10) The 'Blueprint' trilogy is legendary, but 'The Black Album' really made Jay Z an icon.
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Jay Z: 10 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Black Album'
10. 10) The 'Blueprint' trilogy is legendary, but 'The Black Album' really made Jay Z an icon.
You only have to listen to 'The Black Album' today to hear that this was Jay's masterful breakthrough into the mainstream. The record only featured three singles - 'Change Clothes', 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder' and '99 Problems' - but what a trio of tracks that is. It's the album that the mainstream still references; especially Jay's biggest fan: the president of the United States of America.
