(Video) Jay-Z Explains Blueprint 3 Cover

After the cover was released on Monday, many people questioned it and what it meant. I still don’t like it too much tho. Jay-Z took some time to explain the album cover as well as the three lines that represent “3″ to MTV.

“These things are like the forgotten pieces in hip-hop,” Hov explained. “It’s still about music. It’s not about radio, making gimmicks — it’s still about making music. Those things are piled in the corner. These are the forgotten things about music. It’s still about music. It’s not about radio, it’s not about making gimmicks, it’s about music. The three stripes that everybody is asking about is made from the original [number] three. The first three they made on the wall was someone carving. If you look at [the number] 3, all they did was connect lines.”