LISTEN: Jay-Z The Blueprint 3, Official Leak. Worth the Hype?

Mr. Beyonce Knowles is finally trying to put attention back on his music rather than his love life, failed retirement bid, or shady real estate deals-but does it live up to the hype?

We haven’t had time to digest all of the Blueprint 3, but we’re hoping “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” will inspire lame-o lip-synchers (hi, Kanye) to give T-Pain the boot kick the Auto-Tune habit…but we’re not holding our breath.

Oddly, while Jay-Z takes a shot at Auto-Tunes users, he teams up with Kanye on “Run This Town” and with West’s underling Drake nonetheless.

Elsewhere on the album, a duet with singer/pianist Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” takes a titular cue from, of all people, Billy Joel (”New York State of Mind”).

Listen to the entire album before its 9/11 release and tell us what you think.

Now, we don’t always condone album leaks, but it this isn’t a bootleg, it’s an official leak from Jay-Z to MTV. Enjoy.

LISTEN: Jay-Z-The Blueprint 3
Jay-Z-The Blueprint 3 tracklist (below)

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Jay-Z-The Blueprint 3 Tracklist:
1. What We Talkin’ About featuring Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun (4:03)
2. Thank You (4:09)
3. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) (4:15)
4. Run This Town featuring Rihanna and Kanye West (4:27)
5. Empire State of Mind featuring Alicia Keys (4:36)
6. Real as It Gets featuring Young Jeezy (4:12)
7. On to the Next One featuring Swizz Beatz (4:16)
8. Off That featuring Drake (4:06)
9. A Star Is Born featuring J. Cole (3:46)
10. Venus vs. Mars (3:10)
11. Already Home featuring Kid Cudi (4:29)
12. Haters featuring Kanye West (2:31)
13. Reminder (4:18)
14. 14. So Ambitious featuring Pharell (4:12)
15. 15. Young Forever featuring Mr. Hudson (4:11)