JAYZ COULD SELL A MILLION RECORDS BY NEXT WEEK!

Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 album is well on it's way to hitting a million units sold!



BP3 sold 464,000 copies in it's first week of release, then an additional 300,000+ copies in the 2nd week and by the end of this week, it's projected the Brooklyn hero will be selling 160,000 copies!




Brooklyn we go hard.

JAY-Z BEATS ELVIS

The numbers are in for Jay-Z's BP3 album & ya boy Hov is holding the #1 spot on top of the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts!




Blueprint 3 sold more than 470,000 copies in it's first week of sales, making Jay-Z the only solo artist to have the most #1 albums in history, surpassing the Rock & Roll pioneer/legend Elvis Presley & leaving him behind The Beatles!!




Men lie, women lie, numbers don't.




What a fete!!!

JAY-Z BP3 IN STORES TODAY!

I had the honor & privilege to meet a legend, one of the greatest to ever touch a mic, a hip-hop don, the Brooklyn hero Jay-Z when he visited us today at the Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Morning Show!!! It's a moment I will truly never ever forget!!!




Jay-Z has been up all day today doing major press for his bumped release date for the Blueprint 3 album which is in stores today as oppose to it's original date on September 11! Here's some of the footage from the interview today. Shouts to the homie Drewski. And yes that's me, ya girl JB in the background fixin the red carpet & balloon LOL. We keep it hood on the morning show!:

Catch the full interview on HOT97.COM or if you'd like to listen to it here:


Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Morning Show: JAY-Z (JAYDAY)








Much love to Tim Westwood who was in the building too. A cool ass dude.





For all you Hova fans, I'm gonna hook you up with some vital info about him that you need to know!:

1. Jay-Z will be on the Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow.
2. He's suppose to be perform at the VMA's this Sunday ( I hope! Maybe him & Beyonce will do somethin together. Or be a part of the MJ tribute!!!)
3. Special concert goin down this Friday on 9/11 & will air live exclusively on Fuse TV at 9PM.
4. ***SPOILER ALERT***: He'll be making his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 24th.

Here are his current accomplishments. Someone should send this to T-Pain & see if he could even compare:

1. Jay-Z has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
2. He's a 7 time Grammy Award winner.
3. Has ten #1 albums, which makes him tied with Elvis Presley & behind only the Beatles for the most of all-time.
4. More #1 debuts than any other artist in history with 10 total.
5. 18 Top 10 hits on Billboard's HipHop/R&B charts.
6. Co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear clothing.
7. Co- owner of the New Jersey Nets, 40/40 Sports Clubs.
8. The first non-athlete to enter into a major footwear co-venture with the S. Carter line for Reebok.
9. First hip hop artist to headline Glastonbury in the UK.
10. Partnership with Live Nation, Activision for DJ Hero, Carol's Daughter skin care.

Say all that in one breathe!




Go support Jigga man & cop that Blueprint 3 in stores today!!!

JAY-Z SEPT. 11 CONCERT & ANOTHER LEAKED RECORD

To all the Hovian fans out there, it's already known that Jay-Z was planning to throw a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in NYC on the day of his album release, September 11th.

New details have surfaced about the one night extravaganza & it's looking like it'll be an event everyone wants to see!

The concert is to help raise money for the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund who has distributed over $114 million to the families of police and firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

"This charity and concert encompass the true spirit of New York City," Jay-Z told AllHipHop in a statement. "We are asking everyone to 'answer the call' and support and honor the families of those that lost their lives in the line of duty. There was true camaraderie and resiliency that this city showed the world in 2001, and we continue that today by taking care of our own."

The concert will air live via Fuse Presents: Jay-Z Live from Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call on September 11 at 9:00 PM.

And this here is another leaked track produced by Timbaland again, off of Jiggaman's anticipated Blueprint 3 album called Reminder. Take a listen:

My favorite track I've heard by far!!!!!




Sounds like authentic Jay-Z if you ask me! And to the ones who'll be hating on his lyrics, he's not a young teenager anymore so what he has to say at the age of nearly 40, will be tremendously different from when he was 18.




Thank you, come again.

NEW MUSIC: JAY-Z FT DRAKE

A track called Off That off of Jigga's Blueprint 3 album has been leaked & its featuring Drizzy:

If it wasn't obvious for you, the song was produced by Timbo.




Sounds dope but why didn't Drake get a verse???

BLUEPRINT 3 COVER

This the album cover for Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 and here is the track listing:

1. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)
2. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)
3. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)
4. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)
5. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
6. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)
7. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)
8. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)
9. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)
10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)
12. Forever Young Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.)


Bonus Tracks:

14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)
15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)

Kanye & Jay weren't playin.

JAY-Z LEANS ON THE HOMIES FOR NEXT SINGLE

Want more music from Jigga's Blueprint 3 album???



Well wait no more!!!!!



The next single to be released off the album is a song called Run This Town which features his prodigy Rihanna & longtime buddy Kanye West.



The song is expected to hit airwaves this Friday.



I should've known he was gonna come out with a banger since D.O.A wasn't really meant to be a radio hit; it was meant to be a statement.




A monstrosity of a collabo. I digs it!!

50 CENT REMOVES HIS TATTOOS

50 Cent has a mural worth of tattoos all over his back and his body but recently he's decided that he wants his pure, tattoo-free skin back by removing all the tats from his arms!

“I took some of the tattoos off because on the movie set, if we got a six o’clock call time, I have to be there two o’clock the night before,” 50 Cent told AllHipHop. “I gotta go through four hours of make up before we go ahead and play the role. So, I just took it off my arm. My right arm."

He has opted to keep the signature 50 Cent and Southside tattoos on his back.

And speaking of 50, word has it that he's planning to release the long anticipated Before I Self Destruct album on September 11th; the same day Jay-Z will be dropping Blueprint 3.

Rap wars here we go! He wants to take a shot again at these battle sales. Did 50 forget what happened when he tried to do that with Kanye?

JIGGA MAN ADDED TO BET AWARDS 2009

BET announced yesterday that Jay-Z will be added to the lineup of performers for the awards show on June 28.

The rapper joins his wife Beyonce, as well as Kanye West, the Dream, Maxwell, Ne-Yo and others on the performance roster. Jamie Foxx will be hosting the event.

Jay-Z also spoke about his upcoming album Blueprint 3 being released on September 11th, which is the anniversary of his first Blueprint album.

He told Angie Martinez on HOT 97 in NY, "“It’s the date the first one came out and it was a horrible date in our history. I have a wonderful idea for a show, proceeds are gonna go to charity. You know, just bring it full circle. I have a historic venue in mind, I’m gonna bring some artists out. It’s gonna be big.”

Sucha innovator Hov'! You and your wifey!

The performances for this year's BET Awards sound like it's gonna be bananas.

JAY-Z SIGNS TO ATLANTIC RECORDS

There's been much speculation as to where Jay-Z was going to go after he bought out his contract at Def Jam for $5 million of his own hard earned cash.

There were talks that he was heading to Sony, or taking his Roc Nation label through Live Nation to who knows where & rumors of him having secret meetings with his former colleagues Lyor Cohen & Kevin Liles who he's known for a long time when all 3 worked together at Def Jam during the years.

Well those meetings hold true because it's official.


Jay-Z has signed with Atlantic Records & his Roc Nation label will go to Sony.

Jigga's Blueprint 3, which he's been working on with Kanye West, among other producers to bring back the old Jay-Z, will be released on the label on September 11th, the anniversary of the first Blueprint album.

HELLOOOO BROOKLYNNNNNN!

* squealing like a little girl.