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JennYYoung Jeezy - The Recession Album Review
September 15th 2008 23:48
Release date: September 2, 2008
Genre: Hip hop
Label: Def Jam, Corporate Thugz
Jeezy is back on the shelves with his third rap album titled The Recession. Selling over 260,000 copies in its first week, The Recession debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making this Young Jeezy's second number one album.
The record starts with an intro track named The Recession but instead of being a traditional short intro, The Recession is a full song which sounds a little like a national anthem. The trumpets were nice, Jeezy was going hard at it; pretty good song. It starts the album well.
Welcome Back follows with a little crunk sound. This song is to state the fact that Jeezy is back on the map. A pure Jeezy song, if you like him, you'll like this song.
The third song is By The Way, a more serious track than the previous ones. Nevertheless, the beat stays the same and sounds like another anthem.
Crazy World is another good song. However, the three previous tracks sounded better. I don't know why but the sound didn't fit Jeezy even though the beat was great.
The beat on What They Want sounds like something you would find on one of Jeezy's previous albums. It's just another Jeezy song.
Amazin' is a calmer than the previous tracks but it still has a hard kick and snare. I guess everybody has to record a song where they show their greatness; well, Jeezy does too. Every rapper has a song like this in their repertoire, yet not all of them improve their lyricism in those songs. Jeezy didn't change, he spit like it was just another track.
Hustlaz Ambition sounds like the kind of song you can hustle to, so I guess they got the title right. The chorus, however, wasn't good. It was Jeezy rapping in normal voice and on a phone, so it didn't sound really good. This was a more serious song with an average beat.
Who Dat has a straight G beat. The flow switched at times, and it felt like one flow was going faster than the other. Still, both flows were gangster. The chorus was a little too simple though with “Who dat.”
Don't You Know comes back to the serious side of things but still sounds gangster. There's nothing to say about it, just another average song.
I didn't like Circulate much. The beat was sampled from Billy Paul's “Let The Dollar Circulate.” His voice was also sampled on the chorus. Jeezy's rapping was a bit too repetitive with him saying the same words often.
Word Play was a little faster than Circulate. I didn't hate this song, but I didn't love it either, it just didn't have the Jeezy feel.
The second single of the album, Vacation, is a more relaxing kind of song. The beginning and the end of the song sounded familiar when he said:
“Said I'm stressed out... so tired
My days... so long
Said I'm stressed out... so tired
Got to... move on”
VACATION MUSIC VIDEO
Everything, featuring Lil' Boosie and Anthony Hamilton singing in the background and in the third verse, moved too far away from Jeezy's original style. I didn't like it. Lil' Boosie was on the second verse, and he was even worse than Jeezy.
Takin' It There, featuring Trey Songz, was a little boring. At this point, I was starting to get tired of listening to the album. That's never a good sign. Don't Do It had the same effect – a boring song that sounds exactly the same. On Get Allot, even Jeezy sounded tired; something that really put me off this song.
The first single of the album,I Put On, features Kanye West, and was easily appreciated by the fans, especially the hook:
“I put on for my city, on on for my city
I put on for my city, on on for my city
Put on (East side)
Put on (South side)
Put on (West side)
Put on”
It's pretty easy to remember, and doesn't sound fake. Jeezy was good on the verse, but I hated Kanye West. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Kanye West fan, but why oh why did he have to use the auto-tune. It was the worst thing I've ever heard. You can use the auto-tune on the chorus, but not a whole verse! I mean, WTF? This was pretty disappointing for a great rapper like Kanye West. The video had some pretty hardcore stuff, but it didn't match the song in my opinion. Take a look, you decide.
I PUT ON MUSIC VIDEO
The last song is My President, featuring Nas. Once again, the beat is like a little anthem only not as hard as in the beginning of the album. Nas was on the third verse but he didn't really fit with the song. I think it's because the beat had a southern sound while Nas usuallly kills East coast beats, so it was kinda weird.
So, let's summarize the album. The Recession had a great start, then it just started to fade by getting repetitive and boring. However, I still like Jeezy. If you're a real Jeezy fan – know everything about him – then you'll like this album. Everybody says that this was a great album, but I think that it's no different form his previous work. All in all, if you love Jeezy, buy this album.I give it a 8/10 maximum.
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