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| Artist: Young Jeezy
Label: Def Jam
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 980
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001153602
UPC: 602517760264
EAN: 0602517760264
Release Date: September 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | The Recession (Intro) | | • | Welcome Back | | • | By The Way | | • | Crazy World | | • | What They Want | | • | Amazin' | | • | Hustlaz Ambition | | • | Who Dat | | • | Don't You Know | | • | Circulate | | • | Word Play | | • | Vacation | | • | Everything featuring Anthony Hamilton and Lil Boosie | | • | Takin' It There featuring Trey Songz | | • | Don't Do It | | • | Put On featuring Kanye West | | • | Get Allot | | • | My President featuring Nas |
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Album Description
YOUNG JEEZY is the TRUTH! His story represents the struggle, pain, and pressure that anyone living in the hood deals with. It also gives you the inspiration and motivation to make it out, be successful, and achieve your goals. His motto is "If you can think it you can do it" Young Jeezy is one of the premier artists to emerge from Atlanta's ongoing "rap movement." Not only does he have high performance energy, but he is also a great story teller. He has the ability to bring color and flash to a story that has been told so many times before. He's a true digital age artist who doesn't need 16 bars to develop a picture in your head. He has also worked with artists such as Kanye West, Lil Jon, Usher, Young Buck, T.I., Trick Daddy, Akon, Mannie Fresh, Lil Scrappy, Bun B, Lloyd, Slick Pulla, & Lil Will and Mariah Carey. On his second album The Inspiration, the first single "I Luv It" peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also later released the album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 which debuted at #2 selling 172,000 copies in its first week. He also loves to give back to the community and donate to charity events. He presented a toy drive for the first annual Toyz n da Hood toy drive which provided 1,000 toys for 1,000 kids in his home town of Atlanta. He also opened his home for those who needed shelter to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. He has received many awards and nominations such as the American Music Awards nominations for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip- Hop Album The Inspiration. BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations for Hip-Hop MPV of the Year and Hip-Hop CD of the Year for Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards include nominations for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Male, Top Rap Album for Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, and Hot Rap Track for "Soul Survivor." He has won Dirty Awards for Most Bootlegged CD, Best New Dirty Artist, and Best Dirty Collaboration. He was also nominated for Dirty Boy of the Year, Dirty South Representative of the Year, and Dirty Song of the Year for "Soul Survivor". His Teen Choice Awards include nominations for Choice Music: Rap Artist. Vibe awards include nominations for Hottest Hook for "Soul Survivor."
Album Description
Young Jeezy is the truth! His story represents the struggle, pain, and pressure that anyone living in the hood deals with. It also gives you the inspiration and motivation to make it out, be successful, and achieve your goals. His motto is If you can think it you can do it Young Jeezy is one of the premier artists to emerge from Atlanta's ongoing rap movement. Not only does he have high performance energy, but he is also a great story teller. He has the ability to bring color and flash to a story that has been told so many times before. He's a true digital age artist who doesn't need 16 bars to develop a picture in your head. He has also worked with artists such as Kanye West, Lil Jon, Usher, Young Buck, T.I., Trick Daddy, Akon, Mannie Fresh, Lil Scrappy, Bun B, Lloyd, Slick Pulla, & Lil Will and Mariah Carey. On his second album The Inspiration, the first single I Luv It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also later released the album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 which debuted at #2 selling 172,000 copies in its first week. He also loves to give back to the community and donate to charity events. He presented a toy drive for the first annual Toyz n da Hood toy drive which provided 1,000 toys for 1,000 kids in his home town of Atlanta. He also opened his home for those who needed shelter to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. He has received many awards and nominations such as the American Music Awards nominations for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip- Hop Album The Inspiration. BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations for Hip-Hop MPV of the Year and Hip-Hop CD of the Year for Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards include nominations for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Male, Top Rap Album for Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, and Hot Rap Track for "Soul Survivor." He has won Dirty Awards for Most Bootlegged CD, Best New Dirty Artist, and Best Dirty Collaboration. He was also nominated for Dirty Boy of the Year, Dirty South Representative of the Year, and Dirty Song of the Year for "Soul Survivor". His Teen Choice Awards include nominations for Choice Music: Rap Artist. Vibe awards include nominations for Hottest Hook for "Soul Survivor."
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 Jeezy Delivers Another Classic for the Streets September 3, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
First off if you don't think Jeezy's Thug Motivation is a classic then I want some of what your smoking. Everywhere I go almost everyone I encounter, from like 15-30 years old, says it's their favorite CD and it definitely is one of mine. Why? Jeezy is real. He speaks for the streets, for the people who roll around smokin', for the people hustlin' to get by, and for the people who want to bang some fire music while rollin' round their hood. He never stops reppin' the streets and though he may not have the best vocabulary, his flow is grimy, its perfect for every beat he touches. So here we are with his third CD, The Recession. In one word: PERFECT. He could not have put out a better street-credited album than this one. The beats are raw, his flow is raw, and his lyrics are as real as they come and are much improved. Jeezy just doesn't give a **** and it's obvious. He's cocky, arrogant, and knows that the real "g's" out there are gonna feel him. The reason this CD is perfect is because its good for any situation. You can bang it in your car, chill out listen and dissect it, blast it in a club or at a party, or in any situation you deem fitting. No parents aren't gonna like it but almost everyone from his generation and after is. He doesn't put out albums for the critics, he puts them out for the streets. The critics are giving him 3 stars like on his first one but he doesn't care. He says it himself on Hustlaz Ambition, "It's Mr. Trap or Die, yeah y'all remember me; first album was a classic, them critics weren't feelin' me." Hate on Jeezy all you want but he put out a better album than Lil Wayne. I love Weezy and he may very well be the best ever, but his CD just doesn't ride like Jeezy's does. You can't really bang it in your car or play it a party. Wayne I think just tried to do too much, while Jeezy went back to what works. Like Jeezy himself said, The Recession is like Thug Motivation on steriods and it's real. I'm broke, I smoke blunts, I like to ride around my hood all G'd up, and I love rap music. There is no CD that has appealed to me and Urban America like this one, since Thug Motivation. Keep it up Jeezy, Weezy may be a better rapper in terms of talent and word play but Jeezy is a better rapper when it comes to streets. (Weezy has come close, though, on his Drought 3 mixtape which is a classic and might be able to approach this CD) One day, everyone will finally realize that Jeezy is one of the best to ever spit on the mic because he did it for the people not the critics. He's always improving and will go down in many people's minds, as well as mine, as one of the best when it's all said and done. Jeezy himself says it best, "Might not just be the best, just know I plan to be." Keep it up Jeezy, keep doing it for the streets, keep giving us what we want to hear, and let the haters keep hatin.
p.s. If you want to hear a great Jeezy song that addresses this subject very well see "I'm back" from his Can't Ban The Snowman mixtape; it's unbelievably real and lyrical, and he discusses his first album being a classic: "I shoulda got five mics in the Source; instead I got five bricks and a Porsche; they say I ain't lyrical; I wasn't tryna impress y'all n****s; If hatin' was a crime they'd arrest y'all n****s."
JEEZY SPEAKS DA TRUTH BY DA WAY !!!!! November 2, 2008
THIS IS YET ANOTHER GREAT CD !! I LOVE IT.. JEEZY SPEAKS THE TRUTH IN ALL HIS CREATIONS !! KEEP EM COMING JEEZY... 10 STARS !!!!!! WE IN THE RECESSION !!
GREAT C.D. November 20, 2008
I LOVE THIS C.D. , AND YOUNG JEZZY! THIS C.D. REAL TALS TO YOUR AND IF YOUR GOING THROUGH THE RECESSION YOU'LL B ABLE TO RELATE. IF YOUR A FAN OF JEZZY GO GET THIS C.D. YOU WONT B DISAPPOINTED.
IF YOUNG IS WHAT THEY WANT, THEN YOUNG IS WHAT THEY GETTIN!!! November 21, 2008
THEY ASK ME WHAT I DO, I TELL EM A TEACHER FOR A LIVIN'!! STRAIGHT UP JEEZY IS BRINGING IT BACK TO THUG MOTIVATION WITH THIS ALBUM RIGHT HERE " THE RECESSION" YEA MAN ALL SONGS ARE SUPER DOPE AND FLY. THE PRODUCTION IS TOP KNOTCH, JEEZY IS THE MAN WORD UP! ENOUGH SAID
My president is black, my Lambo's blue October 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
There will come a time when Jeezy's thug motivation raps about birdplay will sound redundant, uncreative and outdated. If one thinks back 10 plus years ago of groups like Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Wu-Tang Clan and artists like Redman, Smoothe Da Hustler etc. All these artists came out the gate with a sound that was so fresh that we could never foresee a time when they would become almost irrelevant to the game. But time catches up with everyone and sooner or later unless you can transform yourself like Madonna your star status will eventually fade.
This is certainly true for Jeezy because unlike some of his counterparts like T.I., Wayne & Kanye he cannot be everything to everyone. Jeezy is a "Thug" rapper and his appeal is solidly linked to the appeal of the trapper lifestyle and as long as we the fans fiend to hear more about that we will love Jeezy. There was a time when that grimey NY thug music or west coast gang banger sound was hitting.
The point of the above rant is simply that if you can't stand Rick Ross, Plies or Young's previous efforts then you need not apply. If, like me, you do then you'll probably agree that this is YJ at his best. He rides the beats better than he's ever done, lyrically there is a clear maturation as well.
The extended drug/sports metaphor on "What They Want" is very well constructed. "Crazy World" has a much wider appeal with chants of "I think Bush is tryin' to punish us...". It is by no means a political song but the reference makes it more relatable. The same is true for "My President" with Nas which is billed as a political track but turns out to be a celebration of the good life. "My president is black, my Lambo's (Lamborghini) blue..." what more could an African American ask for. "Vacation" also has a misleading title as it ends up being about out of town runs. But you have to give it to Young, by using pop culture references he manages to bring the streets to the world without selling out. Although the more discerning fans will complain that when it's all said and done its still nothing more than trap music.
Where he doesn't compromise is with the beats as "The Recession" is a strictly Dirty South affair and here again the haters will complain. The same haters who complained that on "The Inspiration" he was trying too hard to switch up. My verdict is that the beats alone are worth the admission price and I would go as far as saying that they are the best YJ beats since forever.
Finally, a YJ album will live and die on the strength of his choruses and believe me, he doesn't disappoint in this department either. Overall YJ easily makes the top 5 for 2008 so far.
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