The Recession In depth Preview Young Jeezy

Less Than 3 weeks until the Recession(Def Jam Marketing, its so elementary at times) but the fellow by the name of Jay Jenkins returns to expand on how rough it is for the hood and america and that we need a change(didnt we just have that with Nassir Jones latest album oh well). Part dope boy and part social activtist (9th grade dropout go figure), Jeezy's latest attempts to return to the core of the reason we all start listening to him. After his last LP, people wondered what happen to the vintage Jeezy, had he turned into an industry nigga and forgot about the trap. Or was just the dreaded sophomore slump( 1.9 million sold to 1.2 million records not a bad slump at all) and label politics. With the state of the industry and his own imprint CTE(USDA underachieved and Bloodraw solid debut album was mishandled) can Jeezy come to save the day. All early indications says yes but coming off a high of Put on and the remix to come back with crazy world as a 2nd single might be another slight mis step. Only time will tell, but the good folks over at Complex magazine got a preview of the album and the following to report......

"THE RECESSION (INTRO)”

Producer: DJ Toomp
Quote: “It’s a recession everybody broke/So I came back to give everybody hope.”
Sounds Like: “I Got Money” with eerier synths from T.I.’s “What You Know”.
Synopsis: Hearing Toomp on the first track of the album instead of 4 or 5 tracks in is like skipping the foreplay and going straight to the fuckin’. And as real as a recession is, you can’t help but smirk at how the newscaster sampled in the intro considers the R-word taboo.

“CRAZY WORLD”

Producer: Midnight Black
Quote: “If this world keep spinnin’/Yeah my rims still spinnin’/Even though the money slow we still spendin’.”
Sounds Like: Jeezy throws a jab at Bush while riding a wave of horns that’s similar to Blood Raw’s “Louie Bag”.
Synopsis: People still ride on spinners? Now that’s crazy.

“AMAZING”

Producer: Drumma Boy
Quote: “Bitch I’m amazing/Look what I’m blazing/Eyes so low that I look like an Asian.”
Sounds Like: “Put On,” minus Kanye.
Synopsis: We already know Drumma Boy cranks out grand slams for Jeezy, Rocko, and Tip, but it takes Jeezy’s unabashed honesty on this one to take you out of the occasional monotony of Drumma’s style.

“LET THE DOLLAR CIRCULATE”

Producer: Don Cannon
Quote: “I’ma start off slow, yeah so so/They love me out in D.C., just like Go-Go.”
Sounds Like: A soulful version of “Mr. 17.5’” with a Go-Go twist.
Synopsis: You wonder why no one sampled this forgotten Billy Paul gem by the same name before, seeing as making it rain has been the thing to rap about. Thank the man that gave us “Me And Mrs. Jones” for Canon’s inspiration.

“WORD PLAY”

Producer: Justice League
Quote: “I’m way too intelligent for you to play with my intelligence.”
Sounds Like: The thick drums of JL’s signature percussion heard on 2 Pistols’ “Gettin Money Mane”.
Synopsis: This is supposed to be Jeezy’s fuck you to non-believers about his lyricism. This line is as dumbed down as he gets.

“VACATION”

Producer: DJ Nasty
Quote: “I’m outta here, you a postcard.”
Sounds Like: “White Girl” with a tan.
Synopsis: The hook is catchy as hell, but we’re not confident this one will stand out from the many other 808 thumpers that dominate the album.

“MY PRESIDENT”

Producer: Da Bizness Productions
Quote: “Because I’m soul survivor that don’t make me a convict/‘Be all you can be,’ that sounds like some dumb shit.”
Sounds Like: “My Hood” for the vote or die crowd.
Synopsis: Forget Jesse Jackson and his rainbow coalition jibber-jabber, Jeezy gets colorful with his metaphors to describe rims to Jordans to the first prez with some pigment. Def Jam also stated that Nas will be appearing on the final version.

“WHO DAT”

Producer: Shawty Redd
Quote: “Fly to the club in a helicopter—I’m not talking the one with the propellors”
Sounds Like: Shawty Redd took “Black Dreams” (from The Prime Minister mixtape) and made it a nightmare.
Synopsis: If your ears don’t bleed listening to the orgy of instruments on the track, then you’ll have a seizure.

“HUSTLER’S AMBITION”

Producer: Drumma Boy
Quote: “Grandma at church while I’m in the refrigerator/In search of the baking soda, right next to the mashed potatoes.”
Sounds Like: “Hypnotize” with beefed up drums.
Synopsis: For trappers, having a song named “Hustler’s Ambitition” is like hopsters rapping about the ‘80s. Had to do it.

“WHAT THEY WANT”

Producer: Midnight Black
Quote: “I’m playing baseball the same size as golf balls.”
Sounds Like: The drip-drop keys from “Trap Or Die”.
Synopsis: Throughout the metaphor-heavy song, Jizzle compares making a million dollars to playing various ball related sports. And he doesn’t say “no homo” once!

“TAKE IT THERE” f/ Trey Songz

Producer: Fat Boy
Quote: “I’m the one she call when she want that ‘hood shit.”
Sounds Like: The happy medium between Mariah’s “Side Effects” and Usher’s “Love In This Club”.
Synopsis: The first real song catered to the ladies comes off strong like Young’s previous r&b efforts.

P.L.-FRESHER DEN YOU PRODUCED BY THE OLYMPICKS

HERE IT IS THE SINGLE FROM NEXT TO BLOW ARTIST P.L.
PRODUCED THE HOMIES THE OLYMPICKS


FRESHER DEN YOU PRODUCED BY THE OLYMPICKS

SOUNDSCAN RESULT FROM LAST WEEK TOP 50 RNB ALBUMS

7 8 UNCM 1 2 1 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 85,166 105,490 -19 1,997,218
8 2 DEF 1 2 NAS NAS 63,279 186,640 -66 250,357
9 60 DEF 2 4 3 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 33,708 41,269 -18 1,516,282
10 10 LAF 4 5 4 USHER HERE I STAND 23,590 26,071 -10 930,231
11 2 UNRF 3 5 BANNER*DAVID GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD 21,212 51,805 -59 73,114
12 7 ATLG 6 7 6 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL 17,194 20,522 -16 417,983
13 5 COL 5 8 7 THREE 6 MAFIA LAST 2 WALK 13,918 18,431 -24 170,753
14 4 INT 3 6 8 G-UNIT T.O.S. (TERMINATE ON SIGHT) 13,881 21,219 -35 173,250
15 1 EPIC 9 GOURDIN*NOEL AFTER MY TIME 13,741 88 999 13,830
16 39 JIVE 7 9 10 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 13,154 15,027 -12 1,710,365
17 36 VERI 10 10 11 SAPP*MARVIN THIRSTY 11,702 13,181 -11 405,822
18 18 UNIV 11 12 12 FLOBOTS FIGHT WITH TOOLS 11,345 10,744 6 179,978
19 16 ISL 8 11 13 CAREY*MARIAH E=MC2 10,583 11,910 -11 1,116,774
20 21 DEF 12 13 14 ROSS*RICK TRILLA 8,205 9,702 -15 637,815
21 8 UNIV 16 15 15 ASHANTI DECLARATION 7,848 8,127 -3 191,049
22 72 UNIV 15 20 16 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 7,007 7,279 -4 2,039,445
23 7 THRI 18 17 17 TOTAL CLUB HITS TOTAL CLUB HITS 6,870 8,069 -15 75,299
24 25 ATLG 79 21 18 SOUNDTRACKS STEP UP 2: THE STREETS 6,798 7,201 -6 272,836
25 38 J 20 24 19 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 6,657 6,621 1 3,558,028
26 44 GEFN 14 18 20 COLE*KEYSHIA JUST LIKE YOU 6,634 7,932 -16 1,486,235
27 20 SBSM 13 19 21 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 27-NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 6,595 7,727 -15 800,561
28 9 BNTE 21 23 22 GREEN*AL LAY IT DOWN 6,525 6,685 -2 115,553
29 4 SMIF 9 16 23 TECH N9NE KILLER 6,057 8,076 -25 63,828
30 33 DEF 19 22 24 THE-DREAM LOVEHATE 6,036 6,975 -13 465,839
31 2 RAPA 14 25 ABN IT IS WHAT IT IS 5,574 9,233 -40 14,948
32 7 INT 17 25 26 N.E.R.D. SEEING SOUNDS 5,478 6,597 -17 147,500
33 1 BBG 27 HELL RELL BLACK MASK BLACK GLOVES: RUGA 5,390 49 999 5,445
34 13 ATLG 28 30 28 ESTELLE SHINE 4,919 4,226 16 78,025
35 5 LEMP 27 29 29 DWELE SKETCHES OF A MAN 4,443 4,351 2 34,229
36 11 RAPA 22 26 30 BUN-B II TRILL 4,360 5,406 -19 231,461
37 19 ATLG 24 27 31 FLO RIDA MAIL ON SUNDAY 4,320 4,966 -13 293,571
38 13 COL 25 28 32 JENNINGS*LYFE LYFE CHANGE 4,144 4,730 -12 213,881
39 33 GEFN 26 31 33 BLIGE*MARY J. GROWING PAINS 3,666 4,223 -13 1,534,192
40 47 DEF 30 35 34 WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 3,324 3,201 4 2,146,893
41 28 JIVE 34 34 35 DEVAUGHN*RAHEEM LOVE BEHIND THE MELODY 3,212 3,474 -8 255,282
42 25 CNCO 68 33 36 KENNY G RHYTHM & ROMANCE 3,087 3,852 -20 167,806
43 1 KOCH 37 SKILLZ THE MILLION DOLLAR BACKPACK 2,946 52 999 2,998
44 32 ATLG 42 40 38 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S THE COOL 2,927 2,591 13 525,209
45 4 BYRG 23 32 39 JONES*JIM & THE BYRD GANG M.O.B. 2,719 4,080 -33 30,344
46 5 VIP 31 36 40 IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE & DJ GREEN 3RD WORLD 2,683 3,023 -11 20,768
47 48 VFOR 35 39 41 LEDISI LOST & FOUND 2,556 2,724 -6 181,214
48 37 CAP 39 41 42 VARIOUS NOW 26 2,329 2,574 -10 1,685,798
49 19 BADB 33 37 43 DANITY KANE WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 2,324 2,960 -21 522,451
50 11 ATLG 36 42 44 SWEAT*KEITH JUST ME 2,318 2,551 -9 95,321

THROWBACK SUNDAY:T.I. JACKING FOR BEATS 2K1

THE KING OF THE SOUTH AS HE PREPS HIS NEW ALBUM ENTITLED PAPER TRAIL DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 30TH(SHAMELESS PLUG)

BUT HERES A THROWBACK WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG UPSTART
BOOSTING HE WAS THE KING OF THE SOUTH B4 HIS GREATNESS WAS ACHIEVED


JACKING FOR BEATS 2K1

P.L.-NEXT TO BLOW ANN ARBOR, MI

Rappers from 106 and park Freestyle Friday have often had a jinx or curse when it came to the transition to major label success. Posta Boy to Jin to SUN.ny, each one of these alumni of 106 and park have often underwhelmed or were shevled altogether when it came to their major label album releases.

Enter the boy, PL from Ann Arbor, MI. 5 weeks winner on Freestyle Friday. Including a memorable win in which Big Tigger proclaimed P.L. had the best freestyle friday ever. He is rare though, he is likely the one to break the stigma of 106 and park alumni. He has dropped 3 well recieved mix cds of his Without Warning series.

His latest offering features production from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League(Rick Ross, Young Jeezy,etc), Bei Major(Plies and Trey Songz), new super producer team(my lil brothers) The Olympicks. He displays his witty punchlines and the swag of a seasoned vet throughout the CD. One track that stands out is the Olympicks assisted "Fresher Den You", which after the mixtape dropped was deemed the first single for P.L.'s album which should be picked up by a major within the next 3 months.

Its only a matter of time before the majors come knocking down his door for his John Hancock on a contract. I feel is the next nigga to blow...why cause he's fresher den you.

KILLER MIKE RESPONDS TO BIG BOI