Jay-Z Album: “Blueprint 2.1”

This album should have been the original Blueprint 2.

1. A Dream (Featuring Faith Evans & Notorious B.I.G.) - Thought there would be an unreleased Biggie verse but it's just the 1st verse from the classic cut "Juicy", but anyways it's a really good track with alright production. 4/5

2. Hovi Baby - Awesome song,with good production, check out the remix on the Dysfunktional Family Soundtrack. 5/5

3. Excuse Me Miss (Featuring Pharrell) - 2nd single way better than O3' Bonnie & Clyde. Cool video 4/5

4. 03' Bonnie & Clyde (Featuring Beyonce') - I wouldn't like it even if he didn't rip off 2Pac. I hate it. 1/5

5. Gun's & Rose's (Featuring Lenny Kravitz) - Good Rap/Rock track, I heard it was supposed to be the 3rd single, but I guess not. 4/5

6. The Watcher Part 2 (Featuring Dr. Dre, Rakim, & Truth Hurts) - One of the best songs on the album, almost as good as the original on Dr. Dre's Chronic 2001 album. 5/5

7. All Around The World (Featuring Latoiya Williams) - Alright track, with good production. Features Latoiya William's of Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle Records. 3/5

8. Some How, Some Way (Featuring Beanie Sigel & Scarface) - Great album with an awesome verse from 'Face. 5/5

9. Meet The Parent's - Awesome storytelling track, one of my favorites. 5/5

10. Ni99a Please (Featuring Young Chis & Pharrell) - Good production from the Neptune's, with an ok verse & hook from Roc-A-Fella recording artist Young Chris. 4/5

11. Poppin' Tag's (Featuring Big Boi, Killer Mike, & Twista) - I love this song, fast rapping from Twista. Check out the remix with Ludacris, Big Boi, Killer Mike, & Twista in it. 5/5

12. The Bounce (Featuring Kanye West) - Impressive rapping debut from Kanye, also good production. 4/5

13. 2 Many Hoez (Featuring Memphis Bleek) - Good beat with average rapping. 3/5

14. What They Gonna Do Part 2 - I like the original a lot better. This is the same with a different beat and without Sean Paul.

*Bonus Track's

15. La La La (Excuse Me Miss Again) - 1st single off of this album, as well as The Bad Boy's 2 Soundtrack. Better than the original with production from the Neptune's. 5/5

16. Stop - Ok song produced by Swizz Beat's. 3/5

Watch out for the Black Album featuring 12 song's with 12 producer's that Jay-Z respects.

This cd is just songs from blueprint 2 but the songs on 2.1 are like the hottest songs on blueprint 2. I have all of Jay- Z's cd's because it's something about his voice and his words that make me like all his music. So if you are a Jay-z fan this cd is for you. (the bonus tracks are on fire!!!!!)

Here is the review of an album that is part of 2 Disc album

1.A Dream-f Biggie & Faith this is tight 10/10

2.Hovi Baby-Better then expected good beat 9/10

3.The Watcher-Remake of Dre 01 Album also with Rakim 10/10

4.03 Bonnie & Clyde-Great connection between them 10/10

5.Excuse me Miss-Like him on this 9/10

6.All Around the World-it is pretty good 8/10

7.Guns & Roses-f Lenny Kravitz it is good 9/10

8.U Don't Know(Remix) f M.O.P.-Tight 10/10

9.Meet the Parents-No ID did some of album like Commons 10/10

10.Some How some way-f Beanie & Scarface 10/10

11.The Bounce f Kanye good 8/10

12.What they gonna do with me 2-Okay joint 8/10

This is a good follow up to the Blueprint not as good.

Lyrics 9/10 Production 7/10 X Factor 8/10 Style 8/10 Voice 9

Music 7/10 Innovative 7/10 Classic 7/10 Guest 10/10 Blends 7

Overall-79 wich is a low 4 Mic release add to Blueprint 2

Jay-Z - Blueprint 2.1 (Roc-a-fella, 2003)

All of the wackest material is gone from the double album Blueprint 2 but filler still remains on this version. Jay should have downsized a little more to make a perfect EP. The end result would only have "The Watcher 2", "Poppin' Tags", "All Around the World", "U Don't Know Remix", "Meet the Parents", "The Bounce", and "La-La-La (Excuse Me Again)". On second thought, just skip this and go straight to The Black Album. -EJR

The album Blueprint 2.1 is pretty average, especially for someone like Jay-Z. There are a few great cuts like "03 Bonnie and Clyde", "Excuse Me Miss", and "A Dream" which samples Biggie's lyrics in his song "Juicy" from Ready to Die. Over half the album is filler though, like "The Bounce".

You could just get the Blueprint 2 and pay the same amount and still get more tracks. You could just make this mix on your computer. I mean why pay more for less songs if you could have it all with Blueprint 2 (and a cooler cover). 2.1 is 3 stars because of the solid tracks.

I reccomend 2.1 to any crazy Jay-Z fan. If you are not a crazy fan, get Blueprint 2. If you are not a fan, then don't waste your money on an average Jay-Z album, when you can get much better one s like "Reasonable Doubt"