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The Recession (Parental Advisory)
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- 8,329,162 plays
- 13,773 favs
- 3,158 shares
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- Young Jeezy
- Released 2008
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- Put On
- 05:21
- 916,104 plays
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- My President
- 05:30
- 911,872 plays
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- Amazin'
- 04:16
- 609,613 plays
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The Recession (Intro)
- 04:38
- 301,774 plays
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- 2
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Welcome Back
- 04:07
- 444,945 plays
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- 3
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By The Way
- 04:00
- 488,294 plays
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- 4
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Crazy World
- 03:57
- 527,180 plays
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- 5
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What They Want
- 03:53
- 365,220 plays
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- 6
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Amazin'
- 04:16
- 609,613 plays
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- 7
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Hustlaz Ambition
- 03:40
- 500,257 plays
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- 8
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Who Dat
- 03:49
- 573,577 plays
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- 9
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Don't You Know
- 04:58
- 348,681 plays
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- 10
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Circulate
- 03:49
- 278,915 plays
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- 11
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Word Play
- 03:15
- 234,580 plays
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- 12
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Vacation
- 03:47
- 452,372 plays
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- 13
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Everything
- 04:41
- 324,916 plays
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- 14
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Takin' It There
- 03:28
- 374,851 plays
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- 15
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Don't Do It
- 04:06
- 293,213 plays
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- 16
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Put On
- 05:21
- 916,104 plays
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Get Allot
- 04:29
- 382,958 plays
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My President
- 05:30
- 911,872 plays
album review
Dropping the sequential album titles for his third release, Young Jeezy's The Recession introduces itself as anything but Thug Motivation 103. The opening title track features a collage of some very 2008 news reports where America is going broke while the "they just don't care about us" feeling sweeps the nation. Then Jeezy enters trading his non-stop swagger for social commentary, and while the singalong thug chorus is as strong as ever, the rapper's transformation from cocaine-slinging king to voice of the people is unconvincing, especially when he mentions his personal driver and how his "make it rain" sessions at the strip club are getting more conservative. The Barack Obama shout-out that closes the album -- "My President" with special guest Nas -- works much better with flippant verses ("We ready for damn change/So you all let the man shine") more suitable for a man who prefers to be called "The Snowman." Same goes for "Circulate" and its great line about oil prices ("Gas higher than me") but The Recession abandons politics often enough that you can't call it ponderous or even a concept album. With those great drums and fake trumpets producer Drumma Boy loves so much, trap star anthem "Amazin" is simple, feel-good music for pimps and players, while the soul-filled "Word Play" finds Jeezy and the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League celebrating the power of rap with warm nostalgia in their hearts. "Put On" with Kanye West singing through an Auto-Tune is the usual second-line goodness that Jeezy normally rounds out albums with, but there's more forgettable filler than expected, most of it sounding like mixtape leftovers or in the case of "Vacation," lackluster and forced club tracks. Of course with 18 songs the album allows for some dead weight and trimming. 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. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
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listener reviews
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YEAH
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- By GMONEY336TWR
- 9/8/2009 16:17:24
- Jezzy is whatthe game been missing. lil wayne and other rappers tring to go commerical. Jezzy put his shit in store and still doing it big. This album get a 10.5...believe dat...
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- By mannyb1680
- 5/3/2009 14:24:49
- JEZZY that dude always keepin it real
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The Realest
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- By jsparks28
- 4/4/2009 17:59:09
- Jeezy does it real big on the m-i-c. Hard beats, real street rhymes. If you dont like Jeezy than you a motherfuckin hater dog. Thats fa sho.
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THE MAN
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- By SedativeDonkey
- 2/7/2009 18:47:18
- THE LEGEND OF THE MAN IS BACK YOUNG JEEZY WENT OFF THE CHAIN WITH "PUT ON" KEEP IT COMING DOOG...
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JEEZY.....Enough said.
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- By Dellibedaboss
- 1/19/2009 22:54:13
- Jeezy is one of very few artists in the game right now that I respect. He keeps it real, and he just make GOOD music! The album bumps...all the way through.
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Mr 17.5
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- By Akd Returns
- 1/14/2009 18:02:17
- JEEZY is the realeast in the game today, no doubt
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by the way
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- By VINCENT AKA HOB
- 12/29/2008 08:11:53
- the reason i fuck wit JEEZY is cause he's real, he talk about what really goes on in the streets... he came from nothing "i came so far from the bottom couldn't even see the top"
if u look at his old interveiws you'll see my man went from ashy to classy, an that why i fuck wit em so HARD - 3 out of 3 people
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Legend of the fall offs
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- By SeLFiSh DWI
- 11/26/2008 07:16:44
- wow he needs facial reconsturction after falling and smacking hes face after this cd young jeezy seems like the modern day master p and everyone know weres he heading the garbage this cd was wack im sorry
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The Recession VS. Paper Trail
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- By harris8192
- 11/14/2008 22:33:17
- I like this cd but every time i listen to it wit my friends we argua about which is better i gice paper trail a 10 and the recession a 9.5.
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This album is better...
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- By BigVeney24
- 11/1/2008 17:11:56
- Than his second album, the Recession is Jeezy's masterpiece, I love "Don't Do It", that sample is bananas! :) The snowman does it again!
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