JAY-Z COVERS BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

Jay-Z covers the latest issue of Billboard Magazine, and talks about his new project and "Blueprint" for success.

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An excerpt from the interview

"This being the end of the trilogy, I wanted to bring it full circle," he says. "The first 'Blueprint' was based on soul samples and more of a place where I came from and the records I listened to growing up with my mom and pop. This 'Blueprint,' I liken it to a new classic, simply because we -- Usher, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, myself -- are becoming the people that we looked up to musically growing up, like Marvin Gaye and Frank Sinatra."

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