young jeezy 'the recession'

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
10. Circulate 8
18. My President f. Nas 6
16. Put On f. Kanye West 3
3. By The Way 1
17. Get Allot 1
12. Vacation 1
1. The Recession (Intro) 1
8. Who Dat 0
4. Crazy World 0
5. What They Want 0
15. Don’t Do It 0
14. Takin’ It There f. Trey Songz 0
13. Everything f. Anthony Hamilton & Lil Boosie 0
6. Amazin’ 0
7. Hustlaz Ambition 0
2. Welcome Back 0
9. Don’t You Know 0
11. Word Play 0


eman, Monday, 3 November 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

3. By The Way

groovemaaan, Monday, 3 November 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

This is v. hard. I'm still getting into this album and my favourites keep changing but I'm thinking at the moment it's between "What They Want", "Circulate", "Vacation" and "Everything". That'll probably change though.

Tim F, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:12 (seventeen years ago)

the 'don't know you' thru 'everything' run is ridiculously good...i feel like i want to say 'circulate' but i think it's still 'put on' actually! i don't think of it as part of the warp and weft of the album so much as the others cuz i'd rinsed it so so much before the album came out, but it's still special.

lex pretend, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:17 (seventeen years ago)

also 'my president' will definitely get me emotional tomorrow night :/

lex pretend, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:17 (seventeen years ago)

12. Vacation

http://i36.tinypic.com/do554x.jpg

and what, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:18 (seventeen years ago)

voted circulate tho

and what, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:18 (seventeen years ago)

voted "Put On". Song's a monster. "Recession (intro)", "Circulate", "By the Way", "Word Play" and a few more close tho. Such a good album.

maciej recognizing trill, Monday, 3 November 2008 23:11 (seventeen years ago)

so many good beats on this

eman, Monday, 3 November 2008 23:12 (seventeen years ago)

Voted "Circulate" because voting for "Put On" would be kinda boring. "My President" is close, too.

"JOE THE PLUMBER, I'LL WHUP YOUR ASS" (The Reverend), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)

really a toss-up, and hard to vote against "circulate," but the title track just feels so otm.

tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 03:37 (seventeen years ago)

"put on" is the only one that i sing to myself

Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 04:10 (seventeen years ago)

I'm pretty much torn between Circulate, By The Way, My President and Put On, all four of which are pretty unfuckable-with. I really love What They Want as well.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 08:43 (seventeen years ago)

AND MY LAMBO'S BLUE

surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:21 (seventeen years ago)

is this your fave jeezy album, ilx. it's mine.

Whiney G. VanWyngarden, one half of indie duo MGMT (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

i voted for circulate but at any given moment it could be "don't you know" or "vacation" or "welcome back" or the one w/ boosie

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

welcome back, hustlaz ambition, what they want

eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

this and thug motivation are really really close

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

recession is more consistent i think

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

i have definitely listened to this one more than i had thug motivation at a similar post-release point.

tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:00 (seventeen years ago)

Actually I meant Crazy World, not What They Want.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:06 (seventeen years ago)

This has been in my car for weeks! V solid album. I think "Put On" or "My President" will get my vote, but fuck this is hard!

Next poll: Recession vs. Carter III ???

tpp, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:20 (seventeen years ago)

I'd been meaning to do a Recession vs. Carter III vs. Paper Trail poll for a minute but I didn't want to do it to soon after the latter came out.

some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:22 (seventeen years ago)

"by the way" would usually get my vote but not today

surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:28 (seventeen years ago)

my hood vs. circulate

eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

don't understand the comparison at all but circulate all the way

some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

go crazy vs vacation

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

don't understand the comparison at all but circulate all the way

― some dude, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 11:47 AM

ilm took the sense out of poll-making a long time ago

eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:49 (seventeen years ago)

am I the the only person who kinda feels like "Vacation" and "My President" are the weak spots on the album?

some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

vacation vacation vacation

and what, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

my president is enhhh tho

and what, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

vacation is massively dope

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

my president is a good Epic Album Closer imo but all three verses are only aight

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

agreed some dude

eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:14 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't like "Crazy World" much at first but now that radio's playing it a little I'm jamming it hard

some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:18 (seventeen years ago)

a friend of mine may be the only person on earth who digs this album but is all "pshhh Circulate ain't all that"

some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

"Vacation" is amazing WTF.

Young vs T.I. vs Wayne - I'd probably rank in that order. Young definitely top, not quite certain about the order of the other two.

Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

it's really tough actually! i'd probably go jeezy > wayne >>> t.i.

but paper trail isn't actually as standard as i initially judged, and wayne/jeezy are pretty close to each other (for difft reasons)

lex pretend, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah I feel differently about Paper Trail each time I listen...

Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:55 (seventeen years ago)

i feel a lot more kindly to it now that i've got past the evaluative "listen to it all the way through" stage over and done with, and just skip to the tracks i love, inc the inexplicably left off 'let my beat pound'

lex pretend, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:59 (seventeen years ago)

i like vacation except for the irritating piano loop

eman, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 00:28 (seventeen years ago)

Vacation is okay but there are a load I like more on here. The last minute of Don't Do It, with the interlocking voices, is astonishing.

I'd also go for Jeezy > Weezy >>>>> TI. Carter III has higher highs but it less consistent.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 10:05 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah I'm flipping to "Don't Do It" myself now.

Tim F, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 10:12 (seventeen years ago)

Barack Obama, we see you

! (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 23:16 (seventeen years ago)

jeezy is easily the best of those three records - love this album and i guess ill vote circulate

deej, Thursday, 6 November 2008 03:19 (seventeen years ago)

even though its not the most typical-sounding track really

deej, Thursday, 6 November 2008 03:19 (seventeen years ago)

yeah "Circulate" is so obvious and awesome that I'm kinda just trying to force myself to vote for something else...don't know why they haven't pushed it as a single.

some dude, Thursday, 6 November 2008 03:49 (seventeen years ago)

Damn, am I the only one that isn't really into this? Even if there are a few moments of awesomeness, it's easily my least favorite among Jeezy's albums and among Recession/Paper Trail/C3.

d-_-b (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 November 2008 06:24 (seventeen years ago)

Paper Trail >> C3 >>>>>>>>> Recession

d-_-b (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 November 2008 06:25 (seventeen years ago)

'Takin' It There' is the song that has really grown on me in the last week or so... not sure it tops 'Circulate' but very little will this year.

Flyboy, Thursday, 6 November 2008 06:50 (seventeen years ago)

corrections

thread was about dollhouse

thread was on nb not 77

and what, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:48 (seventeen years ago)

Urban Legend does have some serious classix, especially in the first 5 or 6 tracks, but past that I really only like or particularly remember a couple songs. But the real difference is that its pandering crossover records are terrible Jazze Pha/Scott Storch shit, where Paper Trail has, I think, more tolerable filler and pop jams.

some dude, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:49 (seventeen years ago)

paper trail and C3 are pretty similar: lots of big name producers; lots of really good looks and lots of really bad looks; a few career peaks, a few career lows. i think c3 has the better pop songs (a milli, got money, comfortable) and the better rap songs (a milli, dr. carter, 3 peat). paper trail has some good stuff but there are lots of songs on there that i don't want to listen to, and after t.i. vs. t.i.p. forced, uninteresting t.i. songs are no longer "interesting" (i hope that makes sense). with wayne, at least the schizophrenia of the album fits into his post-carter II narrative. it's made for a lot of interesting writing and lots of interesting thinking imo. if you dropped me on an island with either of those two i'd take c3 in an instant.

neither tops jeezy at all to me. the recession is one of the most emotionally gravitational rap albums i've heard in a while. after the election i tried to listen to it as a celebration but it just didn't feel like getting sucked into how i feel when listening to the recession. it's not celebratory but it's not depressive, it's somewhere inbetween i think. maybe celebration while emerging from struggle but nothing is joyous on there like "go crazy". it's very epochal and i think it hits exactly what jeezy was aiming for.

! (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:24 (seventeen years ago)

i hope that made sense it was lots of thinking out loud

! (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:24 (seventeen years ago)

recession does catch a really consistent emotional feeling - id say its pretty raw but not at all celebratory or depressing, more like a rallying cry or something

deej, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:41 (seventeen years ago)

yeah good call j0rdan...man it's nice to have 3 big zeitgeist-defining rap from the summer/early fall to discuss like this...I can't imagine the next couple months of Kanye/50 pt. 2 + maybe Eminem will be nearly as interesting or as rich in legitimate points of comparison.

some dude, Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

also i think 'vacation' is totally great

Because it's a snow machine (deej), Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:07 (seventeen years ago)

yeah rallying cry is good. lately i've been shying away from listening to the recession because it's kind of like entering another world. i hope it doesn't look like im using code for "i don't feel like entering the world of poor people" but listening to the recession straight through often feels to me like willingly submitting myself to dystopia. and since jeezy isn't really rapping much differently (even his RECESSION MOMENTS are really ham-handed [i.e. granny's nerve bills vs. new watch]) there's just something about the album just has that feel. it obv has a lot to do with jeezy's presence but we've known that to be his best asset ever since he jumped off. maybe i'm just a sucker for the recession pseudo-arc, but yeah like i said, one of the most moving rap albums in a while for me.

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:38 (seventeen years ago)

"56 Bars (Intro)"
"3 Peat"
"I'm Illy"
"A Milli"
"Got Money"
"Swing Ya Rag"
"Live Your Life"
"Comfortable"
"Dr. Carter"
"Swagga Like Us"
"You Ain't Got Nuthin"
"Let The Beat Build"
"No Matter What"
"Dead and Gone"
"Tie My Hands"

this would be a good album. forgive the haphazard tracklisting.

jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:45 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 7 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 8 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

two weeks pass...

this is maybe the best hip hop album of the year.

titchyschneiderMk2, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

three weeks pass...

NIGGA WE DAT

please don't stop the usic (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 December 2008 06:58 (seventeen years ago)

JUST LOOK AT EM FLY

please don't stop the usic (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 December 2008 06:58 (seventeen years ago)

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^^JUST LOOK AT EM FLY

please don't stop the usic (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 December 2008 06:59 (seventeen years ago)

9. Don’t You Know

the chorus on this one is so incredible

usic soulchild (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 December 2008 23:36 (seventeen years ago)

this is maybe the best hip hop album of the year.

― titchyschneiderMk2, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:13 (3 weeks ago)

Matt DC, Sunday, 21 December 2008 23:42 (seventeen years ago)

hustlaz ambition overrated

'circulate' didnt hit as hard for me since i knew the og + love the dillar R&B-ified version

K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 06:59 (seventeen years ago)

three weeks pass...

the "my president" video, as debuted on ABCNEWS.COM

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6663306

jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:25 (seventeen years ago)

guys i love jeezy so much

jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:25 (seventeen years ago)

bernie mac, soulja slim and pimp c right next to oprah, ghandi and malcom x

jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:27 (seventeen years ago)

: )

ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:34 (seventeen years ago)

That made my day.

CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUB (The Reverend), Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:37 (seventeen years ago)

i would like to think that Nas's "pole-itician" pun was censored for aesthetic reasons

Shamele Mackie as Papoose 'Poopus' (some dude), Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:51 (seventeen years ago)

hahaha

CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUB (The Reverend), Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:52 (seventeen years ago)

Every time I see this thread or listen to this album I idly start imagining Usher rewriting "Confessions" as a song about the recession (e.g "Just when I thought that I'd paid all the bills I could pay/the bank says I've got one on the way"). I'm not proud of this but I felt a compulsive desire to share.

Tim F, Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:56 (seventeen years ago)

tim you should write and record this parody song. i'm willing to bet that it would be better than anything usher released last year

jordy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 03:25 (seventeen years ago)

Shamele Mackie as Papoose 'Poopus' (some dude), Saturday, 17 January 2009 04:39 (seventeen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Jeezy in The Wall Street Journal this afternoon:

The current crisis has yet to produce a chart topper. "The Recession," a CD by Young Jeezy, an Atlanta purveyor of "gangsta" rap, made it to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine chart in September, but, despite what the title would seem to indicate, its songs have little to do with the economy, at least the one Wall Street investors track.

Full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123387724064054525.html

ilxor, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:17 (seventeen years ago)

did he get a stipple portrait!!??

max, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:19 (seventeen years ago)

yeah but its way off

http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/HC-GN336_Adams_BV_20090205152848.gif

eman, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:59 (seventeen years ago)

had a dream i was writing for the wall street journal

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Friday, 6 February 2009 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

Oh yeah?

ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 05:32 (seventeen years ago)

yeah.

LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Saturday, 7 February 2009 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah!

ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:52 (seventeen years ago)

three months pass...

cannot believe that get alot did not get more votes.
that song is as fucking epic as they come

ianmaxwell, Saturday, 23 May 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)

"Circulate" is still all time top but now i might've voted for "Who Dat"

dream hater, come rescue me (some dude), Saturday, 23 May 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

you should've said "can't believe that get alot didn't get alot of votes"

i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

lolz

ianmaxwell, Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

this album still bangs so hard

there's a blap for that (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 22:37 (sixteen years ago)

rap could use a new jeezy record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHt-JyI-8Vk

there's a blap for that (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 22:38 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

this album is such a good fall/winter album

囧 (dyao), Monday, 16 November 2009 13:51 (sixteen years ago)

otm. also good spring/summer album

just sayin, Monday, 16 November 2009 14:04 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

LOVE ME SOME SPINACH DIP
ADDICTED TO HOUSTONS

dayo, Monday, 7 February 2011 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

five months pass...

I NEED A VACATION

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 July 2011 06:33 (fourteen years ago)

young jeezy gives me goosebumps

last night looked so fucking awesome really wish i was there

surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 14:52 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

cool guy eh

Rapper Young Jeezy has been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, according to a U.S. report.

The Put On hitmaker was detained on Friday for battery, false imprisonment and making terroristic threats against his son, according to court documents.

Young Jeezy, real name Jay Jenkins, stands accused of throwing his son through a glass shower door, dragging him to the floor and punching him in the face during an altercation in September, 2012.

He is also accused of choking his son and threatening to "kill him."

On Friday, the rapper turned himself in to police authorities and was subsequently released on $45,000 bond.

Spottie, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 03:24 (twelve years ago)

I guess he caught him playing Gucci Mane tapes.

longneck, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 07:55 (twelve years ago)

six years pass...

Time for da sequel

My President was Black
My lambo was blue
Now we got armed rednecks
Screaming "COVID'S FLU!"

genital giant (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:47 (five years ago)

ha, that comes close the new (very good) young dolph single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9Ewt6ELkc

sleight return (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:56 (five years ago)


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