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After releasing The Recession in 2008, Young Jeezy suffered his own three-year layoff due to legal problems and a fight with the crippling disease Bell's palsy. Add a paradigm shift in hip-hop radio, where the introspection of Drake and Kid Cudi found favor over Jeezy and T.I.'s extroverted pusher music, then top if off with a slew of missed released dates and the whole thing stinks of a setup, which is why any fond appreciation of TM:103 must come from the "warts and all" department. This unforgiving return to form doesn’t suffer from being over-thought and it’s not even overwrought, but it is overstuffed at 14 tracks (make that 18 for the deluxe version) and the most welcoming moments are pushed to the back (the "F.A.M.E."/"I Do"/"Higher Learning" sequence is like a trap music glitter dome with Jay-Z, André 3000, T.I., and Snoop Dogg all on the guest list). These minor complaints will matter little to returning fans as their needs are put first with the front half of album rolling like a steamroller fueled by grind-time anthems. Even the hack "game needs me"-styled opener is welcome as the rapper forces "Waiting" out of his hoarse throat like it was gravel, and after "What I Do" does something infectious and incredible with an economic hook and a Drumma Boy beat, the bold "OJ" comes along filled with iffy metaphors and a trailer load of controversy. The scattershot and irresponsible number is a red herring and kept a safe distance from the album’s true key track, "Trapped," where Jeezy and Jill Scott offer a crafted and complicated social statement, one that’s soulful and the worthy successor to "My President." What’s made Jeezy's evolution as an artist interesting is that this rebel without a cause sometimes finds one, and even when he's more Hulk than Bruce Banner, his changes are driven by emotion rather than something calculated. Here he's driven by the hunger to put things back where they were and live up to TM:103's official subtitle, Hustlerz Ambition, along with its unofficial one, Trap or Die Tryin'.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Christopher Gholson, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson, Producer - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Andre Lipscomb, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andres (Muzzy) Solis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jason Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fabolous, FeaturedArtist - JOHN JACKSON, ComposerLyricist - Jadakiss, FeaturedArtist - Masaaki Hirao, ComposerLyricist - Kazuo Koike, ComposerLyricist - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Kouji Ryuzaki, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Marz, Producer, Co-Producer - Marquel Middlebrooks, ComposerLyricist - Michael L. Williams II, ComposerLyricist - Future, FeaturedArtist - Nayvadius Wilburn, ComposerLyricist - Mike Will Made-It, Producer - Andres (Muzzy) Solis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Alonzo Miller, ComposerLyricist - Tauheed Epps, ComposerLyricist - James A. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - D. Rich, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Finis "KY" White, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 2 Chainz, FeaturedArtist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Heilbron, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Midnight Black, Producer - Tracey Sewell, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Parks, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Warren Griffin III, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shaffer Smith, ComposerLyricist - Ne-Yo, FeaturedArtist - Lonnie Smith, ComposerLyricist - Warren G, Producer - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Moses Gallart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Diveckson Chamba, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Producer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Nico Solis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Scott, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Karl Heilbron, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Erik Ortiz, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Crowe, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Bartolomei, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Parks, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward J "UK" Nixon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Roland Reyes-Ortiz, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Clifford Harris, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Producer - T.I., FeaturedArtist - Elliot Carter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Erik Ortiz, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Crowe, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Bartolomei, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Beardmore, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Grant, ComposerLyricist - Anthony McGuinness, ComposerLyricist - Paavo Siljamaeki, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
André Benjamin, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Michael Bennett, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Williams, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andre 3000, FeaturedArtist - Karl Heilbron, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Jay Z, FeaturedArtist - Joshua Banks, ComposerLyricist - M16, Producer - Ken Oriole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Parks, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lil' C, Producer - Snoop Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Darwin C. Quinn, ComposerLyricist - Devin Copeland, ComposerLyricist - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Devin The Dude, FeaturedArtist - Mitchelle'l, FeaturedArtist - Michael Dupree, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike "Emaydee" Dupree, Producer
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Maurice Young, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trick Daddy, FeaturedArtist - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Fredrick Tipson, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Gibbs, FeaturedArtist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dwayne Carter, ComposerLyricist - Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Demetrius Ellerbee, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Algernod Washington, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Gholson, ComposerLyricist - Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson, Producer - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Plies, FeaturedArtist - Karl Heilbron, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - P.J. McGinnis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jay Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Young Jeezy, MainArtist - Lil Lody, Producer - Antoine Kearney, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo "DJ Stikuhbush" Johnson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
After releasing The Recession in 2008, Young Jeezy suffered his own three-year layoff due to legal problems and a fight with the crippling disease Bell's palsy. Add a paradigm shift in hip-hop radio, where the introspection of Drake and Kid Cudi found favor over Jeezy and T.I.'s extroverted pusher music, then top if off with a slew of missed released dates and the whole thing stinks of a setup, which is why any fond appreciation of TM:103 must come from the "warts and all" department. This unforgiving return to form doesn’t suffer from being over-thought and it’s not even overwrought, but it is overstuffed at 14 tracks (make that 18 for the deluxe version) and the most welcoming moments are pushed to the back (the "F.A.M.E."/"I Do"/"Higher Learning" sequence is like a trap music glitter dome with Jay-Z, André 3000, T.I., and Snoop Dogg all on the guest list). These minor complaints will matter little to returning fans as their needs are put first with the front half of album rolling like a steamroller fueled by grind-time anthems. Even the hack "game needs me"-styled opener is welcome as the rapper forces "Waiting" out of his hoarse throat like it was gravel, and after "What I Do" does something infectious and incredible with an economic hook and a Drumma Boy beat, the bold "OJ" comes along filled with iffy metaphors and a trailer load of controversy. The scattershot and irresponsible number is a red herring and kept a safe distance from the album’s true key track, "Trapped," where Jeezy and Jill Scott offer a crafted and complicated social statement, one that’s soulful and the worthy successor to "My President." What’s made Jeezy's evolution as an artist interesting is that this rebel without a cause sometimes finds one, and even when he's more Hulk than Bruce Banner, his changes are driven by emotion rather than something calculated. Here he's driven by the hunger to put things back where they were and live up to TM:103's official subtitle, Hustlerz Ambition, along with its unofficial one, Trap or Die Tryin'.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:22
- Main artists: Young Jeezy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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