The main flaw of this album is that it is seventy-five minute long with nineteen tracks. While the track is good on its own, it isn’t that worthy of an album closer. The beat changes from a keyboard to a scrunchy type section, then the beat drops for the chorus and a heavy synth picks up leaving you in an eerie place. It is basically stating that you couldn’t walk a mile in his Air forces. and Lil Scrappy which also has a nice nicely produced military-esque beat to it. The instrumental on this track is great it has an uplifting type atmosphere to it that you can hum to, it also induces slow head bobbing. “Trap Star” is a trumpet based song, and is one of the strongest tracks on the album. It utilizes the classic stomp, stomp, clap rhythm at parts, with a pretty catchy chorus. The tracks leading up to “And then What” is strong, honestly who didn’t like this track.

Afterwards, “Standing Ovation” starts up with a synth-based instrumentals and the sound of an audience clapping while throughout the track Jeezy claims he is the trap. The title track (also opening track) has a stop and go motion, he says his verse then everything goes soft, with audio from a microwave in the background further explain why he is dubbed the snow man. Once the verse starts, Young Jeezy is already in the kitchen working two pots. The album opens with a piano melody and Jeezy going with a Soft “heeey”. The guest appearances include Mannie Fresh, Jay-Z, Trick Daddy, Young Buck, T.I., Lil Scrappy, Akon, and a few others. The instrumentals are mainly focused on the synths and bass thumps which actually give some of the tracks an epic feeling. They don’t call him the snowman for nothing. His lyrics are usually about the usual stuff money, drugs, alittle about girls, drugs, bling, and drugs. His lyricism is enough to label him above average lyricist. He actually pulls out the slow flow is pretty good most of the time. It usually has a slow “Yeaaaah” or an “Ayeeee!” and even a “Thaaats Riiight” accompanying his flow. The length of the album is about seventy-five minutes and it is littered with Jeezy’s slow raspy rapping. He shortly left that group to release this album. He was part of the rap quartet Boyz N Da Hood. He then got taken under the wing of Puff Daddy, who actually thinks he still got street cred.

Prior to this major-label debut, he released two independent albums since 2001. This is Young Jeezy’s major-label debut, “Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101”. This is one of the albums I am going to put on. At times I just want to sit back and relax, listening to some slow hood-esque music.

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