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Jizzle
written by 4bars

Young Jeezy's third album came out this past Tuesday and while I bought his first one (it got me through each day at my terrible ass job) I have yet to decide whether this one will be purchased or not. Before I gave it a thorough listen, "Put On" and "My President" were standout tracks to me and a good friend of mine was convinced that this was the "album of the year" and also described it as "phenomenal", but I wasn't about to give a Young Jeezy album that kind of praise.

Jeezy, for what he is, isn't that bad of a rapper. If you're looking for a guy to be talked about amongst the great rappers of all time, or even current times, though, you're setting the bar WAY too high; You don't go into a Will Ferrell movie hoping to see an Academy Award winning performance nor do you listen to a Young Jeezy album hoping to be blown away lyrically. The formula for this album is much of the same: bangin ass Shawty Redd beats with Jeezy’s typical flow and subject matter, and we can’t forget those adlibs (“EEEYYYYY…”). I will give Jeezy credit for two things though: adlibs were noticeably reduced and he attempted to put a bit more social commentary in his usually shallow lyrics. I mean, he did name the album “The Recession” and I’d say that’s pretty pertinent at this juncture. Will I buy this album? prolly not. Do I suggest you buy it? See previous answer. Will I crank my car stereo up real real loud whenever one of the cuts off this joint pops up on my iPod? “YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH…” Bars