As The Blueprint turns 25 today, we take a look back at one of the most important albums in rap history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2001, most of us were bouncing to Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" when word spread that Jay-Z had gone after Nas and Mobb ...

Jay-Z’s night two at Yankee Stadium was again huge in scale (full band ensemble, DJ, colossal LED screen hovering over a sprawling stage) and epic in anticipation as tens of thousands flooded the ...

25-years later, Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” offered Black New York the same relief the album gave a broken city in 2001. Jay-Z’s three-night run at Yankee Stadium had everybody talking. And sure, the ...

On this date a quarter century ago, September 11, 2001, Jay-Z released what many consider to be his defining masterpiece, The Blueprint, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The album ...

Jay-Z was almost entirely truthful to the source material for his 25th anniversary Yankee Stadium show on Saturday to celebrate “The Blueprint,” setting guests artists to high wattage but low ...

Jay-Z stands as one of the most influential artists in U.S. rap history. His 2001 album The Blueprint is widely cited as a defining New York hip-hop record of the 2000s, often ranked among the ...

The Blueprint arrived in September 2001 and quickly became a reference point for Jay-Z's blend of street detail, luxury imagery and sharp sampling choices. The album's chart peak underlined how ...

Hov spoke with PEOPLE about the landmark album during the premiere of HBO’s ‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Theo Wargo/WireImage Jay-Z is reflecting on 25 years of The Blueprint Hov spoke with PEOPLE about the landmark ...

NBA YoungBoy dropped his ninth studio album, "Slime Cry," back in January, featuring Burna Boy and Jelly Roll. NBA YoungBoy says that he recently realized how ahead of the game he is after listening ...

Twenty-five years after The Blueprint dropped on 9/11, Jay-Z's sixth album still shows every version of Hov — the battle rapper, the businessman, the son, the superstar. Here's why hip-hop is still ...