Album Covers: Jay-Z-Blueprint 3 (+ track listing)

The album cover for Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 has been revealed. I like it! The homage to natural musical instruments is pretty original and fresh. I probably could have done without the 3 red lines but all and all it looks hot.

Here is the track listing.

1. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)
2. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)
3. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)
4. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)
5. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
6. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)
7. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)
8. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)
9. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)
10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)
12. Forever Young Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.)

Bonus Tracks:
14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)
15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)

As you can see, the album is heavily produced by Kanye West and his mentor No I.D. It was rumored that Timbaland was a little pissy at the fact that Jay didn't turn to him to do most of the production on the album.

Judging by the titles of the tracks, Jay wasn't looking for a lot of electronica beats (which Tim has been giving us a lot of) and is looking to go down the more natural instrumental route. It's got my attention.