JAY-Z’s ‘The Blueprint’ Added to Nationwide Recording Registry

JAY-Z’s The Blueprint is among the many 25 recordings that might be added to the Library Congress’ Nationwide Recording Registry this 12 months.

Launched in 2001, the rapper’s sixth album is probably the most up to date work on the 2019 listing. “The Blueprint demonstrates JAY-Z’s vary, from battle raps throwing shade on his lyrical adversaries comparable to Nas and Prodigy Mob Deep, to triumphant anthems about life on the high, to heartfelt examinations his private historical past,” stated the Library in a press release.

The groundbreaking album, which was launched the identical day because the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults, topped the charts and “solidified JAY-Z’s] status as one the best rappers in music,” added the Library.

The listing inductees, which had been chosen for his or her “cultural, historic, and aesthetic significance,” additionally consists of Earth, Wind and Hearth’s “September,” Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 album She’s So Uncommon, Ritchie Valens’ 1958 single “La Bamba,” Curtis Mayfield’s 1972 album Superfly, and Nina Simone’s 1964 single “Mississippi Goddam.”

“The Nationwide Recording Registry honors the music that enriches our souls, the voices that inform our tales and the sounds that mirror our lives,” stated Librarian Congress Carla Hayden. “The Library Congress and its many collaborators are working to protect these sounds and moments in time, which replicate our previous, current and future.”

JAY-Z is ready to make extra historical past. He has been introduced as a headliner for Woodstock 50, a live performance commemorating the 50th anniversary the historic pageant, which is able to happen Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York.