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Kanye West To Produce Jay-Z

by Paul Cashmere - August 15 2008
photo by Tim Cashmere

Jay-Z has brought in Kanye West and his protégé No ID to produce his next album `Blueprint 3`.

The news is a bitch-slap to Timbaland who had been talking up that he was going to drive the album.

Timbaland recently told MTV that he “was making a classic. You better believe me, it will be a monster. We want to go out into the world,” he said of a possible Jay-Z collaboration.

But he was wrong. It ain`t happening. Jay-Z has brought in Kanye West over Timbaland for his next record `Blueprint 3`.

On Wednesday night, Kanye West unveiled one of the songs `Dope Boy Fresh`, or as it is also known, `Jockin` Jay-Z` from the album to his audience at Madison Square Garden. Not only did the New York audience get a first listen to the new Jay-Z sounds, but Jay-Z himself then walked out on stage for a guest rap.

The first `Blueprint` album was released in 2001. West produced four of the 13 tracks on the album.

The sequel `The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse` was released in 2002. It featured the collaboration `Bonnie and Clyde` with Jay-Z`s future bride Beyonce.

Jay-Z has had to deny Timbaland`s claim that he was producing the album.

`The Blueprint 3` is expected to be released this year.