The Making of Blueprint 3’s Album Cover
by Alex Milner, September 16, 2009
This video shows the physical making and shooting of Jay-Z’s latest album cover for the final instalment of the Blueprint trilogy, Blueprint 3. The final image features a series of musical equipment in white, with three red stripes painted across. The sound track to the clip is of course off the album, in fact it’s the first single: ‘Run This Town’ which features Kanye West and Jay-Z discovered artist, Rhianna. The album is now available worldwide in both physical and digital format.
The reason why it looks so good is that it IS real. No way it would look that way if it was thrown up on a computer! Keep making stuff that is the same to the eye as it is in print. It isn’t easy but the end result is worth it and it shows.
I think they call it keeping it real don’t they!
Nice work DTB and all involved.
AT THE 2:24 MARK IS IT ME OR I SAW A SPIRIT ABOVE THE SECOND RED LINE NEAR THE LEFT OF THE INSTRUMENT
Jay-Z is NOT a real artist. He is just a rhythmic poet. Didn’t see him in this video at all. Highly doubt he had ANYTHING to do with the making of this cover or even the concept. Why aren’t any of these artists given credit? Why do people worship Jay-Z? Who are YOU?
Dosu you made me laugh really hard. He’s not giving props to the artists in D.O.A. he’s calling them out. He calls out the entire rap scene, listen to it again once or twice. And this cover ain’t mediocre it’s hot like Jay. Listen to the track with Jeezy. All you haters “stay clear of the real _ _ _ _ we doin’ ova here!”
yo this guys work is amazing check out his web page its SIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
http://www.dantobinsmith.com/
yo where can i get those instruments ill have them…i aint kidding neither!
I WILL get that Album
throw ya diamonds up!
It was interesting the first time i saw it on the Secret Machines debut album:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Secretmachinesnowhereisnowhere.jpg
@ jace from omaha
i dont think Jay-Z is pop (”garbage” for those who dont know)
he still has the gift to rap
its just
when you reach a height as far up as Jay
and you can take private plans around the corner to a store and s**t
what is there to rap about anymore?
Jay sees it as he has to help keep hip-hop alive
and by leaving it…like he was gonna do
would be like abandoning it…get it?
Yo! one sec that was real! I thought it was just banged up on a computer… Should have just done that, doesn’t look any different.
nice, cept i am not a fan of the album at all, jay-z is pop now.
i enjoy the sculpture. I don’t get why he painted the lines. I just assumed it was a design element.
excellent work.
More of the photographer…http://www.dantobinsmith.com/
all that for a mediocre cover….
“would have been nice if you had given some props to the artist(s)
we know who jay-z is
we know who rhianna is
and yeah… we know who kanye west is”
well his album has a song that gives props to a ton of artists, im sure thats good enough
wooow didnt realise it was so compicated lol
This is really cool.
I hope those instruments get auctioned off and the proceeds go to a music foundation.
What goes around comes around – even if you’re a giant; We all could use a little extra good blessings.
Peace
would have been nice if you had given some props to the artist(s)
we know who jay-z is
we know who rhianna is
and yeah… we know who kanye west is
dope
thats complicated as hell hahah
this is what we call PRO..