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The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation and Roc-A-Fella, through distribution from Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. It is the third album in the Blueprint series, preceded by The Blueprint (2001) and The Blueprint 2 : The Gift & The Curse (2002).
"A Star Is Born" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Jay-Z from his eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3 (2009). The song, produced by Kanye West, Kenoe and No I.D., features a verse from American rapper J. Cole, Jay-Z's protege and the first artist to be signed to his Roc Nation label.
The Jay-Z Fall Tour 2009 was a concert tour by American rapper Jay-Z in support of his eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3.The routing took the rap mogul to 18 cities in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, kicking off with a 9/11 benefit concert on September 9 in New York City and ending in Austin, Texas on November 22. [1]
The song was released as a digital download on June 23, 2009, and as the first single from Jay-Z's 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3. The song made its world premiere on the New York radio station Hot 97 on June 5. [1] Its lyrics address the overusage of Auto-Tune in the music industry.
New York Post writer Ryan Brockington called "Empire State of Mind" his favorite song from The Blueprint 3, [26] and Tyler Gray from the same publication said "Empire State of Mind" was the "most soulful" song on the album. [27] Francois Marchand of the Vancouver Sun called the song "shiver-inducing". [28]
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[3] [7] [11] The concept album American Gangster followed in 2007 and continued his streak of number-one albums in the United States. [3] With the release of The Blueprint 3 in September 2009, Jay-Z surpassed Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most number-one albums on the Billboard 200. [12]