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Last week when i was in Orlando, their weekly paper The Orlando Weekly did a great feature on me and Adventures in Counter-Culture. Please check it out here: http://orlandoweekly.com/music/under-the-radar-1.1245038 Here’s an exerpt: In 2005, Al Shepard stopped by the headquarters of Power 107.5 FM, a radio station in his hometown, Columbus, Ohio. Shepard had ties [...]

  Hello Friends.  Although it’s officially winter I would like to announce the Sunshine State of Mind Tour, a week-long headlining tour that will be brought to the sunniest of sunny places, Florida.  If you live in the state of Florida, I would like to officially invite you out to one of the shows. Blueprint [...]

To all my friends out there that do beats and are from the Columbus area, as the winter approaches we start to get close to that time that is typically the most depressing yet the most productive for us.  Since we can’t go out, we make beats.  If you are one of those people, and [...]

Alright folks.  Today is the day.  My new album is in stores right now.  You can get it from itunes, pretty much any mom & pop store, on-line at fifthelementonline.com as well as chains like Best Buy.  I’m gonna spare you the sales pitch and just say that I’ve put a lot of time into [...]

The Adventure I started working on Adventures in Counter-Culture 5 years ago.  At the time I started working on it I was fed up with everything around me; television and its stereotypical and harmful images, commercial radio, the stagnation of the music (even in the hip-hop scene that I’m a part of), and society in [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_rgYf2Cus Director/Produced/Edited: Maria Juranic DP: Trevor Tweener Rent The Sky Films Buy the single and remixes now: iTunes So Alive EP w/ Deluxe Digital Booklet | Amazon | Vinyl from Fifth Element (limited hand numbered red vinyl 12″) Pre-order Adventures In Counter-Culture now from Fifth Element Online! Blueprint: Printmatic.net | Twitter | Facebook | Myspace [...]

As my curiosity about the field of film & video increases, I find myself crossing paths with people are are really good at what they do. I love to chop it up with people about their craft, especially those far more advanced with me, soI thought it could be cool to feature these conversations about [...]

  1.25.11 Blueprint drops “Keep Bouncing” single and video, and album pre-order information! Here’s the second single off of Adventures In Counter-Culture! Watch the video below, buy the song! Shot, edited, & directed by Optical Alchemists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bnR6qEPVDE Buy “Keep Bouncing” now! iTunes: Explicit | Clean | Instrumental or from Amazon Share

Wednesday, Feb. 9th – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth (37 w pine st)Thursday, Feb 10th – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar (1812 North 17th st.) Share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfFCiUYkR2M New single & music video for “Keep Bouncing” drops on Tuesday. Yall ready? Share

“I’m sayin’, a lotta things change fades and slang change, clothes and chains change Back in the day bangin Slick Rick and Dana Dane Airbrushed jacks, fat laces, name plates Gold done come and gone, now the platinum chains hang they deep with white tees, all rockin the same thang Gazelles and finger-waves to dreads [...]

For those interested in the events that inspired the song “radio-inactive”, please peep: Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9deqW9VcX5I   Shepard Albertson strikes again… word is (video)blog Share

“Radio-inactive” is the first official single from the forthcoming Blueprint album Adventures in Counter-Culture, to be released April 5th, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKdnDS9KtM Shot, edited, & directed by Bangland Media Buy it now at iTunes: Explicit | Clean | Instrumental Critically acclaimed mc/producer and Soul Position frontman Blueprint, returns with his highly anticipated sophomore solo release Adventures [...]

A few months back when we released Electric Purgatory Part Two I went on facebook and asked if anybody would be interested in us putting together some videos where we talk about the creative process and the making of the project.  Pretty much everybody was in favor of it, so Illogic and I started shooting.  [...]

Official music video for the song “Dream Big” from the Blueprint Who EP released on Weightless Recordings. Beats and rhymes by Blueprint. Video directed by Dan Gillespie for Purple Films http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99zJS2BV-m0 if you can dig it, post the above link to you fb or twitter! Let’s go! p.s. the To All My Friends tour starts [...]

click cover to download This past weekend I played at a festival called Tribez Vibez in Bellefountain, Ohio. It was a really cool experience and I was able to make some new fans there. In fact, I think the feedback I got after I got off the stage was some of the most inspiring feedback [...]

For those who live in Columbus or the surrounding area, I’ll be playing a set this Friday August 6th @ Carabar in Columbus Oh.  The show is free and all ages are welcome.  The show is in celebration of Carabar’s 5-year anniversary, and there are a few other bands playing as well.  If you know [...]

Blueprint and DJ Raregroove in July: Saturday July 3rd – Sioux City, IA @ Party in the Park Fest (FREE)Thursday July 8th – Eau Claire, WI @ House Of RockFriday July 9th – Fargo, ND @ The VenueSaturday July 10th – Sioux Falls, SD @ Club DavidSaturday July 24th – Columbus, OH @ Skullys (greenhouse [...]

All has been quiet on the home-front, while we took some time to decide when we were going to release the next Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic) EP, but we’re happy to announce the decision has been made.  Electric Purgatory Part Two will be released Saturday July 24th.  Part Two features guest appearances from Aesop Rock [...]

    Saturday January 30th – Columbus, OH @ Carabar – FREE SHOWThursday February 25 – Champaign, IL – venue tbaFriday February 26th – Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple RockSaturday February 27th – Madison, WI @ The Annex Bitch, its Greenhouse! Hope to see you all out! p.s. as always if you havent peeped the [...]

  I’ve mentioned this on Facebook and on Twitter a few times before but this is the official announcement and flyer for it. Saturday January 30th, 2010 @ Carabar (115 parsons) in Columbus, OH.  The line-up is Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Apocalypse Inc, All Eyes Path, and DJ Johnny Cashola on the turntables.  We will [...]

In 2005, shortly after my album 1988 came out, i was on the Scribble Jam tour with my dude DJ Raregroove, Mr. Dibbs, and Glue.  The tour ended in Portland, OR but instead of driving back with everybody else, me and raregroove decided to spend a few days in Portland kicking it and then fly [...]

SHAPOW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblToK27Nrg Say word. Share