Juvenile - Classic or Dud

The man behind 400 Degrees, and "Ha"...also Juve the Great, throwing in an occasional sing-songy delivery...hot Cash Money beats. What's not to like?

Do you like his latest album? I missed it. I love his voice, "Ha," "Back That Azz Up," and "Rodeo," which was everywhere in New Orleans after Katrina. "Get Ya Hustle On" was at least an attempt to grapple with events, but kind of showed the limits of that worldview IMO.

haven't heard it. i'm finding the albums I'm missing cheaply on amazon tho

juve the great, gcode & 400 degreez are classic

Only album I had to listen to at work about two weeks ago was 400 Degreez and after playing it straight through like 12 times I have to saaaay

CLASSIC

reality check is also hella underrated but it came out at a similar-ish time to carter ii so that was always going to happen.

reality check is half GREAT but half garbage iirc

'i know you know' was a slept on slow jam

yeah Reality Check is one of those records that has some great songs but also some long stretches that are pretty much worthless. love "Holla Back" and "Sets Go Up," though.

don't even know what's going on w/ Juvenile that he apparently released an album last month like 7 months after the one before that? weird.

Welcome 2 the Nolia=wonderful blend of synths plus Juvenile's tough guy lyrics and sing-songy delivery.....hot track even now

can't ever tell if I liked his younger, higher pitched voice, or the gruffer one....

I might actually like Juve the Great more than 400 Degreez. the lyrics are just more earcatching to me.

its def more underrated. less of a big rap impact but its probably the record i listen to more often

g code has some jams too dont miss that

got that one recently. really like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys9yo3UhoB0
i pledge allegiance with the four-nickel you niggas no pickle
cock the pistol, point my issue at you and whoadie who with you
ya body aint nothin but gristle, i can see through the tissue
they gon think yous in gymnastics how this chopper gon flip you

G Code has its slower points but overall its a pretty amazing album with a ton of range. Take Them 5 in particular can be so heartbreaking ("You think I'm lying?...") and while a lot rappers would leave it at that juve never dwells on it or pities himself and instead gets into the complexity of the situation and of the emotions that go with it ("my breath funky with a migraine headache/a bit pissed off cus i know i made a mistake")

then I Got That Fire is of the top of my head probably the third best banger in his catalogue after solja rags and back that azz up

fav g-code verse on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtaN16t6C1E&feature=related

i be cool at all times and acknowledge when im wrong / shit i went through in the past got my game real strong / im not the smartest mothafucker walkin / but i can tell a fake motherfucker when he talkin / my daddy always told me boy dont be a follower / you gotta lotta pride, but some you need to swallow up / you keep that attitude, you wont see tomorrow bro / i soak it up and got better as a hustla

so follow me now into a world of stress / where whaodie trynna get it all cuz he dont settle for less / aint satisfied until all of his beef is put to rest / slangin that iron with a soldier rag round his neck

whoadie

i always figured it was wodie, not that it really matters

I'm not sure the spelling is crucial

i usually see it spelt whodi

important info

its a pronunciation spelling of 'wardie' so no it doesnt really matter

whoadieni

somehow I think Mystikal spelled it differently than Juvenile

hot tune from 2009

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

I also really really really like Reality Check. Cocky and Confident is fairly enjoyable but lyrically it's a huge step down from Reality Check (there are three consecutive songs with 'shit' metaphors). it's entertaining but the other thing that bugs me about it is that Juvenile does a lot of rapping in his upper register which sounds....weird.

no mention of "soulja rags" ? wtf such good album

turk's verse on "million and one things" is so hot

Yeah, I really like Reality Check, too.

btw guys on Cocky and Confident one of the last tracks on the album is Juvenile dedicating a song to his son, which is an interpolation of Roxette's "Listen to Your Heart"....

(I'll let you run with whether that's good or bad)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urKrxnzxT3E#t=19

Watch: “Back that Vote Up”!!!#Juvenile said he has never endorsed a candidate before, but tonight Juvenile endorsed @TomSteyer! Artists are making their choices and It’s getting hot in the #SouthCarolinaPrimary & across the country ~ it’s definitely time to #vote✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/tvook1MK0o

— Mustafa Santiago Ali (@EJinAction) February 29, 2020

hell ya this is super fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes2P4IC2bQ

this is so fucking good. mannie is such a delight & juve sounds amazing

mannies smile is infectious

"greatest love song ever wrote"

Now I'm listening to the Hot Boys all day.

whoa!!

just came to post this, amazing

Touring the 25th anniversary of 400 Degreez with a live band and Mannie Fresh! Tickets are something like $80 including fees though...

I saw Juvenile in Covington, Louisiana many moons ago and it was easily one of the better rap shows I've seen in my life but I still haven't pulled the trigger on the current tour for that very reason, seems like the Tiny Desk popularity got baked into the pricing this go-around.