The Recession
| Young Jeezy
The Recession
The Recession is the third studio album by American rapper Jeezy. It was released on September 2, 2008, by Corporate Thugz Entertainment(CTE) and Def Jam Recordings. The album was supported by five singles: "Put On" featuring Kanye West, "Vacation", "Crazy World", "My President" featuring Nas, and "Who Dat". - Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The Atlanta MC's third album is billed as a response to the nation's current economic crisis, but instead finds him appealing to his base: synthetic beats that drop like anvils, ad libs by the freight load, and all-or-nothing punchlines.
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Slant Magazine
There’s a unique pleasure in hearing a once one-dimensional rapper discover complexity, and for that Recession is nearly indispensable.
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All Music
Even if it falls a distant third out of the first three, the scattershot Recession is still a welcome and even risky step forward, one carried by its highlights and the newfound awareness that the cocaine grind isn't everything.
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Sputnik Music
Young Jeezy gives his best Lil Wayne impersonation, and fails save for a few solid guest appearances.
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Pop Matters
Sure, but get caught up in The Recession, and Jeezy might fool you into thinking that its not as crazy as it seems. Told you he's a good politician.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
The Recession, then, is a portrait of the artist as an over-his-head young man.
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AV Club
Recession is silly, repetitive, and wildly unoriginal. Yet thanks to Jeezy's razor-blade rasp and goofy charisma, it's also strangely infectious.
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Byron Crawford
Just like a real recession, this new Young Jeezy album is awful and just seems to go on forever.
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HipHopDX
The Recession is more or less the same old Jeezy.
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DJ Booth
'The Recession' touched the very pulse of how it felt to be in a climate of change.
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Gloss Magazine
Jeezy definitely strayed away from the typical rap agenda while still maintaining his street credibility and swag. He made something everyone can relate to, grabbing the attention of a broader audience and giving everyone something to ride to.
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NOW Toronto
The ignorant chorus of Amazin', the bafflingly proud idiocy of Word Play and the creative repetition of half the album will not deter his disciples from spending their hard-?earned scrilla on it.
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Prefix Magazine
It should be noted that The Recession sounds great: From top to bottom the album features the type of bouncy, rich production that sounds incredible as snatches of music from the stereo of a passing car.
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ihiphop
This is by far the best lyrical album Young Jeezy has put out. Young Jeezy proved with The Recession that he is one of the elite rappers in the south and more importantly the nation.
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The Guardian
The Recession is tinged with bleakness and joy, but the prevailing mood is a kind of majestic, emotional gravity.
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All HipHop
Overcoming shaky moments in the albums early half, Jeezy again sets himself apart from his Trap music peers.
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NPR
He's not a great rapper by traditional standards, so he pads his message raps with what he does best: big, clunky punchlines and inspirational refrains. The difference on this album is that he's turned them outward.
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Entertainment Weekly
Jeezy has assembled a politically tinged disc that will sound spectacular blasting out of dashboard speakers for the rest of the year…assuming anyone can still afford to drive a car by then.
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IGN
While the title of his latest offering is reflective of America's current economic woes, that title, however, doesn't apply to Jeezy's music; with this album, The Snowman actually ups his stock and displays (dare I say it?) a smidgen of growth.
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Wellesley
“The Recession” is more like The Great Depression.
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Nappy Afro
Jeezy not only returned to the essence, but he’s rapping like he’s in his prime now.
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Rolling Stone
Musically, most of the album has the big, triumphant sound of Jeezy’s earlier records.
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Paste Magazine
The Recession's singles are exceptional, but the filler suffers from a detached and dispirited sound. Like the American economy it’s not technically a recession, but the downturn is impossible to ignore.
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