Jay-Z was the member of the hip-hop command Original Flavor for a short time, but then instead of signing to a major recording company, he decided to start his own label Roc-a-Fella Records. The colleague told to the fresher some of his experience about show business and advised what to do in order to become prominent in rap circles. Once, when Jay-Z was wondering around the streets, he accidentally ran across a rapper with small fame called Big Jaz, or Jay-O. He started rapping being a teenager, and in the neighborhood, people called him Jazzy, or Jay-Z. So the boy soon became independent and learned how to take care of himself. His father left the family when Sean was just a kid, and they were constantly short of money. The Blueprint 3 won't be legally available until Friday, September 11, but you can listen to the whole thing, RIGHT NOW, only on 'The Leak.Sean Corey Carter, professionally famous as Jay-Z, was born and brought up in Brooklyn, New York. (Death of Auto-Tune)' and 'Run This Town,' both of which are already burning up the charts. And not only does Jay draft the hippest artists, but he's laying out some of the hottest singles of the summer with songs like 'D.O.A. On The Blueprint 3, Shawn Carter goes throwback, giving up a nod to the soul grooves he grew up on, but is also future-forward and features some of the best in the music industry, from Rihanna and Kanye West to Kid Cudi and Alicia Keys.

Now, the long-reigning king of hip-hop has returned with his eleventh – yes, eleventh! – studio album and much like fine wine, Jay-Z is only getting better with age. When HOVA ditched his retirement plans a few years ago and came back to hard-hitting beats full-time, we couldn't have been happier. On to the Next One featuring Swizz Beatz (4:16) Real as It Gets featuring Young Jeezy (4:12) Empire State of Mind featuring Alicia Keys (4:36) Run This Town featuring Rihanna and Kanye West (4:27) What We Talkin' About featuring Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun (4:03)

It was originally slated for a late 2008 release, but then Jay decided he didn't want to rush the album, and pushed it back to 2009. The Blueprint 3 is promised for a 2009 release, with Kanye West reportedly on board to produce most, if not all, of the album's tracks.

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