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Jay-Z: The Blueprint 2

Lisa Verrico, The Times, 6 December 2002

DESPITE HAVING THE biggest forehead in hip hop, Jay-Z would never name an album after anything cerebral. His follow-up to last year's triple platinum The Blueprint is, er, The Blueprint 2 (Roc-A-Fella). And he has been just as lazy with his cheesy song titles. There's 'Meet the Parents', 'Diamond is Forever', 'I Did It My Way' and, oh dear, '2 Many Hoes'.

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