New York, NY – The world could not wait as the most anticipated album of the year of the icon himself, Jay-Z, was recently leaked to the net. Months even before the initial album release, tracks were surfacing all over the place giving momentum to the forthcoming album. The patience of his fans was growing weary as they were awaiting any new material from Hov at any given time.

This past late Monday night, the entire ‘Blueprint 3’ album was posted on many different blog sites for availability for download and as of now, the numbers are in the thousands. The track listing on there is literally amazing, but then again, any Jay-Z album has that powerful track selection that indulges all of his fans. Regardless of the fact, it was only going to be a matter of time anyway before the album would have been leaked, this day in age it is seriously unavoidable.

Hov just recently spoke with MTV News about the sudden release of his next epic album and definitely had a lot to say, however, it was more on a positive note than that of an angry artist.

These were his comments:

“I may be the most bootlegged artist in history. It’s a preview. I’m excited for people to hear the album. I’m very proud of the work I’ve done, so enjoy it.”

Since release, fans have been weighing in on the material of the album and what they thought of Hov’s epic album to date. Between Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and practically the whole world speaking about his album, Jay now has an indicator on whether the fans thought his album was great or not:

“My pager is actually ringing right now, so people are probably calling me and telling me they pretty much like it. I can tell by the way my pager rings if a song is good or not. It’s really going crazy right now.”

At press time, the entire album has officially leaked 11 days prior to its scheduled release date. ‘The Blueprint 3’ is still scheduled for an official September 11 release date with an anticipated live concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for a full review of ‘The Blueprint 3’ in the upcoming days.