01/05/07 - Two Million Records Sold, And I’m Still Talkin’ White Shit…—“hustlin’ (rem

hoodman · 01-05-2007, 02:26 PM

The thing about Jeezy is this: As corny as it sounds, he’s carved out a little corner of the game and made it synonymous with his name. It’s a rag-to-riches story worthy of a movie (full theatrical release, too—none of this straight-to-DVD nonsense). Young boy from outside Macon, Ga., becomes a young hustler around the A-Town. Gets his money up, loses some friends along the way, has an epiphany that goes a li’l something like this.

“I woke up one morning and went cold turkey, for real. I turned my back on everything I knew, literally. Because I had to pursue [music]. Oh, man. I was ridin’ down [Interstate] 20 one day and flipped. I wasn’t even depressed. Like, Oh shit, nigga, you gonna fuck around and go to jail or you gon’ be dead. You know what’s gon’ happen.”

The young d-boy grinds heavy, forms a crew (United Street D-Boys of America) and a label (Corporate Thugz Entertainment), pens a double album (Come Shop Wit Me), and finds a local champion in an up-and-coming mixtape maker called DJ Drama. Two mixtapes—Tha Streetz Iz Watchin and Trap or Die—straight flatten the hood. “It was like a phenomenon,” says Drama. “It was unbelievable! From when the first tape came out, it started to get back to me, and it just grew incredibly.” Major-label bidding war ensues, Def Jam wins, and in 2005, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 furthers what, by now, even President Hov is calling a movement. Fueled by big, martial beats and brassy synth lines, along with a lethal combo of dope-boy koans and laconic ad-libs, the album sells some 1.67 million copies. Snowman T-shirts become a national fad and then, even better, a national controversy. (Oh, and while Jeezy’s solo stature renders it barely worth mentioning, we shouldn’t forget his inclusion in Bad Boy South’s prefab supergroup, Boyz N Da Hood, whose debut album dropped just weeks before Let’s Get It.)

Fast-forward to the present, a year and a half later, and zoom in on Jeezy. He’s in a quiet room off the main studio at Patchwerk—just some white walls, hardwood floors, and Jeezy fidgeting in an Aeron chair. Outside in the world, hip-hop is all but snowed in, and it would be foolish to say Jeezy didn’t have a lot to do with it. He knows it, too, and it’s wearing on him. “I didn’t want it to be a fad, homie,” he says, noting the current rash of coke rappers. “And to me, that’s what’s happenin’. I started somethin’, so now I gotta fix it.”

That’s not even the main problem. People will always jump on whatever style or theme or topic gets hot. You can’t stop that. A cat like Jeezy takes issue more with the man behind the message than with the message itself. “You can do this,” he says, “and then you get to a point where it’s about the money. And you can tell when it’s about the money, ’cause a nigga change up his whole shit.”

It’s always tempting to wonder whom Jeezy’s referring to, but he’s not often one to name names. “Man, you can see it!” he says. “I ain’t gotta say! It ain’t spreadin’ the word. It ain’t about testin’ the hearts of men no more. It’s about a paycheck. And you can tell in the music. It’s like, I liked you when you was you, nigga. What the fuck is this?”

The idea of change hangs around Jeezy these days, as close as his CTE chain. He’s not just a trend-spotting rapper switching up his style, either. Not even close. He’s much more attuned to changes within himself, changes in people around him.

Changes in himself he can handle. It’s the other folks that worry him. “This rap shit kinda opened my eyes to a lot of shit,” he says. “Muthafuckas you thought was down with you, that ain’t what it is. I’m livin’ my life, and to anybody else it’s perfect. You’re the shit. You’re the man. The streets love you. You got everybody fuckin’ witcha. You can’t do no wrong. But it’s like, What if one of y’all niggas flip out and kill me, man?”

BoSox2004 · 01-05-2007, 02:35 PM

props 4 this

C.Smith · 01-05-2007, 02:36 PM

propz on this man (Y)

Fabuless · 01-05-2007, 02:44 PM

props man good readd..

ns_diplomat · 01-05-2007, 02:48 PM

props........

Ether Boii · 01-05-2007, 02:52 PM

propzzzzzzz

markforlife · 01-05-2007, 02:54 PM

young jeezy is gettin that cake

rajvirhundal · 01-05-2007, 03:05 PM

this shit is old u dumb muthafucka

LAKERS_520 · 01-05-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rajvirhundal

this shit is old u dumb muthafucka

Hell yeah this shit is old

Hip-Hop.Aint.Dead · 01-05-2007, 03:07 PM

oldd... but man jeezy tht nigga

ChUcK C · 01-05-2007, 04:17 PM

kk props.............
movie gonna be wack
its y jeezy afta all

SmOkEy420 · 01-05-2007, 05:45 PM

old but jeezy album is fire

XtennesseeX · 01-05-2007, 05:45 PM

young jeezy is a dicksucking faggot ass bitch i'd kick his ass if he came to tennessee

unitymama · 01-05-2007, 05:55 PM

All I gotta say is you need to get right and stay right!!!!...

Desert Eagle · 01-05-2007, 06:03 PM

its frm XXL....

pDASH · 01-05-2007, 06:31 PM

props
i like the new album

Speak · 01-05-2007, 06:39 PM

Good Shit!

iMaGe · 01-05-2007, 06:47 PM

this shit was in the xxl fuckin months ago .................. step your game up mane and stop postin old shit!!!

Jay_Dubbs_Southside_28457 · 01-05-2007, 07:44 PM

propssssssssssssss

denilson · 01-05-2007, 07:47 PM

props.....

Zhiwai · 01-05-2007, 08:14 PM

Props on this

L3G3ND · 01-05-2007, 10:08 PM

propssssssssssss

MC B STREETZ · 01-05-2007, 10:57 PM

AAEE LETS GET IT POP'PIN

Aiyyo jeezy is sick, cd was sick 2

G G G-UNIT

lilfitty · 01-06-2007, 10:43 AM

props das muh nigga

kay slay · 01-06-2007, 11:36 AM

propz man...jeezy is tight, but he aint that hot...to me hes a average rapper

01-05-2007, 02:26 PM	#1
hoodman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Paradise Posts: 1,469 Repped: 3 Repped 352 Times in 86 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	01/05/07 - Two Million Records Sold, And I’m Still Talkin’ White Shit…—“hustlin’ (rem 01/05/07 - Two Million Records Sold, And I’m Still Talkin’ White Shit…—“hustlin’ (rem The thing about Jeezy is this: As corny as it sounds, he’s carved out a little corner of the game and made it synonymous with his name. It’s a rag-to-riches story worthy of a movie (full theatrical release, too—none of this straight-to-DVD nonsense). Young boy from outside Macon, Ga., becomes a young hustler around the A-Town. Gets his money up, loses some friends along the way, has an epiphany that goes a li’l something like this. “I woke up one morning and went cold turkey, for real. I turned my back on everything I knew, literally. Because I had to pursue [music]. Oh, man. I was ridin’ down [Interstate] 20 one day and flipped. I wasn’t even depressed. Like, Oh shit, nigga, you gonna fuck around and go to jail or you gon’ be dead. You know what’s gon’ happen.” The young d-boy grinds heavy, forms a crew (United Street D-Boys of America) and a label (Corporate Thugz Entertainment), pens a double album (Come Shop Wit Me), and finds a local champion in an up-and-coming mixtape maker called DJ Drama. Two mixtapes—Tha Streetz Iz Watchin and Trap or Die—straight flatten the hood. “It was like a phenomenon,” says Drama. “It was unbelievable! From when the first tape came out, it started to get back to me, and it just grew incredibly.” Major-label bidding war ensues, Def Jam wins, and in 2005, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 furthers what, by now, even President Hov is calling a movement. Fueled by big, martial beats and brassy synth lines, along with a lethal combo of dope-boy koans and laconic ad-libs, the album sells some 1.67 million copies. Snowman T-shirts become a national fad and then, even better, a national controversy. (Oh, and while Jeezy’s solo stature renders it barely worth mentioning, we shouldn’t forget his inclusion in Bad Boy South’s prefab supergroup, Boyz N Da Hood, whose debut album dropped just weeks before Let’s Get It.) Fast-forward to the present, a year and a half later, and zoom in on Jeezy. He’s in a quiet room off the main studio at Patchwerk—just some white walls, hardwood floors, and Jeezy fidgeting in an Aeron chair. Outside in the world, hip-hop is all but snowed in, and it would be foolish to say Jeezy didn’t have a lot to do with it. He knows it, too, and it’s wearing on him. “I didn’t want it to be a fad, homie,” he says, noting the current rash of coke rappers. “And to me, that’s what’s happenin’. I started somethin’, so now I gotta fix it.” That’s not even the main problem. People will always jump on whatever style or theme or topic gets hot. You can’t stop that. A cat like Jeezy takes issue more with the man behind the message than with the message itself. “You can do this,” he says, “and then you get to a point where it’s about the money. And you can tell when it’s about the money, ’cause a nigga change up his whole shit.” It’s always tempting to wonder whom Jeezy’s referring to, but he’s not often one to name names. “Man, you can see it!” he says. “I ain’t gotta say! It ain’t spreadin’ the word. It ain’t about testin’ the hearts of men no more. It’s about a paycheck. And you can tell in the music. It’s like, I liked you when you was you, nigga. What the fuck is this?” The idea of change hangs around Jeezy these days, as close as his CTE chain. He’s not just a trend-spotting rapper switching up his style, either. Not even close. He’s much more attuned to changes within himself, changes in people around him. Changes in himself he can handle. It’s the other folks that worry him. “This rap shit kinda opened my eyes to a lot of shit,” he says. “Muthafuckas you thought was down with you, that ain’t what it is. I’m livin’ my life, and to anybody else it’s perfect. You’re the shit. You’re the man. The streets love you. You got everybody fuckin’ witcha. You can’t do no wrong. But it’s like, What if one of y’all niggas flip out and kill me, man?”

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rajvirhundal Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nottingham, UK... Bitches Posts: 102 Repped: 1 Repped 42 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	this shit is old u dumb muthafucka

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XtennesseeX Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 394 Repped: 95 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	young jeezy is a dicksucking faggot ass bitch i'd kick his ass if he came to tennessee

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iMaGe Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: iMaGe ToWN- Posts: 4,106 Repped: 3,423 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	this shit was in the xxl fuckin months ago .................. step your game up mane and stop postin old shit!!!

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kay slay Veteran Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,554 Repped: 30 Repped 17 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	propz man...jeezy is tight, but he aint that hot...to me hes a average rapper

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