L.A. Reid Talks About Jay-Z’s “Blueprint 3”
Many of us have questions concerning Jay-Z’s upcoming album “Blueprint 3.” When is it going to be released? What company will it be under? Island Def Jam chairman, L.A. Reid, is just as interested in this as we are. 
He says, “We still have an arrangement with Jay-Z. He and I are really good friends, and we enjoy working together, and we’re hoping we could figure it out. If we can’t figure it out, it won’t lessen my interest in his record and in his career.
“My relationship with him goes much deeper than what company it’s on. To me, the Blueprint 3 is an important album, however it comes out. If it comes out in a cereal box, it doesn’t matter to me. As long as it’s one of the great records of our time.”
Jay-Z and his album mean more to him than just what label the records under. “I wanna know that artists like Jay-Z and business people like Jay-Z can have a 40-year career. I wanna see the first hip-hop artist have a 40 year career. I wanna know that hip-hop has the legs, and it wasn’t a trend in music. It wasn’t something that can come and go, but it will stick around and last. No different from rock music, no different from pop music.”
It’s interesting to hear L.A.’s point of view with all of this. It would be awesome if Jay-Z or any hip hopper or rapper could stay around as long as someone like pop singer Madonna. That’s definitely something to pay attention to.
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