Jay-Z Works on New Album Blueprint 3

Jay-Z has warned fans they may have a long wait to hear his highly anticipated forthcoming album The Blueprint 3.

The 99 Problems hit-maker began work on the record last year and was widely expected to have released it by the start of this year. But Jay-Z is in no hurry to release the follow up to 2007’s acclaimed American Gangster LP, and refuses to put a timeframe on its completion.

He tells MTV, "For me, the process of making an album is difficult with so many things going on. And me, I wanna make it beyond and above. I’m gonna take my time with it. I don’t have any quotas, and that’s a good thing. It may be too freeing. It’s a good thing and a bad thing. You know, I think I need some restrictions. Cause if I had restrictions, I would have done it in three weeks. I would have made what I believe to be a great piece of art."

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