The Blueprint (Vinyl 2xLP) vintageThe Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay Z, released on September 11, 2001, by Roc A Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2001 at Manhattan Center Studios and Baseline Studios in New York City. Contrasting the radio friendly sound of Jay Z's previous work, The Blueprint features soul based
Raeford Gerald was a top-70s soul producer
the cleverly chosen combination of group name and album title (in English: 'Old Roots of the Colonies of the River Plate') readily hints at the kind of sounds the listener will be challenged with when diving into this LP
spent six weeks in a studio in Brussels that was decked out like a New York diner and featured a warehouse of antique gear
Imagine the biggest classics from Roy Ayers
A Woman A Man Walked By features the single 'Black Hearted Love'
" and James Taylor's "Country Road" to dizzying heights (she also turns "Bridge over Troubled Water" into the sanctified gospel hymn it truly is)
Marvin Holmes was a local Oakland musician
Over the 60s and into the early 1970s
positive swing that radiates inwards and outwards
Following a flood of critical and communal acclaim from The Oracles January 2019 cassette-only release
Strike is an explosion of colour and energy that evokes images of high school sports meets
A magnificent slice of New Orleans history right here
