The Inspiration
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Wander through the coke-lined lyrics of Young Jeezy's Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 and now The Inspiration, its keep-it-entirely-real follow-up, and you may never look at a snowman or a box of baking soda the same way again. But what you lose in the way of crack-trade innocence you gain in a clear picture of why few rappers in the game get Jeeps to rattling as reliably: Jeezy--never mind the hopped-up hustler bluster--is a hugely magnetic figure, a ghetto go-getter capable not only of laying down the kind of loosey-goosey lyrics that make you want to clap him on the back for untangling street-wiseness from seriousness but of inspiring some kind of out-there superhero comic book series, too. Other rappers drip on the ATL drawl, but none as winningly (check the Timbaland-produced "3 A.M."). And other rappers spit trademark phrases a la James Brown's "Good God!," but few as adroitly (Jeezy's "ha ha" sticks). Friends help--something divine issues from the pipes of Keyshia Cole on "Dreamin,'" and DJ Toomp puts the T.I. treatment on "I Luv It"--but at the end of a long day of trappin' and playin' this is Jeezy's party. --Tammy La Gorce
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Album information
| Release Date (USA): | 2006-12-12 |
| Release Date (UK): | |
| Artist/s: | Young Jeezy |
| Label: | Def Jam |
Track Listing
| 1 | Hypnotize | |
| 2 | Still On It | |
| 3 | U Know What It Is | |
| 4 | J.E.E.Z.Y. | |
| 5 | I Luv It | |
| 6 | Go Getta | |
| 7 | 3 A.M. | |
| 8 | The Realist | |
| 9 | Streets On Lock | |
| 10 | Bury Me A G | |
| 11 | Dreamin' | |
| 12 | What You Talkin' Bout | |
| 13 | Keep It Gangsta | |
| 14 | Mr. 17.5 | |
| 15 | I Got Money | |
| 16 | The Inspiration (Follow Me) |
