The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
by Jay-Z
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The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Jay-Z on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jay-Z is The Blueprint which is ranked number 523 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,311.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 65 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/27/2026 03:33 | PapaShiz86 | 11,596 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 06:36 | Olli | 7,748 | 62/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 15:42 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 12:32 |  Tamthebam | 23,148 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2025 20:40 | LittleM1971 | 5,978 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 61.6/100, a mean average of 60.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.2.
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Boltzmann 11/01/2021 23:59 | #275606
His rhymes are on another level. Of course white people's appreciation of hip hop (if it exists and exceeds beyond Eminem) mainly depends on the existence of juicy hooks and nasty beats, and some hipsters might pretend to know what it's about and point to the lyrical content. And while hooks and beats shouldn't be underestimated, I seldom see the mainstream (which is largely dictated by white people since there are more and they hold more power in society) genuinely appreciate good rap.
An absolute bloated turd between two classic albums (September 11th's "The Blueprint" and 2003's "The Black Album")
junodog4 03/27/2017 17:23 | #188219
Too much filler - I can see why he pared it down to Blueprint 2.1. There's still loads of quality however.
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