing like Marvin? Please!

21 tee max April 1, 2009 at 12:27 pm

april fools for REAL!!!

22 Chris April 1, 2009 at 12:40 pm

The dialogue sounds too scripted to be real anyway. Nice joke though….I hope.
Peace

23 SOC4L April 1, 2009 at 3:07 pm

TBH i could care less about blueprint 3

24 AD April 1, 2009 at 3:32 pm

man I’m sick of Kanye West and his autotune shit, he has changed, now is not the rapper that had his prodigious adventures institute is a great artist but never will be the”number one”, with that mentality” gay fan fashion.” Jay-Z is intelligent and not be influenced by kanye, but I’m hoping that Blueprint 3 ¡¡¡¡

25 TS April 1, 2009 at 3:59 pm

this is hilarious

26 Freddie C April 1, 2009 at 4:06 pm

jokes and jokes and jokes

gotta be april fool’s lol

27 Will Shake April 1, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Woulda been pretty covincin if not for these red lights:
* tried applying autotune to the whole album without Jay’s consent
* no links
* the mere idea of Jay-Z not able to work with someone wit an ego
* the calendar at the edge of my screen

Basically its convincing only to someone who’s completely oblivious of the relationship between the two. Obviously I don’t know either of them like that but, nah its way too dramatized. Ah well, now that that’s out of the way, let’s see how many views/comments it gets.

28 Cshmere April 1, 2009 at 4:11 pm

Eh, kinda funny.

29 Young K April 1, 2009 at 6:19 pm

fuck u kanye

30 nofrillz April 1, 2009 at 6:55 pm

haha april fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

31 Thomas April 1, 2009 at 7:04 pm

April Fools! I hope all know this. Can’t take credit for this. This was Kev’s idea….a good one I see.

32 Psymun April 1, 2009 at 8:59 pm

good one! haha i was scared. nice picture thomas!

33 Thomas April 1, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Glad you like Psymun…..Kev does all of the pictures on the site.

34 Jason April 1, 2009 at 9:07 pm

maaan i guess you guys know which album everyone is most looking fwd to!!
being from australia, april 1 was yesterday…so this is kinda delayed
but yeah – the headline had me going, but auto-tuning was the deal breaker for me haha

man i love reading these i hate ye comments tho! :)

35 Thomas April 1, 2009 at 9:20 pm

All of the dope stuff we have on the site today (and earlier this week) this gets the most views. Either people really HATE Kanye or people are waiting for that BP3 (I am).

Just goes to show Jay is still relevant in todays game.

36 Wez April 1, 2009 at 9:21 pm

Man i hate Kanye west, with a passion…and when i say hate, i mean hate! I respect his musical ear and his abilites as a producer….no questioning that. But c’mon man?? Kanye west is nuthin but a spoilt little bitch. Who needs to be stepped down a peg or too. Theres plenty of other better producers (mainstream/ Undeground) out there then kanye west. Im sick of his popp-y bullshit music and his fat metal chin. Now hes pickin fights wit jay?? Punk.

37 Thomas April 1, 2009 at 9:26 pm

@Wez

LMFAO. Fam this is an APRIL FOOLS JOKE. This is NOT true. Damn I thought I was a Jay stan. LOL.

38 Wez April 1, 2009 at 11:26 pm

HAHAH Love it! U GOT ME!!!
BUT I STILL HATE KANYE WEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

39 eLPTrax April 2, 2009 at 12:00 am

yall had me going for 30 seconds!

40 Wez April 2, 2009 at 12:03 am

@ THomas

Man, you just about had a brother crying when i read that! haha

41 Thomas April 2, 2009 at 12:11 am

I can’t take credit for this April Fools joke. This was Kev’s idea….and a good one.

42 Vatkeezy April 2, 2009 at 12:11 am

Hilarious, you had me for a minute until the autotune shit! Well done.

43 You Dont Have To Love Me April 2, 2009 at 2:03 am

Damn, y’all had be seriously pissed at the industry for a minute. alright, now i can smoke in peace…

44 Sean Deez April 2, 2009 at 3:20 am

lol at some of the serious responses. AD sounds like a Hip Hop DX commenter

45 44th April 2, 2009 at 8:47 am

Straight up FUck Kanye the guy is a little Rap homo who thinks he’s fucken elvis. Flat out he never made a classic album and never will. If he left the game for 5 years guranteed his shit wouldn’t be played. Jay z , big, nas, Dre, gangstarr, tribe all that shit still plays yerars after there albums have been released.

46 Dr. MaD April 2, 2009 at 2:31 pm

I hate auto-tune

47 Lil Ish April 2, 2009 at 9:06 pm

college dropout wasn’t a classic?

ok then

48 Victor April 3, 2009 at 11:52 am

college dropout was a definite classic for me and late registration was a near miss. Kanye used to be a likeable guy but between his 2nd and 3rd album dudes ego inflated beyond a healthy level. Still jokes prank, BP3 best be dope, it should be with NO ID helping out behind the board. I still hope for some Just blaze and timbo on there though…

49 44th April 3, 2009 at 12:10 pm

If your tru hip hop fan you would realize that College Dropout was far from a classic. Compare that to illmatic, chronic, Moment of truth, reasonable doubt. Those arent even close to comparable dog. If your talkin bout Classics from the water down popped out Jiggy era which is after 2001 sure. Undeground shit like Afu Ra Body life force is more classical then Kanye’s garbage albums. I bet all u Kanye DIck ryders think that Wayne is the illest MC LOL fucken joke!

50 Victor April 3, 2009 at 12:41 pm

Nah i dont rate wayne highly at all. Its far too easy to simply compare one album to another, especially something like college dropout which was so recent. Besides that how you gonna assume shit like that when im posting at this website right now? I love all them albums and many more but that dont immediately mean i think Kanye’s wack KMT

Why was college dropout a classic? Kanye perfected his soul production craft for me and if you cant at least give dude that i think your hating on a next level! Two Words wasn’t classic? Get Em High? Through The Wire? All Falls Down? Family Business?? College dropout defo wasn’t a watered down album. Even if you hate dude you gotta respect his craft.

51 Lil Ish April 3, 2009 at 4:08 pm

@ 44th
college dropout is not better than all those albums but in my opinion it is one of the greatest hip hop albums i have ever listened to. you can tell that Kanye was inspired by RZA and Marley Marl with those high pitched soul samples. He used his inspitrations and made a totally new style of production and that was evident in college dropout. Then his lyrics had originality and deepness and his songs were well put together. All of what i said is why i think it is a classic

52 Cast TROY April 4, 2009 at 2:55 pm

Jay-Z AND Kanye need to get off that lil high horse…. I mean, yeah, Jay is one of the best…. but so is Kanye West…. Not sayin he’s anywhere NEAR the level that Dilla, Preemo,Pete Rock, or Rick Rubin, but the kid IS nice…. If Jigga is tryna recapture the feel of the original Blueprint then, yeah, he DOES need Kanye West…. But he doesn’t need Yeezy, he needs the Louis Vutton Don, the same humble-ass nigga that brought him “Lucifer” and “Izzo”… All this “Culture Club, Toto, Stepping Out, guitar-wit-the-keyboard-on-it” bullshit ‘Ye droppin is gettin old now…. That’s why the 80s is referred to a the most confusing, fucked-up decade… oh, yeah… Kanye, if you ever read this, GET OFF T-PAIN’S BOZACK!!!!!
I’m out this bitch….
320

53 GeeTee April 4, 2009 at 3:36 pm

Wow I can’t believe all the hate towards Kanye on these comments. Yeezy is running rap right now whether we like it or not, him and Weezy. I trust Kanye though, he really puts his heart into everything that bears his name on it. That Blueprint 3 needs to drop ASAP, there hasn’t been any albums on repeat on my deck since Untitled (Nas). Common disappointed and so did Luda, well I did bump the Recession for a hot minute and the new DOOM is pretty good.

54 GeeTee April 4, 2009 at 3:42 pm

@ Victor
Graduation crushes College Dropout and Late Registration. I love them all BTW. College Dropout felt way too poppy for my liking, Jesus Walks? All Falls Down? New Workout Plan? Slow Jamz?

55 ScatterBrain April 4, 2009 at 3:51 pm

LOL… this has to be a joke. Kanye knows not to fuck with Jay.

56 AinHD April 5, 2009 at 10:56 pm

I wish my gullible ass read this on April 1st. Hilarious guys!

57 NBrace April 12, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Better be a joke.. but it doesn’t matter whether or not Kanye and Jay-Z don’t make Blueprint 3.. what ever Jay-Z puts out will still be Hot!

58 NBrace April 12, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Ma… as I read this my heart sank! Good thing it’s a joke lol

59 Kevin April 12, 2009 at 8:21 pm

lol I can’t believe this post is getting so many reads 12 days later…. lol

60 Thomas April 12, 2009 at 8:33 pm

Goes to show that at least in the eyes of our readers Jay and Ye are still relevant.

61 raziel April 17, 2009 at 8:12 am

kanye has been actin up lately.i dont know if he just wants feel important with all this bad publicity he’s been havin. 1st he said sometime ago that he wanted to leave rap for fashion design and then this bullshit and others too numerous…WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS DUDE?…He should know betta not to fuck with jigga,…i feel if kanye produces the whole blueprint 3 album its gonna sound somehow mediocre…well his beats are anyway!…and kanye isnt the best producer around so why cant he just carry the damn thing to another producer for help…he shouldnt bitch about it! blueprint 3 would still rock without that cry baby..nuff said

62 Kevin April 17, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Dude, this was an April Fool’s joke.

63 Thomas April 17, 2009 at 1:06 pm

LOL

64 Missy April 21, 2009 at 3:36 pm

Kanye needs to get over himself.. yes he’s talented I give him that but Jay is a legend and he should respect his talent for his talent… not wtf kanye think it should be… There is no fitted big enuff for Kanye’s head!!!

65 Missy April 21, 2009 at 3:38 pm

Joke or not… Kanye’s head is still to BIG!!!

66 TAC April 22, 2009 at 2:31 am

I hope Kanye apologizes, so they can move on. Im looking forward to this album. Jay-Z is way to big for Kanye to do something like that. Come on!

67 Vatkeezy April 22, 2009 at 11:57 am

LOL at people continuing to comment like this is true.

68 Cabes April 26, 2009 at 2:26 am

Abril 1st! Lie day

69 Sean Deez May 27, 2009 at 3:39 am

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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