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| 3 by Rolling Stone |
Given his self-professed business acumen — the former crack-game ladder-climber once called himself "Donald Trump in a white tee" — Young Jeezy must know not to mess with a success... |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
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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| n/a by Billboard |
Young Jeezy balances commercial/ pop aspirations with core hip-hop sounds on The Recession, getting a lift from DJ Toomp, Drumma Boy, Midnight Black and longtime collaborator Shawty Redd on this sonically enjoyable follow-up to 2006's The Inspiration. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
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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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Bolstered by a gimmick and a catchphrase, the album is by-and-large Jeezy qua Jeezy, and the new fissures aren't enough to keep pundits gabbing. |
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| n/a by www.courant.com |
The Atlanta crack rapper's third album is largely a faithful rehash of his first two platters, which transformed him from unrepentant hustler to unlikely inspirational figure |
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| n/a by www.latimes.com |
Jeezy's sonic sins would be partially pardonable were The Recession to flash any hint of fun or humor. Instead, the street-cred-consumed caricature is more content to rip off Tupac Shakur (Hustlaz Ambition) and write abominable hooks. |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
The Recession, then, is a portrait of the artist as an over-his-head young man. |
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| n/a by www.pastemagazine.com |
The Recession's singles are exceptional, but the filler suffers from a detached and dispirited sound. |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
Relistening, the porousness and vapidity of the material makes it pretty obvious that rapper Jeezys personality is one note, gruff and brash, forever and ever. But in the albums waning moments, 'My President' erases any genuine qualms, sporting the records best Toomp impression. |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
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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| n/a by thephoenix.com |
Elsewhere we get lots of the usual earthquake bass and keening synth arpeggios and staccato horns, and, of course, Jeezys hypnotically commanding flow, all of it amounting to one of the hardest mainstream rap albums in years. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
His first two albums were well-crafted, uncompromising in their focus, and exceptionally entertaining. The Recession makes it three. |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
Putting out an album called The Recession right now, and draping the American flag over your head on its cover, comes with expectations of politically conscious ruminations. Instead, we get more of the same |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
With the expectations set high, The Recession doesnt disappoint, though as with any of his albums, it would benefit from some truncation. |
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