This is the first track that we’re going to hear from Jay-Z’s upcoming album The Blueprint 3 and let’s just say that Jigga has definitely re-upped his swagger somehow.  Maybe stepping down as CEO of Def Jam after some weak results has resulted in his street cred rising… or something, I’m no expert on that.

The hype on the upcoming Blueprint rose to an extremity after Kanye came back from Hawaii proclaiming that he had made “one of the best hip hop beats of all time” for his mentor. He said the same about 808’s, but we won’t hold that against him.

No I.D., who runs in the same crew as Rhymefest, Kanye and Common produced the track and it is reminiscent of Jay-Z’s American Gangster score. The call for the end of the autotune has been lacking for some time now and [cl] is happy to see a hip hop legend lead the charge.

Jay-Z – Death of Autotune (D.O.A.)

Rating: 7.8/10 –> Tight verses and a killer guitar loop kill the comp on this new new.

The Blueprint 3 is scheduled for a 2009 release on September 11.

LuC