Blog: State Magazine

On his eleventh album, the Jigga man returns to finish off the Blueprint trilogy that has served him so well, particularly with 2001's The Blueprint . Like most sequels though, The Blueprint 3 is an occasionally frustrating grand attempt to match its predecessors. No other rapper's stock is higher in 2009 than Jay-Z. No other rapper in history has managed to stay at the forefront of the genre's popularity or relevancy as long as Shawn Carter. I'd wager that your mother has at least heard a Jay-Z song. It's a long way from the [...]