Jay-Z almost ‘walked away’ from ‘The Blueprint.’ 25 years later, its healing power still resonates.

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25-years later, Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” offered Black New York the same relief the album gave a broken city in 2001.

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Jay-Z’s three-night run at Yankee Stadium had everybody talking. And sure, the clips have been all over the timeline, but this was one of those “you had to be there” moments. The magnitude of those shows, or really the energy of them, can’t be translated into a 30-second video.

On night two, celebrating 25 years of “The Blueprint,” HOV paused to reflect on the widely revered album and his complicated history with it. Because back on September 11, 2001, before the date was forever seared into the nation’s memory, the Brooklyn rapper released his sixth album into the world

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