So the buzz on the Internet today is that Jay-Z has officially dropped the new single for his upcoming album “Blueprint 3″ scheduled for a November release.

I believe it was Nasir Jones who said…

“This for dolo and his manuscript just sound stupid. When KRS already made an album called Blueprint.”

So Jay-Z goes ahead and names not 1 album Blueprint, but does it 2 more times after that, real creative Jigga.

Anywho, the new Jay single is entitled “Run This Town” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. This song is clearly a formulated attempt at a radio single smash. Therefore, this track will be huge on the commercial radio scale. Jay-Z played it safe and went with a recipe for radio single success as opposed to creativity.

The Recipe For Radio Single Success is as follows…

1. Rihanna on a hook (Substitute T-Pain or Akon as needed)

2. 1 verse from Kanye West (Substitute Lil Wayne as necessary)

3. A beat from Kanye West (Substitute Dr. Dre or Just Blaze for extra spice)

4. Bake for 39 years, grow out your hair, get married, and sell your soul.

5. Enjoy!

Overall I think the track “Run This Town” isn’t bad, its a solid track. The best part of the song is Rihanna on the hook and Kanye comes with an interesting verse to say the least. One thing I can say is that Kanye’s verse is overall better than both of Jigga’s 2 verses. Maybe it’s because Jay-Z doesn’t write lyrics, he simply freestyles.

I believe it was Joey “Mouse” Budden who said…

“The more niggas said they ain’t write down lyrics, the more it started to sound like they didn’t.”

Something to keep in mind.

So after 3 failed single attempts from Jay-Z “Dope Boy Fresh (Jockin’ Jay-Z)”, “Swagger Like Us”, and “Death of Autotune”…. I think he finally has one that will make the cut.

But what do we have to look forward to with the new album? Blueprint 3 will most likely be a bunch of electronic Kanye beats with mediocore rhymes from Jay Hova, maybe there will be some nice features but I doubt it. If he really wanted to create the the Jay-Z we all love, he would go back to some hard Marcy shit. He would bring back Beans and Bleek. Only feature needed would be Scarface. He would get a Kanye SOUL beat. He would get a real NEPTUNES (NOT PHARRELL) BEAT. He would fuck hard with Just Blaze again.  And lastly, hook up with Dame Dash again and lets get this Roc shit poppin for real. But unfortunately this old man has past his time.

So I end this post with a quote from Cam’ron Giles…

“How is the King of New York rockin’ sandals with jeans? Open toed sandals with chancletas with jeans on. How is the King of New York rockin’ sandals with jeans and he’s 42 years old!?” — Cam’ron Giles circa 2006

The Jacka stopped thru the studio to promote his new album “Tear Gas.”

We discussed his career, a new Mob Figaz album, Auto-Tune, the West Coast rap game, Mac Dre, Husalah’s release, unreleased music, and more…

I split the interview into 3 parts, you can download it here…

The Jacka 90.5 FM KSJS Illphonics Interview Part 1 (Click Me)

The Jacka 90.5 FM KSJS Illphonics Interview Part 2 (Click Me)

The Jacka 90.5 FM KSJS Illphonics Interview Part 3 (Click Me)

In traditional Illphonics style, we had The Jacka step to the mic and spit a freestyle, you can download that here…

The Jacka 90.5 FM KSJS Illphonics Freestyle (Click Me)