Comments on: “The Blueprint 3 Was The Most Difficult Album That I’ve Ever Made” http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make The Smoking Section Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:21:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Truth Tella http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893680 Truth Tella Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:44:30 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893680 ****rEAL ANNONYMOUS***** Couldnt have said it better myself duke.. Sometimes I feel like its nothing but 13 year olds on a playgorund here With tens of millions of dollars at stake, you cant be talking shit to cameras like youre in a room full of family.. everyone and anyone will snake you so you have to play the role Malcolm Gladwell said in WHAT THE DOG SAW that the truth lies in the middle of organizations, not at the top, because the top dogs have too much to lose... the folks in the middle know the nitty gritty and dont have the supreme-ruler-role to lose from NOT being calculated ya diggg ****rEAL ANNONYMOUS*****

Couldnt have said it better myself duke..
Sometimes I feel like its nothing but 13 year olds on a playgorund here

With tens of millions of dollars at stake, you cant be talking shit to cameras like youre in a room full of family.. everyone and anyone will snake you so you have to play the role

Malcolm Gladwell said in WHAT THE DOG SAW that the truth lies in the middle of organizations, not at the top, because the top dogs have too much to lose… the folks in the middle know the nitty gritty and dont have the supreme-ruler-role to lose from NOT being calculated

ya diggg

]]> By: AmpGeez a.k.a C'mon Son http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893661 AmpGeez a.k.a C'mon Son Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:58:46 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893661 “The Blueprint 3 Was The Most Difficult Album That I’ve Ever Made" ^^^ <a href="http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cam-true-mag.jpg" rel="nofollow">Word?</a> “The Blueprint 3 Was The Most Difficult Album That I’ve Ever Made”

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Word?

]]> By: The Real Anonymous http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893658 The Real Anonymous Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:18:34 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893658 "On camera, it’s so evident his responses are measured & calculated." ------------------------------------------------------------------- I for one believe that is a lost art. Case in point? Twitter. Another example? How rappers (and people in general) say whatever comes to mind. I have learned that not only in this business, but also in life, that it is far wiser to be careful with your words. It can many times even save your life - forget money, fame, and power - how valuable a trait is that? Anyone can say whatever pops into their head, but bite your tongue... think about what you say before saying it, and you will find one of the most difficult things to do in life. Being careful with your words, in my opinion, is a trait of the wise and invokes longevity in many aspects and regards. Feel free to disagree. But I would rather someone think about what they say... than to be subject to those whom do not and end up doing things such as this: http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chris-brown-tweets.jpg And that is just one fine example. “On camera, it’s so evident his responses are measured & calculated.”

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I for one believe that is a lost art.

Case in point? Twitter.

Another example? How rappers (and people in general) say whatever comes to mind. I have learned that not only in this business, but also in life, that it is far wiser to be careful with your words.

It can many times even save your life – forget money, fame, and power – how valuable a trait is that?

Anyone can say whatever pops into their head, but bite your tongue… think about what you say before saying it, and you will find one of the most difficult things to do in life.

Being careful with your words, in my opinion, is a trait of the wise and invokes longevity in many aspects and regards.

Feel free to disagree. But I would rather someone think about what they say… than to be subject to those whom do not and end up doing things such as this:

http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chris-brown-tweets.jpg

And that is just one fine example.

]]> By: WillsmithGOAT http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893656 WillsmithGOAT Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:51:12 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893656 What other rapper can have the internet buzzing with one line from an average verse. Agree with his statements the problem with our culture is that we don't applaud success. Jay went overground and no matter how many ubits hip hop artists sell they aren't really welcomed into the rock and roll fraternity as Jay has been. What other rapper can have the internet buzzing with one line from an average verse. Agree with his statements the problem with our culture is that we don’t applaud success. Jay went overground and no matter how many ubits hip hop artists sell they aren’t really welcomed into the rock and roll fraternity as Jay has been.

]]> By: Dre http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893649 Dre Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:57:06 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893649 On camera, it’s so evident his responses are measured & calculated. VERY political. I wonder about his sincerity sometimes, and one is less likely to question that when it’s lost in translation in print form ================================================================== He's my favorite rapper but THIS was spot on. Well said. On camera, it’s so evident his responses are measured & calculated. VERY political. I wonder about his sincerity sometimes, and one is less likely to question that when it’s lost in translation in print form
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He’s my favorite rapper but THIS was spot on. Well said.

]]> By: petey http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893647 petey Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:43:29 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893647 Kingdome come 2 available on I tunes now... Kingdome come 2 available on I tunes now…

]]> By: Johnny Blaze http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893630 Johnny Blaze Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:17:11 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893630 He just dissed a dead rapper who contributed some of his best lines. ======================================================== ^Eh come off that. The lines are already drawn in the sand with Jay-Z. Either you like him at this point in his career or you don't. Saying he's dissing Biggie with that line, though? If it suits you I guess. Just tell me why, after all these years of championing B.I.G., he would diss him now? And I agree with your statement Teef. Jay has always come off real measured and calculated. But so do a lot of other big artists (The Notorious D.R.E. is the first to come to mind). Truthfully as far as images go I'd rather take that extreme over someone like Cudi's antics or Kanye in bitchmode. Like I said though, either you like Hove 3.0 or you don't. He just dissed a dead rapper who contributed some of his best lines.

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^Eh come off that. The lines are already drawn in the sand with Jay-Z. Either you like him at this point in his career or you don’t. Saying he’s dissing Biggie with that line, though? If it suits you I guess.

Just tell me why, after all these years of championing B.I.G., he would diss him now?

And I agree with your statement Teef. Jay has always come off real measured and calculated. But so do a lot of other big artists (The Notorious D.R.E. is the first to come to mind). Truthfully as far as images go I’d rather take that extreme over someone like Cudi’s antics or Kanye in bitchmode.

Like I said though, either you like Hove 3.0 or you don’t.

]]> By: Trill Smith AKA the fresh Prince of the South http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893624 Trill Smith AKA the fresh Prince of the South Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:27:18 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893624 The reason I’ve been grounded, though, and able to make albums, is because I’ve allowed my friends to come with me ==================== Dame, Biggs and some others aint with him. He just dissed a dead rapper who contributed some of his best lines. Like Bleek realy gonna speak outta turn..uh huh riiight. sit down Jay Jay is like one of the grumpy old men of hip-hop... The reason I’ve been grounded, though, and able to make albums, is because I’ve allowed my friends to come with me
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Dame, Biggs and some others aint with him. He just dissed a dead rapper who contributed some of his best lines. Like Bleek realy gonna speak outta turn..uh huh riiight. sit down Jay

Jay is like one of the grumpy old men of hip-hop…

]]> By: fiasco http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893619 fiasco Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:07:47 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893619 Man this interview is so false. Why does he pretend his albums are so "different"? They aren't. He works with the same producers that everyone else does! Man this interview is so false.

Why does he pretend his albums are so “different”? They aren’t. He works with the same producers that everyone else does!

]]> By: 500K Flea http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/01/jay-z-says-the-blueprint-3-was-the-most-difficult-album-to-make#comment-893616 500K Flea Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:56:16 +0000 http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=83945#comment-893616 You’ve gotta keep the people that have been around you, who saw you when you didn’t have anything, so they have the confidence to say, “Get out of here. That shit is bullshit!” I welcome that. ====================================================================== With that being said, why cut ties with Dame Dash??? I feel that Jay was making better music when Dame was present (American Gangster being the only exception). ***Throws first tomato*** You’ve gotta keep the people that have been around you, who saw you when you didn’t have anything, so they have the confidence to say, “Get out of here. That shit is bullshit!” I welcome that.
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With that being said, why cut ties with Dame Dash??? I feel that Jay was making better music when Dame was present (American Gangster being the only exception).

***Throws first tomato***

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