Sunday 7 September 2008

YOUNG JEEZY

�The Recession� (Def Jam): C+

The Jeezy formula isn�t exactly a revelation. Mix a abrasive Southern drawl and tales of slinging dope with epic, synth-laden tracks and you feature listenable simply lyrically abandon cocaine anthems. But on his third album, the self-proclaimed Snowman may have realized there�s more to life than powder. OK, so his metaphors ar laughable and he�s never going to win an award for wordplay. But there is a darker, more urgent undercurrent to Jeezy�s rhymes as he actually infuses shallow Drug Dealing hundred and one instructionals with talk of political and social issues. Download: �The Recession.�







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