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Jay-Z Discusses 'The Blueprint 3' Cover Art, MTV Releases Complete List of 2009 VMA Nominees
 Jay-Z Discusses ‘The Blueprint 3’ Cover Art New York, NY – The coming of ‘The Blueprint 3’ has swirled up a good amount of anticipation as his most devoted fans continue to countdown the days until its release date. The idea of the album has been in the work since the beginning of 2008 with production commencing with Kanye West around the same time. This album is said to be the final installment in Hov’s Blueprint series, however, the first album to be released under Live Nation and Atlantic Records. The official album cover art for ‘The Blueprint 3’ has just recently surfaced on the net and as some thought it was a fake; Jay-Z later confirmed its authenticity. The album art showcases a collection of white instruments gathered together in a corner with three red horizontal lines drawn above them. When MTV News questioned Jay on the set of his Roc-A-Wear commercial in Brooklyn, he described the reasoning behind his decision for the cover art. These were his comments: “These things are like the forgotten pieces in hip-hop, it's still about music. It's not about radio, making gimmicks — it's still about making music. Those things are piled in the corner. These are the forgotten things about music. It's still about music. It's not about radio, it's not about making gimmicks, it's about music. The three stripes that everybody is asking about is made from the original [number] three. The first three they made on the wall was someone carving. If you look at [the number] 3, all they did was connect lines. The whole thing about this album, how I approached it, is that I wanted to make a new classic to start that all over again — to go back to making classic albums like the ones we grew up listening to.” At press time, the third and final installment into the Blueprint series has been officially set for a September 11 release. This will be Jay’s first release under his new contract with Live Nation under his own imprint entitled Roc Nation with distribution under Atlantic Records. Here is the official album cover art for 'The Blueprint 3:' New York, NY – The second most watched music award show is just around the corner and fans are rapidly raising their curiosity on who the nominees for each category will be this year. The MTV Video Music Awards has been a major award showcase next to that of the Grammy’s that is quite possibly the biggest award presentation in all of music in general. This year’s VMAs have both Eminem and Kanye West going toe to toe as the two with the most nominations in different categories. In the past years, Eminem has already won 9 moonmen while Ye only holds 2. Both heavyweight artists are set to battle in the categories of Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, and Best Male Video with Em’s ‘We Made You’ against ‘Ye’s Love Lockdown.’ Miami veteran, Flo Rida, also has his sights set on a moonman as his ‘Right Round’ video will go up against both Em and Ye in the Best Hip-Hop Video as well. Congrats to Flo are being nominated for that category. Here is the complete list of VMA Nominees released by MTV: Video of the Year Best New Artist Best Male Video Best Female Video Best Hip-Hop Video Best Pop Video Best Rock Video Breakthrough Video Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman) Best Choreography Best Direction Best Editing Best Special Effects Best Cinematography Art Direction The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards has been set to air live on Sunday, September 13 at 9pm EST in the Radio City Music Hall in the heart of New York City. Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for a full review of the awards show with a complete list of the winners.
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