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Jay-Z’s much talked about album, Blueprint 3 finally has a release date.

The third installment to Mr. Carter’s series will hit store shelves eight years to the day of the original release—September 11.

For obvious reasons, the release date has been deemed “controversial” by some websites, but the way the news got out may be even more controversial. News of the Roc Nation/Atlantic release got out via Sean Crespo’s Twitter page. Crespo is VP of Rap Promotion at the label.

The announcement seemed to come down as fast as it went up. Official word on Blueprint 3 is reportedly due today at Hot 97’s Summer Jam concert in New York.

Details about the album remain sketchy as of press time, but like the original Blueprint, look for Kanye West to play a major role behind the boards.

"Kanye's in the process of making a new batch of music that's going to be phenomenal, and at the end of the day, when it's ready for the people, we'll serve it up," Jay-Z said. "If I don't have any time constraints...then I'll be Axl Rose out here. It'll be 12 years later and we'll be talking about my Chinese Democracy or something."

i'm lookin forward to this

Fans have been waiting for Blueprint 3 for quite some time and it's actually very close to dropping, according to Hov.

"I'm pretty much at the launching pad right now."

This somewhat confirms initial reports that the album will be released September 11, on the same date the first installment of The Blueprint dropped [click here]. Many have also wondered about which label Jay would release the album under.

"Right now, I bought my album back. I overpaid for it," he noted. "I believe at this point in my career, I wanted to be totally independent and free in what I wanted to do. Def Jam and Universal, they did a beautiful thing in letting me pay. They overcharged me a little bit, but I appreciate all the years they put into my career and all of the hard work I put into what I do. I could never have a record deal. I'm working with Atlantic to distribute the album."

He went on to say that he doesn't measure success by how much money he makes anymore.

"Success is being around the people you [are] most comfortable with. It's no problem. It's not about money."

With that in mind, he said the album will have a "classic" feel to it.

"My thing...The vibe I'm in right now is stripping it down and bringing it back to classic. I hear people. I gotta get back to my square and let people know what time it is."