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(Transcription of original review at talk page) The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). ^shipments figures based on certification alone *sales figures based on certification alone

Soren Baker was less impressed in the Los Angeles Times, writing that the record lacks the 'biting humor and spectacular wordplay' of his previous albums. 3â¦ 'the quintessential 2000-model hip hop album'. Fellow Voice critic Miles Marshall Lewis called Jay-Z 'the best MC in hip hop' and Vol. In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau argued that Jay-Z has too much at stake commercially to depart from 'playing the now-a-rapper-now-a-thug 'reality' game with his customers, thugs and fantasists both', but he impresses with 'a rugged, expansive vigor, nailing both come-fly-with-me cosmopolitanism and the hunger for excitement that's turned gangster hangouts into musical hotbeds from Buenos Aires to Kansas City'. Reviewing the album in Entertainment Weekly, Anthony DeCurtis said it reconnects with Jay-Z's urban demographic, 'with flair', while Steve Jones of USA Today was particularly impressed by his lyrics and flow, finding both to be 'razor-sharp as ever'. Richard Harrington from The Washington Post found the record to be 'full of reputation-building swagger, cataloguing of lyrical skills and autobiographical perspective'. as 'his strongest album to date, with music that's filled with catchy hooks, rump-shaking beats and lyrics fueled by Jay's hustler's vigilance'. Yes, it is slightly more focused than its two-disc predecessor, but it's still a sprawling commercial monster that lacks the creativity of The Blueprint.In a contemporary review, Rolling Stone critic Kris Ex wrote that Jay-Z 'has become a better architect of songs' while hailing Vol. Just like the original, Blueprint 2.1 ranges from unapologetically sexed-up party joints to theatrical epics and even takes in a feature for the prince of rock Lenny Kravitz ('Guns & Roses'). Dre (featuring Truth Hurts), and the record's biggest hit, ''03 Bonnie & Clyde,' a slick R&B crossover with Beyoncé Knowles. Four months after its release, Roc-A-Fella issued Blueprint 2.1, a version of the record that cut in half the running time of the original and delivered most of the best material - the Neptunes' bounce track 'Excuse Me Miss,' the horn-driven blast of 'The Watcher 2' produced by Dr. The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse was a radically different record, with the most respected rapper in the business trying on a range of styles, collaborating with a lot of guests and working with an army of producers (Neptunes, Dr. Jay-Z kept The Blueprint incredibly tight, focusing on a single sound and letting nothing interfere with some of the best raps of his career.

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