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Release Date: 12/12/2006
Young Jeezy's first album for
Def Jam,
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, was such a breakout success that it immediately left his
Bad Boy album with
Boyz N da Hood -- released just weeks prior -- as an afterthought. What is his appeal, exactly? His persona revolves around being a crack dealer, but he spins it as a motivational speaker who encourages people to do what they need to do to get paid. School kids proudly donned
Jeezy's snowman T-shirts, even if the closest they'll ever come to hustling is selling chocolates for a class trip.
Jeezy's not an exceptional rapper; he has a peculiar way of getting his support, though it's not without a discernible amount of charisma. On
The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102, this is best exemplified in the opening verse to the
Timbaland-produced
"3 A.M.": "It's Young Jizzo and I'm back with Timbo/With another hit, you're still stuck in a limbo/A ad lib here and a ad lib there/F*ck it, ad libs everywhere." Few other MCs could get away with something so purposefully lazy. In
Jeezy's half-determined/half-careless voice, it's a quotable (and a pretty damn funny one at that), more energizing and memorable than an average MC's complex, tongue-twisting metaphor. To that kind of extent,
Jeezy does little to make this disc different from
Let's Get It. Its first several tracks limp and flail around, which isn't a good sign, but once
"I Luv It" kicks in, everything tightens and sharpens, placing the album a very slight shade beneath
Let's Get It. Some of the highlights:
"I Luv It," the closest stature-wise to
"Go Crazy," a
DJ Toomp production that's as anthemic as his work on
T.I.'s
"What You Know";
"Mr. 17.5," a fine
"Go Crazy" retread. There's also
"Streets on Lock," a
"Trapstar" retread, where
Jeezy maps out some of the reasons for his success: "When I speak, these niggas believe me/'Cause, bitch, I'm Jeezy."
"Dreamin'," in which
Jeezy recalls the guilt of being a crack dealer while his mother's an addict, takes the cake as the best reflecting pool track of 2006.
~Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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JAI - P.
from miami,fl
CATCHY
YOUNG JEEZY SHOWS HIS CLEVERNESS IN THIS ALBUM BY STILL TALKING ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS PROFFESSION BEFORE BEING A "MOTIVATOR", WHICH IS WHAT HE REFERS TO HISSELF RATHER THAN A RAPPER, IN A CLASSY WAY. IN HIS FRESHMAN DEBUT HE MADE THE ALBUM STRICTLY FOR THE HOOD BUT THIS ALBUM IS MADE FOR PEOPLE FROM THE "BURBS TO THE SUBURBS. HE FREQUENTLY USES LINES FROM LEGENDARY RAPPERS IN A CLEVER ARTISTIC WAY THAT MOST RAPPERS WOULDN'T GET AWAY WITH. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT CONSIDERED A LYRICAL GENIUS DON'T BE SURPRISED TO CATCH YOURSELF "HYPNOTIZED" BY THE INTRO OR REPEATING THE WORDS TO ALOT OF THE SONGS LIKE "BURY ME A G", "I LUV IT", "3 A.M.", ETC... ALL IN ALL THIS ALBUM WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF THIS YEAR AND YOU WILL DEFINITELY FIND YOUR SELF PLAYING IT YOUR CAR ON LONG TRIPS 'CROSS TOWN. )
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