1988 (Blueprint album)

January 2026 1988 studio Blueprint Blueprint Album, 1988.jpg 2005 03 29 Hip-hop 49 13 Rhymesayers Blueprint Chamber Music 2004 Iron & Niacin 2006 1988 Studio Boombox 2005 03 08 1988 is the third studio album by American rapper and record producer Blueprint. It was released on March 29, 2005, via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Self-produced, it features cameo appearances from Aesop Rock and CJ the Cynic. Critical reception 83/100Critic Reviews for 1988 - Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/music/1988/blueprint/critic-reviews live https://web.archive.org/web/20230729222707/https://www.metacritic.com/music/1988/blueprint/critic-reviews July 29, 2023 January 10, 2026 Metacritic en AllHipHop 4 5Yuscavage Chris April 18, 2005 1988 https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/1988/ January 10, 2026 AllHipHop en-US AllMusic 3.5 5Kristel Todd 1988 - Blueprint Album AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/album/1988-mw0000251669 January 10, 2026 AllMusic en Cokemachineglow 77/100%Betz Chet April 6, 2005 Blueprint: 1988 (Rhymesayers; 2005) Record Reviews @ Cokemachineglow.com http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1040/blueprint-1988-2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120915061244/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1040/blueprint-1988-2005 September 15, 2012 January 10, 2026 Cokemachineglow en Pitchfork 6/10Macia Peter June 2, 2005 Blueprint: 1988 https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1161-1988/ January 10, 2026 Pitchfork en-US PopMatters 8/10Braidwood Stefan April 24, 2005 Blueprint: 1988 » PopMatters https://www.popmatters.com/blueprint-1988-2495846542.html January 10, 2026 PopMatters en-US Prefix 7/10Martinez Rafael March 29, 2005 Blueprint . 1988 [prefixmag.com review] http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/B/Blueprint/1988/1473 August 17, 2007 Prefixmag en-US Wayback Machine August 17, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070817002115/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/B/Blueprint/1988/1473 bot: unknown RapReviews 10/10Book John March 15, 2005 Blueprint :: 1988 :: Rhymesayers Entertainment https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_03_1988.html January 10, 2026 RapReviews en-US The Village Voice A−Christgau Robert Robert Christgau April 5, 2005 Ignorants and Know-Alls Keep Out https://www.villagevoice.com/ignorants-and-know-alls-keep-out/ January 10, 2026 The Village Voice en-US 1988 was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 83, based on nine reviews. John Book of RapReviews gave the album a perfect ten-out-of-ten score, calling it "a true original not to the game, but to rap music at its best". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote: "though he's the kind of rhymer who scans "another good record with bad distribution" all too swimmingly, the hip-hop don't stop". Stefan Braidwood of PopMatters has found "on 1988, Blueprint delivers a guide to a sparkplug of a year, capturing its essence whilst feeling bang up to date". Chet Betz of Cokemachineglow stated: "these songs are enjoyable and beautiful and pure hip-hop --- glittering, hard diamonds that hopefully won't get buried in the underground scene’'s mounds of coal". AllMusic's Todd Kristel noticed that the rapper "isn't really trying to break new ground on this relatively accessible collection of concise, melodic songs, but he is trying to add something to his influences instead of settling for a nostalgia trip". Rafael Martinez of Prefix wrote: "Blueprint could have cut-and-pasted his way through 1988, recycling hooks, beats and samples, but he clearly took his time and laid out his vision". Track listing Albert Shepard Introduction 0:27 Anything Is Possible 1:29 1988 3:04 Inner-City-Native-Son 3:22 Tramp 4:45 Boombox 5:18 Trouble on My Mind 3:39 Lo-Fi Funk featuring Aesop Rock 3:31 Big Girls Need Love Too 4:02 Fresh 2:48 Where's Your Girlfriend At? 2:57 Kill Me First featuring CJ the Cynic 4:58 Liberated / Who You Talkin' To? 8:53 49:13 References External links 67216 Blueprint – 1988 Category:2005 albums Category:Blueprint (rapper) albums Category:Rhymesayers Entertainment albums