Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2001, most of us were bouncing to Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" when word spread that Jay-Z had gone after Nas and Mobb ...

25-years later, Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” offered Black New York the same relief the album gave a broken city in 2001. Jay-Z’s three-night run at Yankee Stadium had everybody talking. And sure, the ...

As The Blueprint turns 25 today, we take a look back at one of the most important albums in rap history.

Z has released many successful music albums throughout his 30-year career including, Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life, Reasonable Doubt, the Black Album, ...

On this day in 2009, Jay-Z—already one of hip hop’s most iconic figures—released his eleventh studio album, The Blueprint 3, through Roc Nation, Asylum, and Atlantic Records. The project, produced ...

Jay-Z was almost entirely truthful to the source material for his 25th anniversary Yankee Stadium show on Saturday to celebrate “The Blueprint,” setting guests artists to high wattage but low ...

Hov spoke with PEOPLE about the landmark album during the premiere of HBO’s ‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Theo Wargo/WireImage Jay-Z is reflecting on 25 years of The Blueprint Hov spoke with PEOPLE about the landmark ...

Released on September 11, 2001, The Blueprint quickly became a landmark in Jay-Z's catalog and in early-2000s rap, blending soul-sampling production with sharp, personal lyricism. The record arrived ...

Twenty-five years after The Blueprint dropped on 9/11, Jay-Z's sixth album still shows every version of Hov — the battle rapper, the businessman, the son, the superstar. Here's why hip-hop is still ...

The Blueprint arrived in September 2001 and quickly became a reference point for Jay-Z's blend of street detail, luxury imagery and sharp sampling choices. The album's chart peak underlined how ...