The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
Production
- Jay -Z
- Darrell " Digga " Branch
- Just Blaze
- The Neptunes
- Timbaland
- Charlemagne
- Kanye West
- Heavy D
- Big Chuck
- Ron Feennster
- Jimmy Kendrick
- No. I. D.
- Dr. Dre
Studios
- December 2001 - March 2002
- D & D Studio
The Blueprint ²: The Gift & The Curse is the seventh studio album and first double album of American rapper Jay -Z. It was published on 12 November 2002. Some tracks on the album were re-released on the album The Blueprint 2.1 in 2003.
- 3.1 album
- 3.2 Singles
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This album debuted as Jay -Z's previous albums, again number one, with over 545,000 units sold in the first week of release. To date, units were sold of the album in the United States over two million. The album was criticized for the pop-oriented sound.
The first CD The Gift has more upbeat and contains more party songs, including the successful single '03 Bonnie & Clyde Excuse Me Miss as well. The Curse contains more harder rap and hip -hop songs.
Title list
Disc 1: The Gift
- " Juicy " by The Notorious B.I.G.
- "Stay" by Black Jack
- " Diggin 'On You (Live )" by TLC
- " The Watcher " by Dr. Dre
- "Me and My Girlfriend " by Makaveli
- Interpolation of " If I Was Your Girlfriend " by Prince
- " Sadie " by B. Hawes
- "Brooklyn 's Finest " by Jay- Z
- " Theme From The Black Hole " by George Clinton
- "Children Get Together" by Ed Hawkins
- "Same Song" by Digital Underground
- " After All " by The Marvelettes
- "U Do not Have To Call" by Usher
- "My Way " by Paul Anka
Disc 2: The Curse
- " Arco Arena " by Cake
- "I'm Not to Blame " by Bobby Byrd
- " Castles of Sand" by Jermaine Jackson
- "A Word Called Love " by Brian & Brenda Russell
- " The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone
- " Fantasy" by Earth, Wind & Fire
- "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby " by Kim Weston
- " A Bitch Iz a Bitch " by N.W.A.
(* ) Bonus songs.