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The Blueprint (2001) Beta

All time rank:	67 of 1,000
2000s rank:	5 of 133
2001 rank:	2 of 14
List appearances:	26 lists
Genres:	Hip Hop R&B Contemporary R&B Hardcore Hip Hop Data provided by Discogs
Released:	11 September 2001
Label:	Roc-A-Fella Records
Wikipedia:	The Blueprint
MusicBrainz:	Release group
Discogs:	Master release
Wikidata:	Q1088473
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Source Lists (26)

All time 7

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2024	Apple Music	Apple Music 100 Best Albums	13
2024	Uncut	The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time…Ranked!	291
2023	Rolling Stone	The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	50
2021	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2021)	1
2013	NME	The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time	186
2012	Entertainment Weekly	Top 100 Albums	36
2012	Rolling Stone	500 Greatest Albums of All Time	252

2024 Apple Music

2024 Uncut

The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time…Ranked! #291

2023 Rolling Stone

2021 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2021) #1

2013 NME

2012 Entertainment Weekly

2012 Rolling Stone

500 Greatest Albums of All Time #252

Decade 12

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2011	Rolling Stone	100 Best Albums of the 2000s	4
2010	Fact	The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	5
2010	Les Inrockuptibles	100 meilleurs albums des années 2000	13
2010	Slant	The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	5
2010	Stylus	The Stylus Decade / Top Albums	7
2010	Treble	The Best Albums of the ’00s	18
2009	Consequence	The Top 100 Albums of the 2000s	5
2009	NME	The Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade	22
2009	Pitchfork	The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s	5
2009	Q	Top 100 Albums of the 2000s	8
2009	The Guardian	OMM's Top 50 Albums of the Decade	36
2009	Uncut	Uncut’s 150 Albums of the Decade!	66

2011 Rolling Stone

2010 Fact

2010 Les Inrockuptibles

100 meilleurs albums des années 2000 #13

2010 Slant

2010 Stylus

2010 Treble

2009 Consequence

2009 NME

2009 Pitchfork

2009 Q

Top 100 Albums of the 2000s #8

2009 The Guardian

2009 Uncut

Miscellaneous 7

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2025	Rolling Stone	The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far	12
2015	Musikexpress	The Best Albums 2000-2015	46
2015	Spin	The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years	13
2014	Rockdelux	Los 300 discos del 30 aniversario de la revista Rockdelux	181
2010	Spin	125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years	19
2008	Entertainment Weekly	The 50 best albums in the past 25 years	7
2005	Spin	Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years	70