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3. Jay-Z: 'The Blueprint' (2001) - Fusing Jay-Z’s dexterous rhymes with soul samples, slickly produced grooves and a genuine positivity, ‘The Blueprint’ is a triumph in every possible sense. Ranging from the inspired diss track 'Takeover' which skilfully berates Nas and Mobb Deep, to the unadulterated pop of 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)' to the animalistic 'Girls Girls Girls', 'The Blueprint' is an eclectic multi-layered work of genius. An album that's been copied by many aspiring hip-hop artists, but has never been topped.
- Absolutely love this list! Although, where are Kaiser Chiefs?
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- not good enough really
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Kaiser Chiefs are on our worst albums of the decade countdown ![Reply to this comment](http://www.gigwise.com/images/comments_reply.gif)
- not enough dance
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I was just thinking about this the other day. Can't argue with most of these although I am missing Beck's Sea Change, Bon Iver and CSS.![Reply to this comment](http://www.gigwise.com/images/comments_reply.gif)
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