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| Artist: Young Jeezy
Label: Def Jam
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy Used: $3.93
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New (50) Used (23) from $3.93
Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 522
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
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: cd has never been played and there may or may not be a hole,slash,cut through the upc/jewel case
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 Ehhhh... must be drunk to enjoy this... September 6, 2008
DarkAudio (San Diego, CA)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the low reviews here. Sorry. People who gave this 5 stars right off the tip obviously are stuck on repetitive beats from the South and really don't have a clue about real rap. It's funny when I hear people talk about West Coast rappers that I love (Daz, C-Bo, etc) being "too simplistic" and just talking about their guns and drugs, etc. etc.... Jeezy drops the most repetitive album in history here. The beats are simple, and boring.. and redundant. I could pound these out in my basement, with a couple 40s, probably in about two weeks. Jeezy's "rough" sound is probably the main thing that makes him popular, along with some street cred. But if you try to size him up as a rapper, instead of just a G with some history, he doesn't match up at all to the other recent releases (Icecube, The Game, Lil Wayne, even Daz's new CD blows this one out).
If you are drunk and high you can probably thump this one, but try to listen to it sober and then tell me that it's still good. Three 6 Mafia basically dropped the foundation of the 4-4 verse (if you don't know beats or music theory just ignore that comment). And THEY did a good job with it... but that doesn't mean everyone can. I dunno, maybe this CD will grow on me, but as far as recent releases to compare it to, I'm stayin with two stars.
 Jeezy Delivers Another Classic for the Streets September 3, 2008
D (Florida)
5 out of 9 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."
MORE OF THE SAME September 9, 2008
Edward A. Crowder (Fort Bragg N.C.)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Let me tell you something, this is more of the same junk that I have been listening to for something going on three years. Hip hop has been on a downward spiral for a long time and stuff like this the reason. If you want to listen to real hip hop, go get a Slum Village album, or If you really want to spend your money go get the new Snoop Dogg album. If you want to hear something with some substance, real lyrics, word-play, and over all quality, then you need to pass on this. If you are satisfied with status quo then go right ahead and get this.
Young Jeezy - The Recession 7/10 September 2, 2008
Rudy Klapper (Los Angeles / Orlando)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ever since his eloquently titled debut album Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, Young Jeezy has never been a rapper to back down from what he believes in; namely, drug-dealing, smacking down poseurs, and basically living the most thug life possible. Listeners don't come to a Snowman album looking for lyrical nuance or subtle metaphors, but they definitely do come for the Dirty South production, the gangsta vibe, and Jeezy's imitable wheezy drawl, and The Recession has all of this in spades.
While the title of the album is somewhat timely, the album's main lyrical points are universal: hear Jeezy brag about selling coke on "Get Allot," hear Jeezy talk about how much money he has on "Vacation," hear Jeezy discuss his general badassery on virtually every track. Jeezy is the kind of rapper you blare cruising down the freeway, not one to actually make you think, and so when he actually rhymes "broccoli" with "glock with me," one takes it in stride as a necessary part of the gangsta formula Jeezy has made his own.
And what saves The Recession from being just another lame Dirty South record is the production by a series of semi-famous producers like J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and Drumma Boy, who create an appropriately dark, urban atmosphere replete with snare hits and rumbling bass to accompany Jeezy's rants. Tracks like the irrepressibly funky "Circulate" and the epic horn opener "The Recession (Intro)" keep the album from becoming too repetitive and distract the listener from Jeezy's admittedly one-dimensional personality. While The Recession is never going to win any awards, it is a fitting late summer jam for those who like their hip-hop with more brawn than brains.
Classic September 2, 2008
J-Man (Atlanta Ga)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Another classic from Young Jeezy, all the beats are crazy and he has grown alot lyricly. All his albums are differnt, the first was to motivate the thugs, the second was to inspire and in this album he talks about the recesion. So dont expect a full album of street music like`in thug motivation but there is alot. I would suggest you buy this album if your a Jeezy fan or not. O Yea, its alot bettter than the carter 3.
1. The Recession (Intro) [Explicit] 7.5/10
2. Welcome Back [Explicit] 9/10
3. By The Way [Explicit] 7/10
4. Crazy World [Explicit] 8.5/10
5. What They Want [Explicit] 7/10
6. Amazin' [Explicit] 10/10
7. Hustlaz Ambition [Explicit] 10/10
8. Who Dat [Explicit] 9/10
9. Don't You Know [Explicit] 10/10
10. Circulate [Explicit] 10/10
11. Word Play [Explicit] 10/10
12. Vacation [Explicit] 10/10
13. Everything [Explicit] 9/10
14. Takin' It There [Explicit] 9/10
15. Don't Do It [Explicit] 10/10
16. Put On [Explicit] 10/10
17. Get Allot [Explicit] 10/10
18. My President [Explicit 10/10
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