Jeezy is back, its snowman season! The title of his 8th
studio album is titles “Pressure” and when you’re this long into your career
with such a huge fanbase, the question really is, does Jeezy face pressure? His
last album Trap or die 3 came out last year in October so what has Jeezy got to
show for the 14 months since his last album.
Pressure opens up with the motivational anthem “Spyder”
showing why you should put in that work over a bass heavy trap beat that opens
the album phenomenally, something Jeezy has always delivered to fans of his
music. “Cold Summer” featuring Tee Grizzly continues with this high paced trap
beat for a song that has been getting played at parties and clubs throughout
America.
The album features a lot of features, 12 features to be exact.
This makes you think that the album isn’t going to be Jeezy motivated as he has
other influencers in the music he is producing, however he partners the collaborations
perfectly and they only enhance the Jeezy album rather that outshining him
(other than one song).
The album content seems to be lacking for an artist that is
8 albums into his career, and been in the industry for over 10 years, with past
albums Jeezy has addressed issues of dealing with Fame, the envy dealt with
from the neighbourhood, and the presidency and police issues, however this
album lacks this. We understand that Jeezy is no longer the dope boy that he
used to be, but this does not stop him from being the stand-up guy for people
in the hood. This album really struggles to speak about something more than the
deeper stuff happening in the world, and merely touches them instead.
Now, I’m going to crack on with the main part everyone
wanted to talk about when they see this album track list. Jeezy – American Dream
(Featuring J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar). These two are arguably the best
rappers in the industry and leaders of the new school, so whenever we get one
verse from them it’s a talking point, and now we have them both on the same
song… Well congratulations to Jeezy for this. This single is what I expected
from the Jeezy album, speaking about the trap and the struggles, and the American
dream and finally mentions about the president with the clever said “our president
was black, now the president is whack” Everything from this song works well and
the beat is exquisite to the ears and after hearing the first verse, you know
Jeezy saved his best verse for this song for the album. The second album comes
in and you have to wonder what type of Cole we are going to get, the hungry one
or the preaching one? Well, we get both here. I’ve been listening to J. Cole
since he released The Warm Up and you can definitely tell he gave his all on
this feature with his best delivery and verse he’s released this year. You know
J. Cole was told Kendrick Lamar was on this song so knew he had to deliver, because
he didn’t want to be bodied on a track with Kendrick. The verse ends and now we
have the Kendrick Verse, which you’d assume was the best, as he is last, so did
Jeezy save the best till last? No. The Kendrick Lamar feature doesn’t feel like
a verse, but rather another hook or something. On a beat like this, we want to
hear Kendrick Lamar spray bars similar like he did on “Damn” with “DNA” or “Element”.
The hook is similar to when Kendrick Lamar featured on “Forbidden Fruits” with
J. Cole so one can only assume they are saving the lyrical power for the joint
album (Fingers crossed)
The album is not an album that would get much replay value,
other than the J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar single, the album does not offer much
to any audience outside of Jeezy fanbase. Although its always good to hear
Jeezy, maybe wait a little bit longer than a year for a new album and make the
fans want to hear from you.
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