The release date for Jay-Z’s [click to read] highly anticipated album, The Blueprint 3, was bumped up to September 8. Set for release via Roc Nation/Atlantic Records, the album was originally supposed to drop on September 11.

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‘s sixth solo album and the first of The Blueprint series dropped on September 11, 2001, and eight years later, The Blueprint 3 was supposed to drop on its anniversary. Global retailers, Amazon and Rhapsody, have confirmed the new release date for The Blueprint3 with Tuesday, September 8 listed as the date the album will be available for sale.

The tracklisting and production for the rapper’s eleventh solo album was revealed earlier in August [click here], and features the industry’s most renowned musicians, such as Kanye West and Alicia Keys, as well as new comers, Kid Cudi and Drake.