And that places a perception of value on what I’ve created. “With Beats Music and Rhapsody you have to pay for a premium package in order to access my albums. They keep running towards streaming, which is, for the most part, what has been shrinking the numbers of paid album sales. Everybody’s complaining about how music sales are shrinking, but nobody’s changing the way they’re doing things. I didn’t see that happening, perception-wise, when I put my music on Spotify. “ I think there should be an inherent value placed on art. The move was well-publicized and she talked to Time about why she decided to remove her music from Spotify: This is an interesting move, considering Taylor pulled all of her albums from Spotify late last year. Instead, all of Taylor’s albums will now be available on Jay Z’s new streaming service, TIDAL. 'Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise)' ġ5.Taylor and Jay Z didn’t record a song together. In 2010, Pitchfork Media ranked it number 5 on their The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s listġ4. In 2003, the album was ranked number 464 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The Blueprint received general acclaim from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 88/100 from Metacritic. The album received a perfect 'XXL' rating from XXL magazine, while The Source awarded The Blueprint a classic 5 mic rating. It was certified double platinum as sales stand at over two million units in the U.S. In spite of its release coinciding with the 9/11 attacks, The Blueprint sold over 426,000 copies in its opening week, becoming Jay-Z's fourth consecutive album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. At the time of its recording, Jay-Z was awaiting two criminal trials, one for gun possession and another for assault, and had become one of hip hop's most dissed artists, receiving insults from rappers such as Nas, Prodigy, and Jadakiss. Contrasting the radio-friendly sound of Jay-Z's previous work, The Blueprint features soul-based sampling and production handled primarily by Kanye West and Just Blaze. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2001 at Manhattan Center Studios and Baseline Studios in New York City. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. Producers: Jay-Z (exec.), Damon Dash (exec.), Kareem 'Biggs' Burke (exec.), Kanye West, Just Blaze, Bink, Timbaland, Eminem, Poke and Toneĭescription: The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released Septemon Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States.

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