Jay Z's Blueprint 3 From Best to Worst

I figured that instead of doing another formal review of Jay Z's new album Blueprint 3 I would switch it up and list what I believe to be the order of all the songs on the album from best to worst. Ask me another day and this list might be different but for today, this is what I have:

*(Feel free to post your own order in the comments section)

1. D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)
No discussion, this was the best track on BP3. Completed with shots at the likes of repeated offenders like T-Pain and Lil' Wayne, Jay ushered in a new era with this track - he brought rap fans into a whole new mindstate. Of course when this dropped we were all expecting Blueprint 3 to continue with the whole "black hoodie-rap" steez, but unfortunately it pretty much all declined from here.

2. Run This Town
I feel like this song might have been an effort to continue the force that was D.O.A. but it didn't really work out that way. Rhianna's chorus is solid and production is dope but Jay's verse lacked substance. I actually thought 'Ye outshined Hov on this one.



3. Empire State of Mind
Funny how the three singles from this album ended up being the top three tracks, that almost never happens. Jay's flow is near perfection on this one and Alicia Keys had the best feature on the album here.

4. Already Home
An actual verse from Cudi could have made this song better but other than that its solid all around. No slip-ups here.

5. On To The Next One
Scratch the hook and a couple spots where Jigga's flow sounds awkward, and this song would be much higher on the list. Jay brings some simple subject matter on this one but drops multiple quotables, not bad in my book.

6. Off That
Jay wasn't bad on this track and Drake's hook is pretty good, to tell you the truth it's the production on this one that doesn't click.

7. So Ambitious
This track probably could've been pretty good, it just didn't turn out that way. The idea is a good start, but the song is much too slow in general and this really just isn't the type of beat Jay should be going over on this album.

8. Hate
Solid verses by both Hov and Kanye but they don't make up for that bum-ass beat in any way, shape, or form. Period.

9. A Star is Born
I like the content, the fact that J. Cole features, pretty much everything is ok but this isn't something I would listen to again.

10. Venus vs. Mars
At this point in the album, this kind of a track was the last thing I wanted to hear. Maybe I have a biased opinion but this was a skip track for me.

11. Young Forever
Another that I would only listen to once but not quite as good as the last. Name me one situation where you could bump this song without your friends shooting you "bad smell faces"...

12. Thank You
Filler.

13. What we talkin' About
Aside from the shots at Game and Dame, I see no reason this should have made the cut.

14. Real as it gets
This is one of those tracks that you always forget was on the album, not even because it was that bad, just extremely unmemorable.

15. Reminder
Weirdest hook '09 makes this the bottom track on BP3. Whoever told Jay this was hot needs a new job.