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    Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

    07/26/2005 | Def Jam 

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    All Music Guide Review

    A sequence of events juggled the release dates for Boyz N da Hood's first album (issued on Bad Boy) and Young Jeezy's own widely distributed breakout (issued on Def Jam). Boyz N da Hood hit the Top Five the week it was released, and Young Jeezy -- the group's most visible member -- wound up releasing Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 only a month later. His prominence has come hard and fast (and not without a fair share of controversy), but in truth, he has been active in the underground since the mid-'90s. More a businessman than a traditional MC, his boasts are either deliberately pronounced or mush-mouthed and are often stamped with a druggy "Aaaayy!" Far from the South's best MC, he nonetheless makes up for it with his storytelling ability and obvious desire to inspire hard work, even if the "million dollar dreams" are followed by "federal nightmares." His mentality is almost permanently stuck on monetary gain, whether he's talking about moving "white" (his nickname is Snowman) or doing whatever necessary to keep up appearances. A definite product of the South, it's apparent throughout Let's Get It that his claim of being raised by the group UGK and the label No Limit is no joke. Like Boyz N da Hood, the album was made as if crunk never happened. Partial list of benefactors: Mannie Fresh, Trick Daddy, Young Buck, Bun B, Akon, Shawty Redd, ColliPark, Jazze Pha. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Thug Motivation 101
  • 3:14
  • 2
  • Standing Ovation
  • 4:14
  • 3
  • Gangsta Music
  • 4:02
  • 4
  • Let's Get It/Sky's the Limit
  • 3:42
  • 5
  • And Then What
  • 4:05
  • 6
  • Go Crazy
  • 3:21
  • 7
  • Last of a Dying Breed
  • 3:56
  • 8
  • My Hood
  • 4:00
  • 9
  • Bottom of the Map
  • 4:21
  • 10
  • Get Ya Mind Right
  • 3:41
  • 11
  • Trap Star
  • 3:52
  • 12
  • Bang
  • 4:28
  • 13
  • Don't Get Caught
  • 4:17
  • 14
  • Soul Survivor
  • 4:40
  • 15
  • Trap or Die
  • 4:00
  • 16
  • Tear It Up
  • 4:29
  • 17
  • That's How Ya Feel
  • 4:03
  • 18
  • Talk to Em
  • 4:23
  • 19
  • Air Forces (*)
  • 4:01

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    No matter what is being supplied, a hustler is only as good as his word. With Atlanta serving up some of the hottest product in the rap game, native son Young Jeezy stands as one of the most exciting merchants of cool to emerge in years. Thanks to underground testimonials like “Airforces”, “So Icey”, and “Trap or Die” Jeezy’s confidence and authentic style has quickly made believers out of some the biggest players in the game. Now the world will get to find out what insiders have been buzzing about when his Def Jam debut, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 drops July 26th.

    “Before music I was just trying to survive out this motherfucker. I had other artists, some local cats off the street, but it didn’t work out,” explains the twenty-five year old Georgia native. “So I just decided to do it myself. Ain’t nobody gonna go as hard as you gonna go. I saw the bigger picture at the time. I have a way with words and I know how to hustle.”

    Songs like the revealing “Let Me Talk To ‘Em” show Jeezy apologizing for many of the wrongs in his life and attempting to set the next generation straight about the dark side of life in the traps. “A lot of the cats I looked up to that bought me school clothes and things I lost them,” he says. “That’s why I’m here now.”

    Setting the backdrop for his reality are producers Mannie Fresh, Jazze Pha and Shorty Red to name a few. The guest line up is a who’s who of southern rap, but there will be plenty of Young Jeezy to bump from the coups to the corners. - Def Jam



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