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The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (stylized as The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse) is the seventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on November 12, 2002, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Island Def Jam Music Group as a double album. It serves as a direct sequel to his previous album, The Blueprint (2001).
Jay-Z responded to "Ether" with "People Talkin", "Don't You Know", and a freestyle entitled "Supa Ugly". Jay-Z and Nas would release other subsequent diss tracks and records referencing the feud, including "Blueprint 2" (from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse) and "Last Real Nigga Alive" (from Nas' God's Son.)
03 Bonnie & Clyde" marked the first collaboration between rapper Jay-Z and R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. [2] [3] While listening to Shakur's The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, producer Kanye West suggested that American rapper Tupac Shakur's song "Me and My Girlfriend" would make a good sample to use on Jay-Z's duet with Knowles. [4]
"Welcome To The Jungle" Jay-Z & Kanye West; Watch The Throne; 2011 "What They Gonna Do" Featuring Sean Paul (The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, 2002) "What They Gonna Do, Pt. II" (The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, 2002) "When The Money Goes" (2008) "Where Have You Been" Featuring Beanie Sigel (The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, 2000)
The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings.Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging.
A remix of the song produced by Kanye West can be found as a hidden track on The Blueprint after the songs "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" and the other hidden song "Lyrical Exercise". The remix is composed of new verses by Jay-Z, a new instrumental sampling "Trying Girls Out" by The Persuaders and uncredited vocals from Michael Jackson and Chante ...
The song's title is a reference to Jay-Z's "Hova" nickname, which itself is a reference to Jehovah, one of God's names. [1] [2] He said the nickname was given to him by a friend for his ability to rap without writing down the lyrics—like a "God". [2] "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" is one of four songs on The Blueprint produced by Kanye West.
"Excuse Me Miss" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z. It released through his Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings on January 27, 2003, as a single for his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002).