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the Blueprint █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓▀ ▀▓▒░ ░▒▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▓▒░ ░▒▓ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▓▒░ ░▒▓ █ █ ▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓░ INFO ░▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █████████████ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ Label........: n/a Ripper.......: FAF █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ Genre........: Hip-Hop Grabber......: EAC █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ Type.........: Album Encoder......: Lame █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ # Of Songs...: 13 Quality......: 192kbps/44,1kHz █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ Release Date.: Aug-01-2005 Size.........: 87,8 MB █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓░ TRACK NFO ░▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █████████████████ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓██ ██▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ Track Time █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 01.The Ruler's Back 03:49 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 02.Takeover 05:13 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 03.Izzo 04:00 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 04.Girls, Girls, Girls 04:35 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 05.Jigga that N---Ga 03:24 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 06.U Don't Know 03:19 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 07.Hola' Hovito 04:33 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 08.Heart of the City 03:43 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 09.Never Change 03:58 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 10.Song Cry 05:03 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 11.All I Need 04:28 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 12.Renegade 05:37 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 13.Blueprint 12:06 █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ──────── █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ 63:48 min █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ▄ ▄ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█ ▀▀ ▀▀ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ ▀ ▀ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄ █ █ █▓░ RELEASE NOTES ░▓█ █████████████████████ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── when jay-z dropped "the city is mine" in 1997 and claimed new york's hip-hop throne upon the notorious b.i.g.'s demise, many smirked and some even snickered. four years later in 2001, when he released the blueprint, no one was smirking and no one dared snicker. at this point in time, nobody in new york could match jay-z rhyme for rhyme and nobody in new york had fresher beats ù and many would argue that jigga's reign was not just confined to new york but was, in fact, national. yes, jay-z had risen to the top of the rap game in the late '90s and solidified his position with gigantic hits like "big pimpin" and "i just wanna love you (give it 2 me)." furthermore, the blueprint's leadoff single, "izzo (h.o.v.a.)," dominated urban radio numerous weeks before the album hit the streets, generating so much demand that def jam had to push up the album's street date because it was being so heavily bootlegged. so when jay-z opens the blueprint dropping rhymes about "runnin' this rap sh*t," it's not so much arrogance as it is a matter of fact. and by the time he brutally dismisses two of his most formidable opponents, mobb deep and nas, less than ten minutes into the album, there's little doubt that jay-z's status as the top mc in the game is justified. but that's just one song. there are 12 other songs on the blueprint ù and they're all stunning, to the point where the album seems almost flawless. besides rhymes that challenge those on reasonable doubt as the most crafted of jay-z's career to date in terms of not only lyrics but also flow and delivery, the blueprint also boasts some of his most extravagant beats, courtesy of impressive newcomers kayne west and just blaze. moreover, if the rhymes and beats alone don't make the blueprint a career highlight for jay-z, the minimal guest appearances surely do. for once, listeners get exactly what they want: jay-z and nothing but jay-z, over beats so loaded with marvelously flipped samples the songs don't even need big vocal hooks. besides, when you're already the top mc in the game, there's no need for crossover attempts. half- satisfying albums like hard knock life were the crossover attempts, and now that jay-z is "runnin' this rap sh*t," a fully realized masterpiece like the blueprint is the glorious result. ░▒▓█ ▀ ▀ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▄ ▄▄ █ █ ░▒▓███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████▓▒░ ░▒▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▓▒░ ░▒▓ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▓▒░ ░▒▓ █ █ ▓▒░ ░▒▓ █ █ ▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █▓░ WHAT'S FAF? ░▓█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ███████████████████ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ FAF releases are not about the quantity of releases, nor speed. █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ FAF is strictly about Quality. How many times have you downloaded █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ that album you really wanted only to find out it pops and skips █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ throughout the entire rip. The ripper never bothered to listen to █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ his release or use good software. Well, we decided not to bitch █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ and do something about it. Any Audio Release you see from us █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ will be ripped with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) and encoded with █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ the LAME mp3 plugin for maximum compression quality █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ (it doesn't get any better than this, we've tested them all). █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ Unlike most other audio extracters EAC uses a "Secure" reading █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ method. This means that all audio sectors are read at least twice █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ (other ripping programs read it only one time). █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ When a read error occurs EAC will reread the audio data up to 82x █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ to get the correct data. EAC takes significantly longer to rip a █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ cd because of this precision, and that is the price we are █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ willing to pay to bring you the highest quality music. For people █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ wanting the best rips possible this is not a problem, but for █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ those others ripping and shipping so they can "win the race": █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ this program is not for you. The best thing about EAC is that █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ it's free and part of the open MP3 movement. █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ We don't want to hide the technology we use, if anything we are █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ going to encourage you to use it. █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ LEARN MORE ABOUT EAC HERE █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ http://www.ping.be/satcp/tutorials.htm █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ LEARN MORE ABOUT LAME HERE █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █▓░ WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP ░▓█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ███████████████████████████████ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ -Start by learning to use EAC and LAME. █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ -Support your local music and club scene, after all when they █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ become famous you can tell your kids that you saw them in some █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ shitty club when they were nobodies. █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ -Don't be afraid to question the way things are, █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ push the envelope. █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█│█ ▄ ▄ █│█▓▒░ ░▒▓█ ▀▀ ▀▀ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ ▀ ▀ █▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▄ ▄▄ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▓▒░ ░▒▓█ █▓▒░ ░▒▓ NFO BY: Bastard .............................Updated On: 11.04.2001 ▓▒░ ░▒▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▒░ █ █ █ █