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L.A. REID TALKS JAY-Z & “BLUEPRINT 3″
Author: J'More // Category: Music News, Things They Say
On the release of Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 he says:
“We still have an arrangement with Jay-Z. He and I are really good friends, and we enjoy working together, and we’re hoping we could figure it out. If we can’t figure it out, it won’t lessen my interest in his record and in his career. My relationship with him goes much deeper than what company it’s on. To me, the Blueprint 3 is an important album, however it comes out. If it comes out in a cereal box, it doesn’t matter to me. As long as it’s one of the great records of our time”.
To L.A. Reid, Jay-Z and his album embody the vision of Hip-hop being taken seriously as a music genre and not just being viewed as a “hot” trend in music. He says,
“I wanna know that artists like Jay-Z and business people like Jay-Z can have a 40-year career. I wanna see the first hip-hop artist have a 40 year career. I wanna know that hip-hop has the legs, and it wasn’t a trend in music. It wasn’t something that can come and go, but it will stick around and last. No different from rock music, no different from pop music”.
LexAve: It’ll be great to see Jay-Z get to Bruce Springsteen, U2, Bon Jovi level…that’ll be monumental for hip hop.
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February 26th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I don’t know but jigga is putting his career back because of beyonce. I mean we all know wouldn’t have bey released her song writer lyer album in November, there would have been the Blueprint in December. Jay is the one who is getting 40 this year and not beyonce. Beyonce pushes herself in the spotlight all the time like she is the one who is getting 40 this year. its hilirious. She’s so selfish. i think only her career counts. What’s when they have kids? Is jay sitting at home while bey is on the beach fooling with boys?
February 28th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Jay-Z is old and still talking the same old shit like he is 23 years old… that is why hip-hop is not on the same level… the wrong people are put into the limelight all the time! Jay included! He is nice, but his music does not transcend hip-hop!