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West produced four of the thirteen tracks on the album, including the songs "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and the controversial "Takeover", which included diss lyrics aimed at rappers Nas and Prodigy, while Just Blaze produced three tracks, "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Song Cry", and "U Don't Know", also including the hidden bonus

Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at several recording studios and was handled by Kanye West, No I.D., The Neptunes, Jeff Bhasker, Al Shux, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, The Inkredibles, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland.

Kanye West's production skills have created career-defining success for other artists that he has collaborated with, from Common to Jay-Z, Pusha T to John Legend. Since his work on The Blueprint, Kanye has produced over 200 songs for other artists, including eleven Top 10 singles and multiple #1 albums.

Kanye West produced five out of the 13 songs on Jay-Z's album 'The Blueprint'. Jay-Z first signed Kanye West to Rockafella as a producer before Kanye would become an artist himself.

Kanye's beat tape was the foundation for it all, with an eventual feature from Eminem and slew of beats Just Blaze had been sitting on for years filling out the track list. Two weeks later, the Blueprint was finished, Kanye recalled to MTV News.

Kanye West produced four of the thirteen tracks on the album, including the hit single "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and the controversial diss track "Takeover", which features diss lyrics aimed at Nas and Prodigy.

Jay-Z's sixth studio album arrived on September 11, 2001, and could have been lost amid the ensuing wave of national mourning. Instead, Blueprint ended up as a soundtrack of sorts-- mirroring the heady mix of pride and paranoia that permeated the post-September 11th United States.