Interview: Thoughts on Jay-z: The Blueprint 3
Over the past couple months, HipHopAtLunch.com has been gathering the opinions of emerging hip hop artists regarding The Blueprint 3 and Death of Autotune. The following video is a compilation of those thoughts.
Everyone has their own view on The Blueprint 3 and Death of Autotune, but all of the artists in the video hoped to hear the best from Jay on his latest release. If you haven’t heard the album yet, click the link below and let me know what you think!
September 11th is the official day that Jay-z’s 11th studio album, and final installment to the Blueprint trilogy, will drop. However, the entire album leaked onto the internet yesterday, killing the suspense behind what it would sound like.
Due to all this suspense, Jay-z released The Blueprint 3’s first single “D.O.A.” live on Hot 97 back in June. Every hip hop fan was glued to the radio to hear Flex drop the bomb, and seconds later, Twitter exploded with Jay-z dominating the trending topics.
Jay proceeded to be the special guest at Hot 97’s Summer Jam Concert Series a few days after, where he performed D.O.A. live for the first time.
That live video is sick!
Artists Tagged
Pill
Tyrone Rivers
Label: Asylum Records
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Pill’s music is refreshing, as he paints a portrait of the streets in a very natural and real way, effectively shaming all the artists who pretend to be from his part of town. The XXL Magazine Freshman turned heads with his debut video for "Trap Goin' Ham," directed by Motion Family, as it graphically portrayed the poverty taking place in Pink City, five minutes away from a police precinct and seven minutes away from the state capital.
So far all of Pill's releases have been named after the various locations in which he grew up. 4180: The Prescription refers back to the Kimberly Court Projects on 4180 Cant Street and 4075: The Refill refers to the address of Pill’s aunt’s house. His next release, hosted by DJ Drama, should be a major turning point in his career as he's sure to be exposed to a wide fan base. Gangsta Grillz 1140: The Overdose is set to drop on June 1st.
Sean Falyon
Sean Falyon
Label: Unsigned
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Don’t let the “Freeway” Ricky Ross beard fool you, Sean Falyon’s music is far from gangsta. Having said that, it’s a good thing that Sean embraces his personal rap style instead of spitting fabricated lines in an effort to fit into the stereotypical rap image.
Before heavily pursuing the rap game, Sean first made a name for himself with his clothing line, Soupy Jones. He's since put all of his focus into music, and although being the emcee’s third project, Sean Falyon “BE” Everywhere serves as a great introduction to his sound.
Wiz Khalifa
Cameron Thomaz
Label: Atlantic Records, Rostrum Records
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Despite having a smash single in "Say Yeah," Wiz Khalifa spent 2 years sitting on the shelf at Warner Bros. Records. However, after leaving his major label situation during the summer of 2009, the XXL Freshman’s career really started to take off.
Due to an impressive amount of grass roots marketing, orchestrated by his current management team at Rostrum Records, Wiz's most recent project, Kush and Orange Juice, became a trending topic on Twitter and the talk of major music publications upon its release. Wiz Khalifa's once hard-to-pronounce name is now becoming more common place in hip hop discussions.
On July 30th, Wiz announced that he signed a record deal with Atlantic Records.
