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20. Jay Z, 'The Blueprint' Released on September 11th, 2001, the striking artwork for 'The Blueprint' shows a picture of Jay Z taken from above smoking a guitar. There are a number of items on a table next to the rapper on the cover of his seminal album, including a microphone.

The Blueprint happened to be released on 11 September 2001 - the day of the 9/11 attacks in New York. It sold over 427,000 copies in its first week and stayed at number one for three weeks.

Content-wise The Blueprint was symbolic of the very wealth and prosperity the World Trade Center towers were supposed to represent for the United States of America a country whose ultimate wealth and prosperity exist almost solely for the top one percent of its population, and which also holds the title for the

Jay-Z's sixth studio album arrived on September 11, 2001, and could have been lost amid the ensuing wave of national mourning.

Jay-Z dropped The Blueprint album the same day, so I was like, Ahhh Jay-Z sabotaged us. But it was the 9/11 tragedy. The same day, Jay-Z had everyone anticipating his sixth offering with The Blueprint. Hov sold 420,000 copies in his first week despite the news of the horrific terror attacks.

Jay fully looks the part of the successful rapper in an all-black-everything suit to match one of his favorite cars, the Bentley Azure 97.

The Blueprint happened to be released on 11 September 2001 - the day of the 9/11 attacks in New York. It sold over 427,000 copies in its first week and stayed at number one for three weeks.

At the time of the release, Jay-Z was 32 years old, which in Hip-hop is the twilight. The genre had always been a young man's game, serving as the outlet for teenage rebellion.

Jay-Z dropped The Blueprint album the same day, so I was like, Ahhh Jay-Z sabotaged us. But it was the 9/11 tragedy. The same day, Jay-Z had everyone anticipating his sixth offering with The Blueprint. Hov sold 420,000 copies in his first week despite the news of the horrific terror attacks.

For others, you'll need to have a through-the-viewfinder perspective of the scene (e.g. wireless live view). Zander Olsen's wrapped trees and Golpeavisa's food face are two such projects that come to mind. Update: Reader Marco points out that the photographer behind the image was Dan Tobin Smith.