Jay-Z - The Blueprint Artist_Lucid Express It's a melting pot of

It's a melting pot of ideas and sounds that tastes a bit weird at first

Closing the album

fades and mixing in favour of red hot selections and sequencing

Vocal and instrumental collaborators include: Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel/the Postal Service)

a live string ensemble was used

Jay-Z - The Blueprint Artist_Lucid Express It's a melting pot ofThe Blueprint may be Jay Z's most captivating record since Reasonable Doubt, but its predictably detached mood reflects the master hustler's superior ability to trick out lackluster subject matter with lyrical complexity and brief flashes of manufactured introspection. The Blueprint, a solid mix of preprogrammed radio hits ("Izzo," "Girls, Girls, Girls") and better than average mid tempo compositions ("Never Change," "Song Cry"), confirms the Brooklyn