Because we love you and know that you’re jockin Jay-Z and particularly his forthcoming The Blueprint 3, we’re offering one lucky winner a pair of tickets to spend an intimate evening with him on its release day. Just you, Shawn Carter, and the entirety of Madison Square Garden. And because it’s on September 11th, all the proceeds are going towards the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund, and airing live and commercial-free on FUSE at 9pm/8c (check it here). So if you don’t win, you can still watch it and have a myriad of reasons to purchase tickets. To enter, tell us which track off a Blueprint album is your favorite and why in the comments and make sure to register with your legit email so we know where to find you.
Contest: Win Tickets to See Jay-Z at Madison Square Garden
POSTED September 2, 2009 12:13PM IN CONTESTS, MUSIC NEWS
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I would have to say “Jigga That Ni**a” because thats what got me into Jay-Z. I was 7 years old at the time when my cousin was blasting it in his car and it was the first time I heard a Jay-Z song. The next day I asked my cousin “What’s that song called that goes ‘Jigga jigga that ni**a jigga* and he started laughing cause I was only 7. Ever since that song, my cousin grew me up listening to Jay.
Some how some way – because any song with jay, beans and face is fucking pure genius. remember this cant be life off the dynasty album? case in point. they keep talking about doing an album together but they need to ACTUALLY do one. Put three great mc’s together, leave all the t-painin and “my chain cost this, my car cost that” outta the equation, and you have a solid record that deals with real shit.
‘Never Change’ is my favorite song on Blueprint. I would listen to this song 5 years after it was released and still get something new from it. It’s a smart, song, how can you not love a simile like “We run streets like drunks run street lights”?
I went from growing up in a small town, the university had more people than where I grew up. But the idea of staying real, remembering where you came from and still growing up to be something ‘more’, resonated deeply. “Knocked a nigga off his feet, but I crawled back”.
Takeover is my favorite track
….I just honestly am dying for a pair of tickets to this show and have entered into every contest around to win tickets, if there is a god up there I will win…. and by the way my favorite jay-z track is off vol. 1 and its streets is watching…no need for explanation, listen to the track and you will see why jay-z is jay-z. Thanks for the opportunity. Now on to my next contest to try and get these tickets.
“Never Change”
The Track as a whole is just the BluePrint as a whole to me. Its just the basics about keeping yourself and your integrity. Don’t let this world change you. Stay truthful and real. Its what the Blueprint Trilogy is about.
Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)
This is my favorite track because it’s the most honest and personal song that Jay-Z has written in
my opinion. He talks about his life in Marcy and basically puts all of his thoughts on paper. There are lines about the people who helped him out when he was young. He also drops a line about his father (who left him at age twelve) where he says “Pop I miss you, God help me forgive him I got some issues” This line is so raw because he admits he still has some animosity towards his father. What makes this song so special is that he puts away his usual talk about cars, money, and girls (all of which we love) and tells us about his humble beginnings. This is one of the few tracks where fans have the opportunity to see Sean Carter instead of Jay-Z.
SONG CRY
BLUEPRINT HAS TO BE MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME, EVERY TRACK IS MY FAVORITE BUT I GO ALL DAY LISTENING TO “SONG CRY” BACK TO BACK TO BACK. IT HAS THE MOST PLAYS ON MY ITUNES THEN ANY OF THE OTHER 3,000+ SONGS I OWN. ANYTIME I HEAR IT I HEAR IT I GET EMOTIONAL, I’M THE BIGGEST JAY-Z FAN AND KNOW ALL THE LYRICS TO THE SONG!
the watcher 2
this track just shows how far Jay-z has come. The beat is ridiculous as well and the Dr. Dre and Rakim verses are sick. It shows how much you have to love music to be in the business. They’ve been through so much and made it so far and Jay-z is still on top! All the blueprints albums are fantastic, but my favorite album is still the black album. I would LOVEEE so much to see Jay-z!!! oh and I make frequent trips to pop burger because of Jay-z! HOVAAAA
Renegade
This song is one of my favorites because there is so much talk about who the better rapper is. Is Jay-Z or Eminem the better rapper. I love how they both wrote a song with each other about who the better rapper is. Personally, I don’t even think it’s close. I think Jay-Z is the better rapper…”UH-HUH” It shows that you can say whatever is on your mind. You have the right to have your own opinion on who the better rapper is. Jay-Z is and will always be my boy. HOVA! I love Pop Burger too especially the fact that it’s a Jay-Z favorite.
song cry definitely i just like the word play in the song to me it showed a different side of Jay
“Excuse me miss”
I would have to say that my favorite track from one of the Blueprint albums, and actually one of my favorite tracks of all time is “Excuse me miss”. Excuse me miss was released as a single off of his seventh album, the Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse. The song is an absolute classic that will be played on radio stations for years to come. With the laid-back neptunes beat and Pharell on the hook, the track puts you into a mood unlike no other. Lyrically, Jay murders the track and makes you envy him and love him at the same time. I remember the first time i heard the track i was in my brothers car. He was dropping me off at this girls house who i had liked at the time. The track came on the radio and it gave me the confidence i needed to bring out my A game that night. From then on whenever i took a girl out i would always listen to that song before. Jay-z, best rapper alive.
{My favorite track is from “The Blueprint,” it is called “Momma Loves me(Blueprint).” Its my favorite because i learned so much about him in just 4 minutes. He poured his soul into that song and really the respect him for that.}
“Song Cry”-
When I first heard it-like most love songs-I didn’t get it. I had been in relationships, but never really been in love. You know the story: good-girl falls for troubled-but-decent Nas-type. It was great, we did everything together. Then it fell apart. I knew he was no good for me, and he openly cheated. So I sat and cried, and cried, and cried. And I cried some more. So when I couldn’t cry anymore I let the song do it for me. The song still gives me the blues, because it really communicates the pain of a failed relationship.
“SONG CRY” from Blueprint
This song did it for me, I was in a relationship with a girl that did everything for me when the song first came out. Since then, we both went our different ways and the song is played more because it relates to everything we went through. We grew up with each other and after we grew up, we came across different options and decisions we made in our life led us to separate. Even though we both cried when it was over, we got over it but the song will always paint that vivid picture of how our relationship was, and how it ended up being and how I might have did her wrong or vice-versa but its those decisions we have to live with and the song will always be there just to remind us and cry for us.
My favorite song is Renegade w/ Eminem. It was two of the best rappers bringing their “A” game together on a great instrumental. I couldn’t imagine them on a track together because they are so distinct, but they managed to surpass my expectations.
Girls, Girls, Girls
One thing about Jay is that he always knows how to tell stories through his music, and this song shows that. If you listen to the chorus for the 1st time, the first impression you’ll get is that it’s a corny ass song about how much a rapper like girls (typical, rite?). But if you really break it down and listen to the verses and what he’s sayin in the song, you can’t help but admit that this dude is a GENIUS on the mic (and quite the comedian). Best line of course is: “I got this African chick with Eddie Murphy on her skull/She like, “Jigga Man, why you treat me like animal?”/I’m like excuse me Ms. Fufu, but when I met your ass you was dead broke and naked/ now you want half” LMAO! classic…
My Momma Loves Me….. I was raised by my grandma,Mommie and my older sister. I’m a female and I can relate to every word he said in this song…My Favorite off Blueprint My Momma loves me..Pop left me…Ah man
song cry.
it’s such a genuine emotion that a lot of men go through and feel but can never put it as eloquently as jay does.
Run This Town- This song is different than anything on the radio. It has meaning and purpose. Very fitting for what Jay Z is doing on 9/11. He has purpose behind all he does and collaborates with the best artists in the world. I’d be honored. We’re going to NY to get engaged and this would blow my finace to be’s mind!
“Song Cry”
There are so many emotions running throughout that song. At the time, I was going thru the same emotions that the implied girlfriend in the song was experiencing. Therefore, I related to the that point of view. It was funny because my ex-boyfriend actually told me that was his favorite song as well. To this day, I still rap every word from that song with so much passion and emotion as if I wrote it myself. This, by far, is my favorite Jay-Z song. The Unplugged version makes me cry because I think back on what was with my ex and I. My favorite verses are:
“We was together on the block since free lunch, We shoulda been together havin 4 Seasons brunch…”
Love him!
“SONG CRY”
SO DIFFERENT FOR JAY BUT STILL SO IMMACULATELY DONE. ITS THE PERFECT SONG, I KNOW EVERY LYRIC.
Empire State of Mind
The combination of Jay’s flow and Alicia’s vocals on this track is amazing. The beat with it’s hard hitting sound in the beginning gives way to this freshness that compels you to imagine yourself on New York city streets – sun peeking through the buildings, living your best life. It may sound corny, but as a nostalgic New Yorker recently transplanted to Boston, the track is a breath of fresh air filled with much of what I miss about my city…and my favorite emcee.
i must say off the blueprint2 bitch and sisters this song is classic
blueprint never change and all i need classics
BLUEPRiNT 3: STAR iS bORN
JAY BiGS UP EVERYONE WHO iS EVERYONE iN THE iNDUSTRY.
Heart of the City (Ain’t no love)
This track (along with the rest of the album) helped establish Kanye West as a producer, an amazing soulful beat with top notch thoughtful lyrics to match it. And it’s versatile as hell, can be on in the club, when youre just chillin or my personal favorite … driving around the city. Sick track.
U Don’t Know
This song just pumps me up. I love blasting this track in the car, Jay Z at his best.
Heart of the city:
I picked this track cause he addressed the hate in a different way. His word play was clever and it’s so real. People will love you now, the minute your grinding/Making moves your like”where’s the love”
I’ll kill ya’ll if you ice me”) or anything like that. He came at this issue like;( Ahh just do ya’ll, I aint worried about you, why you worried about me?) He came at this issue like ;( Finding ways to make more money is my problem not you.)
I also like this track cause I feel we live in a society where artist feel they can’t truly express themselves. Jay did’nt come on this track like
That line in which he says: What you eat don’t make me sh*t, is clever and real..
All the songs are obviously good but as a artist from bedstuy myself, I like that he did a chill track like that. It’s not expected when you grow up in a rough hood like Bklyn…. Some will say it’s soft like “Lucky me” from In my lifetime Vol1… I say its original and I feel being real enough to do hot tracks like that gets you to the top!!!
Fernando Santana/JimmyBiz
If I had to choose one it would be “Never Change” off of The Blueprint just because of its in depth realism and his story ,which paints the picture of how his experiences helped make Jay-z the man he is today. On this track he speaks as if he is talking directly to a hustler because that is exactly what he is . The language he uses as well as the flows he chooses to use shows that his words are coming from an honest place . For example “Keep coke in coffee, Keep money smellin mothy, chains is cool to cop but more important is lawyer fees”. Only a person whose lived this life and knows the trials and tribulations of hustling can create such a vivid picture.
Blueprint- Never Change
“Lost 92 bricks had to fall back
knocked a ni**a off his feel but I crawled back
Had A1 credit got more cr*ck
from the 1st to 5th I gave it all back
If.. I’m not a hustler what you call that?
This is before rap, this is all fact
I NEVER CHANGE”
Blueprint is simply a classic.
Empire State of Mind is my favorite track off the album. While the beat hits hard, its still so chill that you could rock to it anytime. Plus you can’t go wrong with Alicia, her voice just gives the song such an epic feel.
Young Forever
I’m at the young age of 23 but starting to feel like I’m getting old. The song really hits me and makes me want to be young forever. But the song helps me see that it’s really in my mind and as long as I think forever young I’ll never be old.
“So lets just stay in the moment, smoke some weed,
drink some wine,
reminisce talk some sh-t forever young is in your mind”
“heart of the city”
I PACK HEAT LIKE I’M THE OVEN DOOR.
where’s the love? It’s gonna be at MSG on friday night. get me there, please.
“Song Cry”
I know this song from beginning to end and always dreamed of singing this song along with Jay. What touched me about this song is it displayed that tears is not the only way to display one’s feelings it can be shown in various forms such as music, art, poems, etc. Two me this showed how volatile Jay could be because it is different from other songs. The way he expressed himself was very articulate and would capture anyones attention. Till this day I can listen to this song over and over.
“Empire State of Mind” – is one of my favorite songs, because when I think of New York, a few things come to mind immediately, the Yankess of course would be one and also Jay-Z’s music and his rags to riches story and when he drops lines like, “Shit, I made a Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,” you believe him.
“Takeover”-
I heard the Summerjam version on the radio, then I heard it blasting in a car on the way to class.
I bought the CD a few days early from a mom and pop shop that got CD’s in early. Beat by Kanye and the darts at Mobb Deep and Nas…classic.
“Heart of the City” was my favorite track off of Blueprint. The reason being, on 9/11/09 when this album was released, we played this song on repeat as we drove around to our loved ones and attempted to process the attacks that happened in NYC just hours prior. The area in which I live was heavily impacted by the attacks that took place on that horrific day. Anytime I listen to heart of the city, it takes me back to that day and the feelings I felt. However, it doesnt take me back to those feelings of fear and despair, but more so the feelings of strength to overcome and pride in our nation. I’ve listened to Jay-Z since Reasonable Doubt, but Blueprint will always be my favorit album of Jay-Z’s because his lyrics help carried me through one of the most unforgettable days of my life.
My favorite track off the Blueprint album is “Song Cry.” When this song came out I played it over and over constantly!!! Jay-z speaks to his fans in an incredible way. Song cry is one of many songs that solitified Jay-z ‘s longevity in the game. It showed a side of him that the people don;t always get to see and showed a versatility that many fans may not have known he had. Jay-z has a presence unlike any other. i once watched him perform Song Cry live on television and it completely captivated me along thousands of other fans in the audience that day. It would change my world to see him perform that track live and in person. It’s a song that speaks for you when you can’t; helps you express emotions when you don’t know how–which is befitting for an amazing event like the one he’s about to put on in honor of all those lost on 9/11 and those who are still grieving the loss of loved ones…
OMG jayz and eminem r AMAZING
Run this town!!!