Money was no longer limitless, but scarce.

Jeezy is stressed rather than celebratory a bald man who sounds as if he’s losing his hair. “ Young won't you make it rain, bitch is you insane?” the 'Trap Star' rapper belts over DJ Toomp production that was originally made with T.I.

“The Recession (Intro)” is dystopian paranoia over a soundbed fit for a gladiator, a hip-hop banger about how everything is bad. He spoke of cash as if dead presidents were available to whoever had the hunger to chase paper. Jeezy wasn’t focused on what you were born with, but what could you make with a little hustle and finesse. What made Jeezy's motivational sermons so impactful is the idea of the hustler conceptualized as someone with the capacity of making an infinite amount of money. In Jeezy’s world, holding tightly to your dollars speaks of how little you have. If you getting money throw it in the air,” as if money is so abundant that discarding a few hundreds is just a symbol of wealth that occurs regularly. To begin his classic single “ Go Crazy,” an uncredited woman says, “Yeah, dope boy. Instead of questioning the validity of his lyrics, listeners envision hundreds of money counters surrounding Jeezy, with a swollen hand the size of Thanos' infinity gauntlet. “ Counted so much paper, it'll hurt ya hands,” he gloats on Thug Motivation 101’s opening track. Jeezy glorifies the escape, the hustle, and how his impoverished upbringing encouraged the fast life that eventually funded his transition from rags to rapping. “Master chef, lord of the kitchen cupboard/ More than a street legend, homie it’s Hova/ More than a relief pitcher, I’m the closer.The Snowman’s triumphant brand of trap music is the result of surviving an unlawful business that rewards riches at the risk of imprisonment in a cell or coffin. Last night, the Snowman started his set with fan favorites off TM101 like “Standing Ovation” and “Get Your Mind Right.” (The show had been billed as Jeezy performing the album in its entirety.)īut just a few minutes later, Young Jeezy turned the mic over as surprise guest Jay-Z swooped in and gave an extra dose of lyrical adrenaline of the remix to “Go Crazy”: “More than a hustla I’m the definition of it,” Jay rapped. TM101 was a musical blizzard of genuine, slickly spewed narratives, simplistic but lovable ad-libs and hard-hitting beats, and became the definitive soundtrack for the summer of 2005. Last night at New York City’s Highline Ballroom, Young Jeezy – the rapper known as much for his platinum-selling albums Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 and The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102 as for his trademark Snowman T-shirts – got some help from the biggest names in hip-hop as he celebrated the six-year anniversary of the release of TM101.

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