
![Jay-Z - The Blueprint, Vol. 2: The Gift and The Curse [Explicit Content] - (Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics) - [CD]](http://shopmusic247.com/cdn/shop/files/BLUEPRINT2THEGIFT_lwuhix_medium.jpg?v=1772158850)
Release Date: 2002-11-12
Language: English
UPC: 044006338125
No. of Disc: 2
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- Disc 1 -
1 A Dream (Featuring Faith Evans and Notorious B.I.G.)
2 Hovi Baby
3 The Watcher 2 (Featuring Dr. Dre, Rakim & Truth Hurts)
4 '03 Bonnie & Clyde (Featuring Beyonce Knowles)
5 Excuse Me Miss
6 What They Gonna Do (Featuring Sean Paul)
7 All Around the World (Featuring Latoiya Williams)
8 Poppin' Tags (Featuring Big Boi, Killer Mike & Twista)
9 F*#K All Nite
10 The Bounce
11 I Did It My Way
- Disc 2 -
1 Diamonds Is Forever
2 Guns & Roses (Featuring Lenny Kravitz)
3 U Don't Know (Remix, Featuring M.O.P.)
4 Meet the Parents
5 Some How Some Way (Featuring Beanie Sigel and Scarface)
6 Some People Hate
7 Blueprint 2
8 N!#*a Please (Featuring Young Chris)
9 2 Many Hoes
10 As One (Featuring Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Young Guns, Peedi Crakk, Sparks & Rell)
11 A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier
12 Show You How (Bonus Track)
13 B*S & Sisters (Bonus Track)
14 What They Gonna Do Part II (Bonus Track)
Jay-Z Do you want in on hip-hop's dirty little secret? Well, not even rap's greatest icons have been able to pull of a memorable, fast-forward-free double disc--2Pac's All Eyez on Me and Wu-Tang Clan's Wu-Tang Forever included. On this follow-up to part one, Jay teams up with Destiny's Child's Beyonc? on "03 Bonnie & Clyde," a so-so remake of 2Pac's "Me and My Girlfriend." The Dr. Dre-produced remix to "The Watcher," featuring Rakim, reveals that, in addition to expanding his audience, Jay is interested in appealing to his tried-and-tested demographic--East Coast hardrocks. He rounds out the first disc with "I Did It My Way," sampling Paul Anka's version of "My Way" and equating his Rap Pack (Kareem Burke, Dame Dash) to the Rat Pack of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin. Don't laugh. The stronger second disc contains some pleasant surprises. The Lenny Kravitz-fuelled braggadocio of "Guns and Roses" titillates, while Jay's Jeru the Damaja-like "Bitches and Sisters" is sure to stir up accusations of misogyny. In the end, not even Jay can tear through 11 hot tracks, much less 25. --Dalton Higgins
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