Young Forever

On this Blueprint 3 closing track, Jay-Z puts his career in perspective.

The song features English R&B/electronica artist Mr Hudson, who is a protégé of the track's producer, Kanye West. Mr. Hudson is one a number of newcomers, which also include Drake, Kid Cudi and J. Cole on the album. In an interview with the Associated Press, the Brooklyn MC was asked what he learnt from them. He replied: "Their excitement for the game. You know when you first come in the music business... you come with really wide eyes. That's why on every single album I have a new producer or new rapper because I love that new energy. Whatever they do from there is on them, but that new energy and what they had right there is raw and untapped, and pretty much cool."

This samples Alphaville's 1984 synth-pop standard "Forever Young."