Music : Young Jeezy 'The Recession'

Album Info :

Artist : Young Jeezy
Album : The Recession
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Def Jam
ASIN: B001AGNRYY
Genre : Pop Rap, Rap & Hip-Hop, Southern Rap, Gangsta & Hardcore

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 Review :

by David Jeffries
Dropping the sequential album titles for his third release, Young Jeezy's The Recession introduces itself as anything but Thug Motivation 103. The opening title track features a collage of some very 2008 news reports where America is going broke while the "they just don't care about us" feeling sweeps the nation. Then Jeezy enters trading his non-stop swagger for social commentary, and while the singalong thug chorus is as strong as ever, the rapper's transformation from cocaine-slinging king to voice of the people is unconvincing, especially when he mentions his personal driver and how his "make it rain" sessions at the strip club are getting more conservative. The Barack Obama shout-out that closes the album -- "My President" with special guest Nas -- works much better with flippant verses ("We ready for damn change/So you all let the man shine") more suitable for a man who prefers to be called "The Snowman." Same goes for "Circulate" and its great line about oil prices ("Gas higher than me") but The Recession abandons politics often enough that you can't call it ponderous or even a concept album. With those great drums and fake trumpets producer Drumma Boy loves so much, trap star anthem "Amazin" is simple, feel-good music for pimps and players, while the soul-filled "Word Play" finds Jeezy and the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League celebrating the power of rap with warm nostalgia in their hearts. "Put On" with Kanye West singing through an Auto-Tune is the usual second-line goodness that Jeezy normally rounds out albums with, but there's more forgettable filler than expected, most of it sounding like mixtape leftovers or in the case of "Vacation," lackluster and forced club tracks. Of course with 18 songs the album allows for some dead weight and trimming. Even if it falls a distant third out of the first three, the scattershot Recession is still a welcome and even risky step forward, one carried by its highlights and the newfound awareness that the cocaine grind isn't everything.

Taken From : http://www.allmusic.com




Track Listing :

1. The Recession (Intro) 4:38
2. Welcome Back 4:07
3. By The Way 4:00
4. Crazy World 3:57
5. What They Want 3:53
6. Amazin' 4:16
7. Hustlaz Ambition 3:39
8. Who Dat 3:49
9. Don't You Know 4:58
10. Circulate 3:49
11. Word Play 3:14
12. Vacation 3:46
13. Everything (Feat. Anthony Hamilton And Lil Boosie) 4:41
14. Takin' It There (Feat. Trey Songz) 3:27
15. Don't Do It 4:05
16. Put On (Feat. Kanye West) 5:21
17. Get Allot 4:28
18. My President (Feat. Nas) 5:29

Young Jeezy- I Don't Know You [Exclusive] + Lyrics [The Recession]



Young Jeezy 'Don't You Know' lyrics

[Intro: Jeezy singing/talking]

And you know... (Chea)
And you know...

(Chea, get the money, get the money)

And you know... (Get the money, nothin' but the money)
And you know... (Bout the money, bout the money)
And you know... (Bout the money, bout the money)

(Young! Yeah, I see you nigga! Let's go! )

[Chorus]

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool
That don't mean shit, I don't know you (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (Hell nah! )
I don't know you. (I don't know you niggas! )

(Let's go! ) (Yeaaah! )

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool. (The recession nigga! )
That don't mean shit, I don't know you. (I don't know! ) (I'm right back in ya ass homeboy! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! ) (Trying to take me out nigga! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you. (Ay ay ay! )

[Verse 1]

Feelin' is in this shit
That's right I'm in this bitch
Ya'll niggas acting like Young ain't never did this shit
Nigga, 500 grams, rock solid, no shake (shake)
Call them thangs Chappelles, he wants his other half baked (Wooh! )
You know I like to scramble mine, Waffle House style
Or leave 'em sunny side up and let 'em chill for a while (Damn! )
Not only have I done it, I did it, I lived it
Delivered it myself, yeah I'm making house visits (Young! )
I'm praying while I'm driving, it's making me religious
In the head lights behind me, it's making me suspicious
And maybe I'm trippin', and maybe I'm not (not)
Maybe it's nothing (nothing), just hope it ain't the cops (Okay! )

[Chorus]

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool
That don't mean shit, I don't know you (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! ) (I told these niggas, homie! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you. (Yeah! )

(Let's go! )

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool. (These niggas looking around for me! )
That don't mean shit, I don't know you. (I don't know! ) (That's cool though! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you.

(Talk to 'em homie! )

[Verse 2]

I go there, get that and go back with that
And then I flip that, then send that right back
If it got 2 bags, it must be 5 stacks
So you owe 5 stacks, bring that right back (Ah ha! )
If it take too long, must be rerock
2 in the shoebox, nah these ain't Reebocks (Yeah! )
I don't live there, I just cook there
Ain't nothing in there, but fish and cookware (Young! )
Can't drop our shit, work that fork though
Lock up like woah, Young like fo' sho
This shit right here, call that "come back" (Yeaaaah! )
Drop this 9 off, and I'll be right back (Let's go! )

[Chorus]

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool
That don't mean shit, I don't know you (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you.

(Let's go! )

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool.
That don't mean shit, I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you.

(Get at these niggas, homie! )

[Verse 3]

I don't know why these niggas tell lies
Ya'll know damn well he ain't flippin' no pies
All this bird talk make me want some Popeyes
Ya'll getting no play off in my rides
Fake ass niggas, how dare you compare Young?
Black Crown Vic, yeah that used to scare Young
My 6-2's come back like frisbees
All these smoke fumes got me dizzy (Yeaaahhhhh! )
They talk bricks, see
I'm just listening (Ay! ) *yawn*
Say, I'm just listening (Yeah! )
Hook might be tight, but that don't sound right
I sold Snow White and he sold no white (Ayyy! )

[Chorus]

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool
That don't mean shit, I don't know you (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you. (I swear to god! )
I don't know you.

(Let's go! )

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool. (I hear you niggas talk that shit! )
That don't mean shit, I don't know you. (I don't know! ) (I ain't see shit, yet! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I got this nigga! )
I don't know you.

[Outro: Jeezy singing/talking]

And you know... (I ain't bouncing for none of you niggas, nigga)
And you know... (I ain't cosigning none of you fake ass niggas)

(Realest nigga in the BS nigga, Jezzy)

And you know... (Ah ha ha! )
And you know... (America is me! )
And you know... (Ah ha ha! )

(Yeah, they know me though! )

(Let's go! )

[Chorus Fading]

I hear ya'll talk that work shit, that's cool
That don't mean shit, I don't know you (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you. (I don't know! )
I don't know you.
I don't know you.