First off, there should be some kind of law against waiting a month+ to post something new on a blog. I know I hate it when people I read habitually do this, and the fact that I have succumbed to it without any reasonable excuse is decent evidence that I am in fact a complete hypocrite.

So I'm sorry.

But after listening to Young Jeezy's The Recession in my car for the past week or so, and I just had to review the album. Because with so much wannabe gangster rap permeating the air waves these days, its good to see somebody who does it right.

The Recession, quite typically of Jeezy, is all about his charisma. Never to be confused with a cunning poet like Nas (who is featured on Black President, the best track on the album), when at his best, he uses impeccable timing and his grating voice to instill a persona on this album.

But perhaps more importantly, he remains hungry and in tune with society as the US economy indeed spirals into a recession. His attitude on Crazy World has Jeezy proclaiming,

When I was fourteen I turned nothing to a quarter mealProbably why I never give
a f**k about a record dealAnd I ain't never tried this shit imagine how the wife
feelBut that don't even matter though trying to pay the light bill

Jeezy personifies the attitude of people struggling to make ends meet with the "Fuck you, I'm trying to survive," mentality. And this is what makes his style so persuasive in the first place; he's been there. And he hasn't forgotten. For all of his shortcomings, this point remains excessively clear to the listener.

So get yours, its a crazy world.