The Blueprint
by Jay-Z
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The Blueprint is ranked as the best album by Jay-Z.
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The Blueprint track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Blueprint rankings
The Blueprint rankings summary
Overall rank: 516th | 2000s rank: 83rd | 2001 rank: 10th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2001 | 29/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Amirkhosro | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 84 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 68 Music Albums of 2001 | 61/68 | 1 |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 20 Music Albums of 2001 | 5/20 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2001 | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 38 Music Albums of 2001 | 19/38 | 3 |
| 2026 |  salahshoori | Top 95 Greatest Music Albums | 28/95 | 70 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 547 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,349 | |||
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The Blueprint collection
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The Blueprint ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/05/2026 17:51 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 07:47 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:00 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.9.
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The Blueprint forum mentions
This album has been referenced 139 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From 
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5432): By joannajewsom
BestEverAlbums 09/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5432): By joannajewsom“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by joannajewsom () 1. by (1993) 2. by (1999) 3. by (1963) 4. by (1976) 5. by (1969) 6. (2006) 7. by by (1966) 9. by (1967) 10. by (1980) 12. by by (2003) 15. by by (1995) 18. by (1986) 19. by (1991) 20. by (2015) 21. by (1986) 23. by (2000) 24.…”
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pedro1976 09/11/2026 06:18 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
pedro1976 09/11/2026 06:18 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)“0710”
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The Blueprint comments
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lethalnezzle 10/13/2012 13:47 | #52243 | TOP COMMENT
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The perfect distillation of Jigga. It's better lyrically than everything that came afterwards, and the beats are the best he's ever rapped over. It's not as good as Reasonable Doubt IMO, but if someone asked me for a starting point for listening to Jay-Z then it'd be this. Anyone that thinks the Black Album is remotely near this level needs their ears checked.
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/27/2019 08:03 | #245966 | TOP COMMENT
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/27/2019 08:03 | #245966 | TOP COMMENT
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Jay-Z is that first-person shooter game that only has going for itself that it has slightly better graphics. Yes, his flow flows, but that's all. And then to hear his rapping go over snippets of The Doors' "Five to One" even borrowing the bass and percussion, I'm like what's the point? Like a lot of '00s rappers the beats are so random; just the minimum they need to get their flow going. Thankfully, Kanye brought some difference in that (but not as succesfully yet on every track of this album). But all that is no problem if the rapping is something exceptionally interesting to listen to, but to some of y'all rap can only be so enjoyable to listen to and your support for the game is just an act of political correctness. Lyrically though, he might be exceptionally interesting - although "Girls, Girls, Girls" makes me put huge question marks to that statement. He likes to have his cake and eat it; have his street cred and have a rich, book smart vocabulary. And rich his vocabulary is, and OG his history is, but unlike others I don't need my black heroes to conform to white standards of quality to call them genius, and I don't need my black heroes to conform to black standards of quality to feel justified to like them, respectively. They just have to make good music.
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Seanzey B Goode 02/21/2012 17:39 | #37266 | TOP COMMENT
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Great beats, but I feel like I'm the only one who thinks this is overrated. Yeah its alright, but not the brilliant masterpiece that critics seem to think it is.
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snooppigg 12/09/2020 16:25 | #262404 | TOP COMMENT
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One of few Jay-Z albums that are consistently good, and it is incredibly good, every track is amazing.
except Girls, Girls, Girls
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Amirkhosro 10/20/2016 19:15 | #177224 | TOP COMMENT
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I think this is even better than Reasonable Doubt due to the music and the wit
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