Jay-Z’s artwork for his forthcoming Blueprint 3 was released to the world today, and it’s something like a Rorschach test: Everyone sees something different in it!
First, the cover.

Friend of Idolator Reed Fischer noted that the “white instruments on a white background” motif had been previously utilized by the Secret Machines on their 2004 album Now Here is Nowhere:

And then we have the multiple lines of U2′s most recent album No Line On The Horizon:

And then there is the “stark background with striking red element” motif of Jay collaborator Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak

It’s like a Frankenstein of other album covers that actually made their way into big-box stores over the past five years! Feel free to share what you see in the Blueprint 3 cover here.
Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 Artwork [Nah Right]
[HT: Reed Fischer]
Jay-Z Has A Secret Machine Working In His Art Department
August 3rd, 2009 // 7 Comments
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I see a gardena snake eating a Ford Taraus. What does that say about my relationship with my parents?
I don’t even care who he’s ripping off – i love how this cover is all “fuck the rap-album cover standards.”
@How do I say this…Throwdini!?!: Sometimes a Photoshop filter is just a Photoshop filter.
Awww, Jay wants to be a rock star.
stinkchronicity
Or it’s just a straight ripoff of this.
http://www.amazon.com/Uncovered-Various-Artists/dp/B0021UDJYQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1249445147&sr=8-1
Bill again on the first place… But I think he’ll be on first place only for a year or two more.