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My rating it a 4 out of a possible 5 reflects only the fact that I lack first hand experience with the purchased item, and can only reflect the limited information conveyed to me by its recipient. This item was given as a gift to a friend, who specifically requested it, and expressed great satisfaction on receiving it. Pricing, delivery and product integrity were all satisfactory.
Jeezy isn't trying to be someone else. No alternate persons. Some people thought he went soft, so he came back with "The Recession". Jeezy is a throwback to the B-Boy days of the 80's and early 90's.
He's not promoting it. Young Jeezy is growing up. He just wants to be himself. "Who Dat" is a great hype song. Kanye West is excellent even though I wish the remix with Jay Z was on here. The album is kind of long and certain songs could have been left off.
He has improved his lyrical content as on "Crazy World" which is about as real as a Channel 5 news report on why the hood is so messed up. The young man who brought us the term `Trap or Die' and those ridiculous Snowman T-shirts is transforming right before our eyes into a respectable artist. The way he does it is reminiscent of the way Jay Z did on `Reasonable Doubt'. And "Circulate" just doesn't fit. Like the regretful "Everything" ft Anthony Hamilton. I also like "What They Want", "Don't Do It" & "Amazing". No made up Mafioso characters.
He started off as a `thug rapper'. If you listen to this song and don't start slam dancing then you don't have a pulse. He's telling stories from the hood the way he sees it. He followed that up with a more retrospective side. All the other songs aren't standouts but they flow nicely with the vibe of this CD.Yes, Young Jeezy raps about guns and selling drugs but he's not bragging. "Put On" ft. You can see him chillin with Rakim or slamin' with Onyx. NaS shows up for the political anthem "My President".
But this album really solidified his place as one of the elite rappers of oug time, because with The Recession, Jeezy gets to share my Rap album of the year award with Nas, which honestly really surprised me because, like i said, i wasnt a big Young Jeezy fan to start out with. Or on the TA produced "By The Way", Jeezy flows on the track with his signature heavy swagger. Because with his first two albums, i felt like they were more mixtapeish albums, that had a more underground feel to them, not that they were bad albums, but The Recession seemed like it was a more thought out and more touched up album than his previous work. But with this album, Jeezy really showed that he can do more than just club/radio rap, but that he can also do real rap. And even thought "My President" wasnt huge on the radio, it still had a very large underground popularity, because it is a truly legendary rap song with two phenominal rap artists who both released stellar albums this year, and it just was the perfect song for the time. This album really surprised me alot.
But with The Recession, i felt like Jeezy was coming with more of a purpose with this album. Buy by far my favorite track on the album is the Crown Kings produced "Get Allot", because its real track and Jeezy just kills the banging beat with some phenominal verses. I was never really a big Jeezy fan until this album. But where the album really shines is on its album tracks, like "Welcome Back", where Jeezy spits venom to his competion over this banging track by DJ Speedy. This album really brought Jeezy up in my book, because it is a front to back banger, and I will definetly be buying his next album as well.Grade:A- I remember hearing his first two albums all the time and thinking he was alright, but i never bought the albums.
The huge first single, "Put On", really helped this album achieve its now platinum status with its extremely radio friendly sound and hook.
Took longer to get here than some other things I purchased, but still made it in good time. The product was exactly as described. Great condition.
I thought this was a very well and thoughtful album. While my favorite young jeezy song isn't on here(go getta). My favorite tracks I thought Who Dat and Don't you know were pretty decent.I also really liked word play and Crazy World were pretty good actually.
But We had nothing else to listen to at the party and I thought it was actaully pretty good. But he proved me wrong and I actually enjoyed the album alot. At first I thought this album wasn't going to be that great.
I thought it was pretty good. It's good that rap's trying to make people think again instead of talking about money and cars. The problem I initally had the with playing this album or any of its songs at parties or around friends, is that I thought the lyrics might be way too deep and boring.
And he might try to pull of a Jay-Z or Public Enemy, a song with slow beats and not fun to listen to.
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