Young Jeezy - The Recession
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The Recession Def Jam * 1/2 With his third Def Jam album, Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy, born Jay Jenkins, has the formula down pat: dull, dumb, sporadically rhymed raps paired with bloated blockbuster beats bursting with leaden, dragging drums and cavernous synthesizers. The album's lone anomaly is the Kanye West-aided smash single Put On. Yet that track's success only serves to highlight the stark differences between the charismatic and complex West and the stagnant, superficial Jeezy. Presenting himself as the ultimate dope boy made good, Jeezy has sidestepped questions of skill by promoting himself as less MC than aspiration ideal. One can argue the dubious merits of his philosophy -- which can be distilled to two words: sell coke -- but one can't deny Jeezy's popularity. His previous two efforts went platinum, with sales partially fueled by the rapper's Snowman T-shirt line. Jeezy's sonic...
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