JAY Z STANS, YOU CAN CANCEL CHRISTMAS

A previously unheard Jay-Z track has been circulating the net this week, but Hov insists that the song is an older recording, not something intended for an upcoming album. The track, "Ain't I," (Peep This! ) features a Timbaland instrumental and DJ Clue voiceovers that claim that the song is included on an upcoming Jay-Z album, Blueprint 3. If true, the disc would the third (fourth, if including Blueprint 2.1, the shortened version of the two-disc Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse) installment in Jay-Z's Blueprint series. Lyrics like, "I took a pay cut to become a exec/ So the next mother----er can earn his paycheck/ And even though these n---as talk greasy 'bout me/ Ask these n---as how they gonna eat without me!" seem to be blatantly alluding to his recently-ended tenure as president at Def Jam Records.