Another Kanye-laced track, "Brooklyn Go Hard", was allegedly going to be included on here, but ended up being showcased exclusively on the soundtrack to Notorious, the biopic of The Notorious B.I.G. Later, a Kanye West-produced old-school track called "Jockin' Jay-Z" hit the radio, but failed to kick up much dust in the industry. Clue anounced it as the first single from The Blueprint 3, which Jay denied was even in the recording stages, although Hova later recanted that tale. DJ Clue started the trending topic by unleashing "Ain't I", a Timbaland-produced cut that was recorded for a past project but never saw the light of day. The Blueprint 3 has been one of the most highly anticipated hip hop albums of all time (not entitled Detox) ever since last year, when several tracks found their way to the Interweb, none of which actually made the final cut. Which is probably one of the dumbest ideas ever in the entertainment industry, but fuck it, there are lots of people that keep buying up every single version of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead that finds its way to store shelves, so it isn't without precedent. Not to be deterred, Def Jam released a box set of Hova's other two parts of the Blueprint trilogy, designed with an empty space in which The Blueprint 3 can easily be inserted. Allegedly, Hova still had one album left to deliver after American Gangster, but instead of sticking around, he opted to go with LiveNation and bought himself out of the building, leaving behind the artists that he originally signed (among them Ne-Yo, Rihianna, and Kanye West). It was recorded for his own Roc Nation label and distributed by Atlantic Records, making it Shawn Carter's first effort since his debut, Reasonable Doubt, to not see a release date on the calendar of Def Jam Records. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3, featuring the best cover art in his entire catalog, is the first album to be released under his new deal with LiveNation. But this gives me more time to digest Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. For those of you disappointed to not see a Raekwon review today, let me just say: I am, too. This was supposed to drop on Friday, September 11th, but I assume rampant bootlegging after the highly-anticipated leak caused Roc Nation/Atlantic to push this one up.
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