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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 58 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7672
Category: Music
Artist: Young Jeezy
Publisher: Def Jam
Studio: Def Jam
Manufacturer: Def Jam
Label: Def Jam
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
ASIN: B001AGNRYY
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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."
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gift June 27, 2009
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. 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.
"WHY THEY KEEP SAYIN YEEAAH I DONT EVEN KNOW" May 19, 2009
Young Jeezy is growing 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. He started off as a `thug rapper'. He followed that up with a more retrospective side. 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. You can see him chillin with Rakim or slamin' with Onyx. 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. "Who Dat" is a great hype song. If you listen to this song and don't start slam dancing then you don't have a pulse. NaS shows up for the political anthem "My President". "Put On" ft. Kanye West is excellent even though I wish the remix with Jay Z was on here. I also like "What They Want", "Don't Do It" & "Amazing". The album is kind of long and certain songs could have been left off. Like the regretful "Everything" ft Anthony Hamilton. And "Circulate" just doesn't fit. 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. The way he does it is reminiscent of the way Jay Z did on `Reasonable Doubt'. He's not promoting it. He's telling stories from the hood the way he sees it. No alternate persons. No made up Mafioso characters. Jeezy isn't trying to be someone else. He just wants to be himself.
 Young Jeezy - The Recession May 15, 2009
This album really surprised me alot. I was never really a big Jeezy fan until this album. I remember hearing his first two albums all the time and thinking he was alright, but i never bought the albums. But with The Recession, i felt like Jeezy was coming with more of a purpose with this album. 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. The huge first single, "Put On", really helped this album achieve its now platinum status with its extremely radio friendly sound and hook. 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. 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. Or on the TA produced "By The Way", Jeezy flows on the track with his signature heavy swagger. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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Very Pleased April 8, 2009
The product was exactly as described. Great condition. Took longer to get here than some other things I purchased, but still made it in good time.
 Thought it was better then I thought it was going to be! March 20, 2009
At first I thought this album wasn't going to be that great. But We had nothing else to listen to at the party and I thought it was actaully pretty good. 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. But he proved me wrong and I actually enjoyed the album alot! I thought it was pretty good. 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. While my favorite young jeezy song isn't on here(go getta). I thought this was a very well and thoughtful album. It's good that rap's trying to make people think again instead of talking about money and cars.
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