The Blueprint 3
by Jay-Z
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Jay-Z bestography
The Blueprint 3 is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Jay-Z on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jay-Z is The Blueprint which is ranked number 510 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,368.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Blueprint 3 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Blueprint 3 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 68 Music Albums of 2009 | 65/68 | 0 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 57 Music Albums of 2009 | 8/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 26 Music Albums of 2009 | 6/26 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2009 | 17/46 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 22 Music Albums of 2009 | 21/22 | 0 |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 22 Music Albums of 2009 | 13/22 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 80 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 202 | |||
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The Blueprint 3 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 05:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,654 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 06:35 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:53 | Jakor | 5,544 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.8/100, a mean average of 65.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 09/09/2023 07:42 in What album are you listening to right now?The Blueprint 3 comments
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Boltzmann 12/27/2019 10:48 | #245970 | TOP COMMENT
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Another fine album by Jay-Z, just fine. He knows himself for sure, not everyone should use auto-tune, just people with ear for melody. And that's part of his success: knowing his own limits. The question is just are those borders marking a big enough territory.
junodog4 03/27/2017 17:27 | #188221 | TOP COMMENT
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Last worthwhile album, but at this point, it sounds like the game has moved past him.
This record is a floorplan to mediocracy. What a piece of crap!
This album is a let down, definitely one of his worst albums. I do not recommend this to anyone for any occasion unless you have a serious fetish for underachieving albums. Best song: Empire State of Mind. I wouldn't bother with the rest of the album it's not worth the time.
leave it to Jay-z to make "Tha Carter III" look artistic and edgy, yikes this is bad
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