Take the 2Pac-sampling (“Ambitionz As A Rider”) “Hustlaz Ambition” and its generous use of synths, an overriding and often numbing characteristic of the beats found early in the album. Such is the case on The Recession, which is filled with archetypical-Jeezy production. Jeezy has always had a golden ear for production, continually mining liminal producers for imposing, hard Southern beats that rightly compliment both his raspy, brusque voice and lazy, Dirty South flow. As a result, it's not surprising that each of these evolutions - some upwards, others lateral - dominate his latest album, The Recession, both inspiriting and, largely, flattening it. This past year has found Young Jeezy transitioning: from the streets of the ATL to the bright lights of Fifth Avenue, from crack rap’s king to pop’s go-to support act (peep: “Love In This Club,” “I Luv Your Girl ”), from The Snowman to Barack’s man, and from thug motivator ( “Donald Trump in a white tee”) to hood economist ( “Gas higher than me”).
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