3. By The Way
― groovemaaan, Monday, 3 November 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
This is v. hard. I'm still getting into this album and my favourites keep changing but I'm thinking at the moment it's between "What They Want", "Circulate", "Vacation" and "Everything". That'll probably change though.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
the 'don't know you' thru 'everything' run is ridiculously good...i feel like i want to say 'circulate' but i think it's still 'put on' actually! i don't think of it as part of the warp and weft of the album so much as the others cuz i'd rinsed it so so much before the album came out, but it's still special.
― lex pretend, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
also 'my president' will definitely get me emotional tomorrow night :/
12. Vacation
http://i36.tinypic.com/do554x.jpg
― and what, Monday, 3 November 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
voted circulate tho
voted "Put On". Song's a monster. "Recession (intro)", "Circulate", "By the Way", "Word Play" and a few more close tho. Such a good album.
― maciej recognizing trill, Monday, 3 November 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
so many good beats on this
― eman, Monday, 3 November 2008 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Voted "Circulate" because voting for "Put On" would be kinda boring. "My President" is close, too.
― "JOE THE PLUMBER, I'LL WHUP YOUR ASS" (The Reverend), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
really a toss-up, and hard to vote against "circulate," but the title track just feels so otm.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
"put on" is the only one that i sing to myself
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm pretty much torn between Circulate, By The Way, My President and Put On, all four of which are pretty unfuckable-with. I really love What They Want as well.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
AND MY LAMBO'S BLUE
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
is this your fave jeezy album, ilx. it's mine.
― Whiney G. VanWyngarden, one half of indie duo MGMT (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i voted for circulate but at any given moment it could be "don't you know" or "vacation" or "welcome back" or the one w/ boosie
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
welcome back, hustlaz ambition, what they want
― eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
this and thug motivation are really really close
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
recession is more consistent i think
i have definitely listened to this one more than i had thug motivation at a similar post-release point.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually I meant Crazy World, not What They Want.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
This has been in my car for weeks! V solid album. I think "Put On" or "My President" will get my vote, but fuck this is hard!
Next poll: Recession vs. Carter III ???
― tpp, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd been meaning to do a Recession vs. Carter III vs. Paper Trail poll for a minute but I didn't want to do it to soon after the latter came out.
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
"by the way" would usually get my vote but not today
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
my hood vs. circulate
― eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
don't understand the comparison at all but circulate all the way
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
go crazy vs vacation
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
― some dude, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 11:47 AM
ilm took the sense out of poll-making a long time ago
― eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
am I the the only person who kinda feels like "Vacation" and "My President" are the weak spots on the album?
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
vacation vacation vacation
― and what, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
my president is enhhh tho
vacation is massively dope
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
my president is a good Epic Album Closer imo but all three verses are only aight
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
agreed some dude
― eman, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't like "Crazy World" much at first but now that radio's playing it a little I'm jamming it hard
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
a friend of mine may be the only person on earth who digs this album but is all "pshhh Circulate ain't all that"
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
"Vacation" is amazing WTF.
Young vs T.I. vs Wayne - I'd probably rank in that order. Young definitely top, not quite certain about the order of the other two.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
it's really tough actually! i'd probably go jeezy > wayne >>> t.i.
but paper trail isn't actually as standard as i initially judged, and wayne/jeezy are pretty close to each other (for difft reasons)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I feel differently about Paper Trail each time I listen...
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i feel a lot more kindly to it now that i've got past the evaluative "listen to it all the way through" stage over and done with, and just skip to the tracks i love, inc the inexplicably left off 'let my beat pound'
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i like vacation except for the irritating piano loop
― eman, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Vacation is okay but there are a load I like more on here. The last minute of Don't Do It, with the interlocking voices, is astonishing.
I'd also go for Jeezy > Weezy >>>>> TI. Carter III has higher highs but it less consistent.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I'm flipping to "Don't Do It" myself now.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 10:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Barack Obama, we see you
― ! (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
jeezy is easily the best of those three records - love this album and i guess ill vote circulate
― deej, Thursday, 6 November 2008 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
even though its not the most typical-sounding track really
yeah "Circulate" is so obvious and awesome that I'm kinda just trying to force myself to vote for something else...don't know why they haven't pushed it as a single.
― some dude, Thursday, 6 November 2008 03:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn, am I the only one that isn't really into this? Even if there are a few moments of awesomeness, it's easily my least favorite among Jeezy's albums and among Recession/Paper Trail/C3.
― d-_-b (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 November 2008 06:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Paper Trail >> C3 >>>>>>>>> Recession
― d-_-b (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 November 2008 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
'Takin' It There' is the song that has really grown on me in the last week or so... not sure it tops 'Circulate' but very little will this year.
― Flyboy, Thursday, 6 November 2008 06:50 (fifteen years ago) link
corrections
thread was about dollhouse
thread was on nb not 77
― and what, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Urban Legend does have some serious classix, especially in the first 5 or 6 tracks, but past that I really only like or particularly remember a couple songs. But the real difference is that its pandering crossover records are terrible Jazze Pha/Scott Storch shit, where Paper Trail has, I think, more tolerable filler and pop jams.
― some dude, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
paper trail and C3 are pretty similar: lots of big name producers; lots of really good looks and lots of really bad looks; a few career peaks, a few career lows. i think c3 has the better pop songs (a milli, got money, comfortable) and the better rap songs (a milli, dr. carter, 3 peat). paper trail has some good stuff but there are lots of songs on there that i don't want to listen to, and after t.i. vs. t.i.p. forced, uninteresting t.i. songs are no longer "interesting" (i hope that makes sense). with wayne, at least the schizophrenia of the album fits into his post-carter II narrative. it's made for a lot of interesting writing and lots of interesting thinking imo. if you dropped me on an island with either of those two i'd take c3 in an instant.
neither tops jeezy at all to me. the recession is one of the most emotionally gravitational rap albums i've heard in a while. after the election i tried to listen to it as a celebration but it just didn't feel like getting sucked into how i feel when listening to the recession. it's not celebratory but it's not depressive, it's somewhere inbetween i think. maybe celebration while emerging from struggle but nothing is joyous on there like "go crazy". it's very epochal and i think it hits exactly what jeezy was aiming for.
― ! (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope that made sense it was lots of thinking out loud
recession does catch a really consistent emotional feeling - id say its pretty raw but not at all celebratory or depressing, more like a rallying cry or something
― deej, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah good call j0rdan...man it's nice to have 3 big zeitgeist-defining rap from the summer/early fall to discuss like this...I can't imagine the next couple months of Kanye/50 pt. 2 + maybe Eminem will be nearly as interesting or as rich in legitimate points of comparison.
― some dude, Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
also i think 'vacation' is totally great
― Because it's a snow machine (deej), Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah rallying cry is good. lately i've been shying away from listening to the recession because it's kind of like entering another world. i hope it doesn't look like im using code for "i don't feel like entering the world of poor people" but listening to the recession straight through often feels to me like willingly submitting myself to dystopia. and since jeezy isn't really rapping much differently (even his RECESSION MOMENTS are really ham-handed [i.e. granny's nerve bills vs. new watch]) there's just something about the album just has that feel. it obv has a lot to do with jeezy's presence but we've known that to be his best asset ever since he jumped off. maybe i'm just a sucker for the recession pseudo-arc, but yeah like i said, one of the most moving rap albums in a while for me.
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
"56 Bars (Intro)" "3 Peat" "I'm Illy" "A Milli" "Got Money" "Swing Ya Rag" "Live Your Life" "Comfortable" "Dr. Carter" "Swagga Like Us" "You Ain't Got Nuthin" "Let The Beat Build" "No Matter What" "Dead and Gone""Tie My Hands"
this would be a good album. forgive the haphazard tracklisting.
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 7 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 8 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
this is maybe the best hip hop album of the year.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link
NIGGA WE DAT
― please don't stop the usic (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 December 2008 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
JUST LOOK AT EM FLY
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― please don't stop the usic (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 December 2008 06:59 (fifteen years ago) link
9. Don’t You Know
the chorus on this one is so incredible
― usic soulchild (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 December 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
― titchyschneiderMk2, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:13 (3 weeks ago)
― Matt DC, Sunday, 21 December 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
hustlaz ambition overrated
'circulate' didnt hit as hard for me since i knew the og + love the dillar R&B-ified version
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 06:59 (fifteen years ago) link
the "my president" video, as debuted on ABCNEWS.COM
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6663306
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
guys i love jeezy so much
bernie mac, soulja slim and pimp c right next to oprah, ghandi and malcom x
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago) link
: )
― ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 16 January 2009 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
That made my day.
― CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUB (The Reverend), Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i would like to think that Nas's "pole-itician" pun was censored for aesthetic reasons
― Shamele Mackie as Papoose 'Poopus' (some dude), Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha
― CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUB (The Reverend), Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Every time I see this thread or listen to this album I idly start imagining Usher rewriting "Confessions" as a song about the recession (e.g "Just when I thought that I'd paid all the bills I could pay/the bank says I've got one on the way"). I'm not proud of this but I felt a compulsive desire to share.
― Tim F, Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
tim you should write and record this parody song. i'm willing to bet that it would be better than anything usher released last year
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― Shamele Mackie as Papoose 'Poopus' (some dude), Saturday, 17 January 2009 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Jeezy in The Wall Street Journal this afternoon:
The current crisis has yet to produce a chart topper. "The Recession," a CD by Young Jeezy, an Atlanta purveyor of "gangsta" rap, made it to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine chart in September, but, despite what the title would seem to indicate, its songs have little to do with the economy, at least the one Wall Street investors track.
Full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123387724064054525.html
― ilxor, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
did he get a stipple portrait!!??
― max, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah but its way off
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/HC-GN336_Adams_BV_20090205152848.gif
― eman, Friday, 6 February 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
had a dream i was writing for the wall street journal
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Friday, 6 February 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yeah?
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 05:32 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah.
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Saturday, 7 February 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah!
― ilxor, Saturday, 7 February 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
cannot believe that get alot did not get more votes. that song is as fucking epic as they come
― ianmaxwell, Saturday, 23 May 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
"Circulate" is still all time top but now i might've voted for "Who Dat"
― dream hater, come rescue me (some dude), Saturday, 23 May 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
you should've said "can't believe that get alot didn't get alot of votes"
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 23 May 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
lolz
― ianmaxwell, Saturday, 23 May 2009 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
this album still bangs so hard
― there's a blap for that (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
rap could use a new jeezy record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHt-JyI-8Vk
― there's a blap for that (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
this album is such a good fall/winter album
― 囧 (dyao), Monday, 16 November 2009 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
otm. also good spring/summer album
― just sayin, Monday, 16 November 2009 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
LOVE ME SOME SPINACH DIPADDICTED TO HOUSTONS
― dayo, Monday, 7 February 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I NEED A VACATION
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 July 2011 06:33 (twelve years ago) link
young jeezy gives me goosebumps
last night looked so fucking awesome really wish i was there
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
cool guy eh
Rapper Young Jeezy has been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, according to a U.S. report.The Put On hitmaker was detained on Friday for battery, false imprisonment and making terroristic threats against his son, according to court documents.Young Jeezy, real name Jay Jenkins, stands accused of throwing his son through a glass shower door, dragging him to the floor and punching him in the face during an altercation in September, 2012.He is also accused of choking his son and threatening to "kill him."On Friday, the rapper turned himself in to police authorities and was subsequently released on $45,000 bond.
The Put On hitmaker was detained on Friday for battery, false imprisonment and making terroristic threats against his son, according to court documents.
Young Jeezy, real name Jay Jenkins, stands accused of throwing his son through a glass shower door, dragging him to the floor and punching him in the face during an altercation in September, 2012.
He is also accused of choking his son and threatening to "kill him."
On Friday, the rapper turned himself in to police authorities and was subsequently released on $45,000 bond.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
I guess he caught him playing Gucci Mane tapes.
― longneck, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 07:55 (ten years ago) link
Time for da sequel
My President was BlackMy lambo was blueNow we got armed rednecksScreaming "COVID'S FLU!"
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
ha, that comes close the new (very good) young dolph single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9Ewt6ELkc
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link