The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh
studio album by American rapper
Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on
Roc Nation, through distribution from
Atlantic Records. It is the final installment in
The Blueprint trilogy, preceded by
The Blueprint (2001) and
The Blueprint2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at several recording studios and was handled by
Kanye West,
No I.D.,
The Neptunes,
Jeff Bhasker, Al Shux,
Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, The Inkredibles,
Swizz Beatz, and
Timbaland. This is the only album in the
Blueprint trilogy, as well as the first album since
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000), not to feature productions from
Just Blaze.