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T-Minus 10 Days Until Blueprint 3: Where in the World is Jay-Z?

We're so glad you asked! We're only a little more than a week away from the release of Jay-Z's eleventh (!!) studio album, Blueprint 3, which drops Sept. 11 on his Roc Nation label (if you just can't wait or don't know how to use the internet, MTV is currently streaming the whole album on The Leak). There's no doubt Hova is one of the hardest working men in the industry (remember, he's a business, man), but he's so busy we've barely been able to keep track of him. So, here's a brief primer on his late-summer exploits....  read more

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Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 Finally Gets Release Date

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You'd be forgiven for thinking that Jigga Man had disappeared for the last few months; nary a tour date or eight-bar could be heard from the C-E-O of the R-O-C. Sure, that teaser for "Jockin Jay-Z" was awesome, but when your upcoming album has a nigh-unprecedented level of hype, your audiences need some red meat. Rest easy, true believers, because the long night of doubt is over: Blueprint 3 has a confirmed street date of Sept. 11, Billboard reports....  read more

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Jay-Z Reportedly Close To Deal With Sony

It looks like the Roc Boy is heading to Sony. Following his split with Def Jam last week, Jay-Z is apparently on the verge of signing a deal that will bring the highly anticipated Blueprint 3 and future recordings to Sony's Epic Records....  read more

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Jay-Z Splits with Def Jam

We knew Jay-Z was a business, man, but settling a label contract over a coin flip? Now that's serious business. News of the separation between Hova and Def Jam hit the streets Thursday, when Jay spoke to RapRadar.com and confirmed that he would indeed be leaving his label of almost a decade....  read more

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Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 to hit stores Dec. 2?

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It's turning out to be quite the season for hip-hop lovers. T.I.'s Paper Trail was released Tuesday, Missy Elliott's much-delayed Block Party will (hopefully) finally hit Nov. 11, Kanye West has moved up his new album to "sometime in November," 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct debuts Dec. 9, and now Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 record is rumored to drop Dec. 2....  read more

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Kanye West to produce Jay-Z's Blueprint 3

[Above: Kanye West and Jay-Z at Miami's American Airlines Arena in March] Since the most recent preview of Jay-Z's new post-"retirement" project came at a Kanye West concert last week, it's not too surprising that news comes today, via hip-hop producer Mick Boogie, that West has been confirmed as head producer for "most, if not all" of the tracks on the forthcoming Blueprint 3 album....  read more

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Update: Jay-Z continues Oasis beef, hints at Blueprint 3

Update: Something Jay-Z is good at: rap battles. Something Jay-Z is terrible at: retirement. Those two worlds collided (kind of like that Jay-Z/R. Kelly album, only without the pepper spray and lawsuits) Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden when the Jigga Man was brought out as a special guest to close Kanye's West's Glow In The Dark Tour....  read more

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