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The Blueprint 2 The Gift & The Curse [Explicit] Reviews

This was back in 2002 and Jay-Z has stepped up his game a bit since then, but I'm still not impressed on a whole. I remember Excuse Me Miss, B&C '03 Bonnie & Clyde and that's IT. I'd have to take back my word a little. Other Art:. Vocals: C-.

I'm just glad he improved with all future releases without fail. Length: C+. Production: C+. But this one's a mess. I hated Jay-Z after this album. Songwriting: D-. Overall: D- Vocal Acrobatics: N/A.

Vocal Emotion: F+. 2 stars. Good thing The Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2000 wasn't after this. To think I wanted to spend 17 bucks on this was pure craziness. I can't believe J fell off with this one.

Cover Art: C. I mean it was so direction-less and empty. I don't to this day, but back then I was more than sorely disappointed with this mess. The Black Album was decent stuff (Change Clothes, Allure, Encore and 99 Problems (the latter two being the biggest highlights).

Nonetheless this is a great album and a cd every rap fan should own. I don't question Jay-z's buisness moves very often but this is a situation where I don't see the logic. I don't know why he release this then released the Blueprint 2.1 with a few songs from both CDs of the Blueprint 2. He would have sold more if he released the Blueprint 2.1 first, then 6-8 months later released this album. This was a great album but in my opinion he should have released the Blueprint 2.1 before this, then when he released this it could have been Blueprint 2: extended edition or something among those lines.

The first Blueprint was layered in soulful samples and bangin beats. Too many ambitious songs and not enough hits. Plainly put. Jay went for a more worldly sound on BP2 and threw a lot of fans for a loop.

Almost a year after "The Blueprint 1" Jay decided to throw a double disc of his material and make it the sequel called "Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse". I say the best one was "What They Gonna Do 2" with is good as the first. He shows the lyrical and bragging side of him on the last track "I Did It My Way". Overall: C+. Afterward we get the entire Roc-A-Fella cloab with "As One". If you were expecting a sequel to "The Blueprint 1", you're in for a dissapointment. Guest Appearances: C. The Gift: (8 out of 10- -4 stars).

Peace Everyone. "Excuse Me Miss" was the second single of the album and was another great song for the maturing Jay. Guest Appearances: B+. "Somehow, Someway" is good with Beanie Siegal and Scarface. Production: B-. Some songs I find Jay to be at his worst, as if he just threw lines together aimlessly, like on the first verse on "Guns & Roses".

"Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse" could have been an excellent follow up to the predecessor, but didn't exactly, This CD had mass amounts of filler tracks and not enough material of what was expected from Jay-Z. Lyrics: B. That is usually the case when it comes to double discs, some empty sounding tracks to fill it up, and that was what Jay had on this album. Sort of reminds me of "This Can't Be Life" from the Dynasty album with the Kanye West beat. The second CD "The Curse" has most of the skip material.

Dre and Rakim is an excellent track to me. Musical Vibes: B. The bonus tracks are solid. The Curse: (6 out of 10- -3 stars). If I had to pick between the two CD which was the better one, I would choose "The Gift" over "The Curse". There are tracks that didn't hit like others, like "F All Nite" with Pharrell and the lead single "'03 Bonnie And Clyde" with Beyonce.

Majority of this CD, Jay holds his form. If you're a fan of The Source Magazine, you'd know that this was the lowest mic rating he received on all of his albums 3.5 mics. Then there is the title track a weak diss to Nas that people will only hear once. Honorable Mention: The Bounce, 2 Many. The first good track was "You Don't Know (Remix)" that hits just as good as the origonal. My favorite Tracks: The Watcher 2, Excuse Me Miss, What They Gonna Do, All Around The World, Poppin Tags, I Did It My Way, You Don't Know (Remix), Somehow Someway, As One, What They Gonna Do 2. A few more songs that I thought were good were the bouncy "All Around The World" and the fast pace "Poppin Tags" with Twista, Big Boi, and Killer Mike.

Overall: B. As if all the songs that were scrapped from "The Blueprint 1" ended up on here. Musical Vibes: B. This album does make a few hits with it's formula but not as consistant, especially with the second disc. Given to some, "The Blueprint 1" was a classic and made the best rap CD of 2001 and received accolades from all over. Disc 2 (The Curse):. Disc 1: The Gift.

"The Watcher II" featuring Dr. Next are a few club track like "***** Please" with Pharrell and Young Chris, as well as "2 Many" with Timbaland. Overall this double disc has a lot of filler tracks, as well as some good ones. Production: B. There are a lot of songs I had very little care for, such as "Diamond Is Forever" and the awkward sounding "Guns & Roses" with Lenny Kravitz. Lyrics: C.

YES. While I agree that it is not nearly his best work, this album is far from bad and is a few steps up from Volume 3 which I think is Jigga's worst album. Don't sleep on the Gift though. I realized last week that there isn't a decent album to listen to in the world. And even those two songs were decent when the album first dropped a few years ago. While it has the more radio friendly songs, there are still 6 or 7 solid tracks NOT featuring Beyonce or Pharrell. It is comprised of two cd's.

Still not bad though for a DOUBLE album that was supposedly thrown together in two months. Are there a handful of subpar songs. Disk 1 is the Gift, while Disk 2 is the Curse. I decided to look old school, so I shuffled around my disk collection before throwing in Blueprint 2. Personally, I think the Curse is the much superior and deeper disk. 8.5 STARS OUT OF 10. Could the album have been trimmed down to 18 of the best.

A lot of people hate on this album and call it the worst in Jay-Z's impressive collection of stellar cd's. I gave it a few spins for the first time in a year or so, and I still say I really like this album. YES.