wow... 25 years since 9/11. 25th anniversary. Crazy.

September 11, 2001 has had an incredible impact on my life. I remember thinking that day that it was going to be something I would never forget. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think about it. It was the day Jay-Z’s album The Blueprint was released.

I went to Walmart to buy it. The cashier was crying. She must have already listened to it and was affected by some of the more emotional songs like Song Cry and Never Change.

On the way home I popped it into my CD player. I was blown away by it from the very first moment. I tried to stop at a gas station, but for some reason they were all crowded. I guess it was all the people going out to buy the new album. When I got home my parents asked me if I had heard the news. I told them I already knew about the new Hov album. I went to my room to listen to it. Every song was amazing and the track layout was perfect. The cover art was awesome. Jay-Z looked like the epitome of a rap star. It was an incredible work of genius and I could understand why the cashier was so emotional. I had loved The Dynasty, but this was something completely new and different from my favorite rapper. My parents were watching the news really loud so I had to turn it up to drown that out. I played it on repeat over and over until I fell asleep. It was one of the most memorable days of my life. I can’t even begin to imagine what my life would be like without The Blueprint.

Aww dude

I actually drove over to the bootleg man that was by Queens Center mall around 7 that night. Skies were still smoky and not many people were out. I needed that new Jay tho. I remember sitting on my stoop and smoking a blunt while I listened to it watching the fighter jets patrol the skies thinking the world was about to end

Yeah and I think they had a listening session on WTC because I seen smoke coming out of it