In honor of the 10th anniversary of Jay-Z’s The Blueprint, J. Cole recently chopped it up with VIBE.com’s Mikey Fresh and shared some of his memories of buying the album. During the interview, he recalled copping the CD and how it stuck with him for “so long.”
“I remember just as a fan. I remember exactly where I bought it from. I bought it from the mall, the little CD store they had right in the front of the mall,” he said. “I got the album. I just remember looking at the case and being like, God, the packaging is so ill! The blue tinted case. I just remember. I remember never taking it out the CD changer for so long.”
Though he brands it a “classic,” Cole explains that there’s only one song that he skipped every time. “That album is a classic. There’s only one song I ever skipped on that album religiously, and that was ‘Jigga That Nigga.’ I always skipped that,” he said. “But everything else was my shit on that album. Especially ‘Renegade,’ I played the hell out of that.”
As for his opinion on if Eminem murdered Hov on “Renegade,” 
Cole sticks up for his Roc Nation boss. “I probably would say ‘Renegade,’ but everything pretty much ties,” he said of his favorite cuts. “Of course, Eminem got it, but Jay had incredible verses. That’s what some people fail to realize. Jay had some of his best verses on that. That’s how good Eminem was, that Jay had some of his best.
Cole, Cole, that nigga Cole.
I actually like J Cole but this kid’s every day talk about Jay Z is getting me bored now. Damn, talk about yourself, rap in general and the how you perceive hip hop today etc. Dick riding Jay isn’t going to make me by your album. The quality of music will.
Glad to see Cole has some common sense in him to realize that Jay did not get murdered on his own track. They both went extremely hard and Em just went a bit harder. Jay’s verses were excellent nonetheless, but honestly, was there anybody on Em’s level lyrically back in 2001?
No. That was both Em and Jay in their prime, that’s what makes that track all the more special.
Em had the best verses on the song, but Jay did not suck on it either.
But Em in 2001 would murder Em in 2011. The same with Jay. 2001 Jay would murder the current Jay. 1996/7 Jay would murder them all.
“Glad to see Cole has some common sense in him to realize that Jay did not get murdered on his own track”
You do realize cole signed toJay-Z so of course hes gunna say anything to defend Jay-z.Hes more like a Jay-Z stan
YES
YES SIR YES SIR YES SIR
Renegade spawned the phrase “murder on your own track” Jay went in on renegade no doubt, that song is a classic. Can’t be touched. Em was dope ,. But jay killed it.
i skipped Jigga that nigga jigga , and hola hovito, still a classic. and H to the izzo
a classic album doesnt mean it doesnt have skippable traxx,. hell ready to die had a skip or 2,. so did doggy style . i hated murder was the case, illmaitc was hella gravy though , same with midnight marauders. Chroic 2001 was pretty thourough.
i remember i went to bestbuy the same day and they closed early because the 911 shit and when i got home i smoke the good chronic and played it but since everything with the twin towers that was happening that day the album had a sad feeling that went together with the 911 shit and it felt crazy and just sad man it crazy crazy crazy
Jay dickriders are the worst of the worst, Eminem killed Jay on Renegad and that’s that!
Blueprint is by far the most overrated rap album of all time. It only has like 5 good songs on there.
Tha Carter >>> Blueprint
Tha Carter 2 >>> Reasonable Doubt
Volume 3 was prob Jay best album, definitely my favorite!
HAHAHAHA JASON DIG A HOLE
You have offically bumped your head a lost all the little sense you had left. There is not one Mr. Lady Pants album that is better than Jay’s. Only album you may be able to compare is Kingdom Come and that album is better than people give it credit for.
4real man. Them carter albums are a 4 at best. Blueprint on the other hand is a classic nuff said.Lil wayne wish he could spit like Jay on the Blueprint. Also I thought renegade was a tie between both emcees.I think 01 when Ether came out every one was like ooh Jay did get murdered but dont go for the shock value Em had in the song and really listen to the lyrical content.People think b/c Em was talking crazy he had better lyrics but jay spit fire on that track too to match em.Real heads know.This is some their best lyrics of all time and i’m not riding jay jock because Nas is my favorite emcee.
Yall just think that was literaly 10 YEARS AGO!!!, Crazy time goes so fast., But they both killed it on that track.
It’s funny how J.cole said thats how good Eminem “was”. Was as in back then. He’s not that good anymore. He aint wack he just don’t have that heat rock like he did before.
Cole should reminisce about making that wack track with Jay. I like Cole and respect him as an artist but I had high hopes that Jay may come hard… Wait no I didn’t hahahaha
He’s infatuated with his boss. Some fetish with being a subordinate to him. Weird ish…
Lets get rid of this nonsensical egotistical ish of who did what on Jay’s track, Royce killed him on it on thee “original” which probably lead to tension between Royce and em. But was never featured, hmmm? Can’t have an unknown guy top him on his own ish. But now, so long as the unknown artist is under his own label, it’s legitimate.
God this kid is on Jay’s sack so bad it’s embarassing.
IDIOT THEY ASKED THE QUESTION
Here’s the original Renegade track before Royce was cut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_O_-URLgIM
Royces verses were better but jay’s fit better. Royce wasn’t really talkin bout anythin while Eminem was so it didn’t really work.
wut up cole? dat cole world album gon b a classic. don’t listen 2 those bitch niggaz hatin on u. i’m buyin ur shit on da 27th nigga!
and blueprint iz a muthafuckin classic. fuck wut u niggaz heard. and jay! killed renegade, feminem’z versez were shit in dat song. (waitz 4 da haterz and feminem stanz)
RNGMB BITCH! WATCH DA THRONE/COLE WORLD NIGGAZ!
the album has to drop then it will be considered a classic
there is no such thing as an album being a classic before it drops
Fuck you cunt. I will ban you from my site.
Honestly never really thought em murderd jay they both just murdered the beat but in general hov <
that’s because he didn’t…I only heard peeps start saying that nonsense AFTER Nas said it…I thought it was a great song with 2-great lyricists who ripped it..haters were waiting for someone to get at Jay and they ran with it….either way…remember my room mate in my freshmen year of college setting the alarm to cue the cd on Ain’t No Love In The HEart of the City every morning…we were the only brooklyn niggas on the floor and that shit was blasting at 7:30 am…miss those days..
wowo complete cosign. If you hear a lie for so long it becomes the accepted truth. Nobody would ever say eminem murdered jay if nas didn’t. They even say it exactly how nas said it, just regurgitating the song. Jay and em have done more songs together like unreleased syllables. Jay dusts Em, everybody’s quiet
WTf is wrong with dis kid and Jay-z.hes not his own man he acting like he needs Jay-z.he on him hard
how old was cole when BP dropped anyway? like 12?
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no Eminem didnt murder Jay on Renegade but like we all kno, he had the better verse..Jay held his own and did well tho so u cnt say he got murdered but yea, Em did better like he usually always does
honestly that song was a classic but it just depends on what style of flow you like better to even pick between the better verses. Personally i thought Em ripped it but Hov’s verse was insane too close to pick but jcole gonna have a classic album but there might be too much hype for it to be this album.. Cole World..THe ROC..SHADY
I don’t think you could ever really call it Jay’s own shit, it was essentially an Em track that Jay threw some verses over really quick and it was still pretty much honours even, Em’s pressence was breath taking but Jay’s lyrics were unstoppable. It was just two of the all time greats in their absolute prime.
EM RIPPED THAT SHIT APART!
em murdered it. too smooth.
gotta hear this one again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t6sTR1YJuI
Hey Jcole!!
Get off JAY Z cock you prick.
STOP LICKING JAY’S ASS YOU LAZY FUCK AND PUT OUT AN ALBUM (WHICH WILL SUCK ANYWAY)
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Lil’ B
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Hey everybody! Look at this weirdo dying for attention!
And to the rest of you people! What’s can you reminisce about over Blueprint 1? Which one is your favorite song on the album! The only reason half of you even know about it is the actual states the JayZ Eminem collaboration! And you people love you some Eminem! LOL! Jigga My N!gga is only repeated in the comments because Cole said it! LOL! You think people can’t see this? That song was HUGE! So huge even Ruff Ryders did Scenario 2000 off of the same beat!
And here’s the killer point! YOU ARE DISCUSSING AN ETHER VERSE! Not a Takeover verse on the same album! LOL! Brothers come down here and take these boards back from these frauds claiming they are Hip Hop!
LOL @ these comments: he wasn’t even talkin about jigga my nigga wrong song
What you ALL fail 2 realize is that Renegade was NEVER Jays song. Em’s exact verses existed on the same exact track before Jay stole it.
This album is absolutely NOT a classic
Cole World Global ice age prehistoric freezing dinsoaurs alive shit!
Sept 27th bitches ride J Cole’s dick