'I see you looking (Ha Ha), with ya looking ass/Ĭatch Snowman in the kitchen with his cooking ass/ These other rappers actors like Patrick Swayze/' Strapped up in the club, yeah I'm so crazy/ So Mannie Fresh and Snowman, it's a wrap/ Show me what you working with, just like that/ Jeezy and Fresh craft an amazing hook, but Jeezy kicks off his verses with hilarity and entertaining lyrics, like the opening of his first:Ĭircles make a square, god damn I'm paid/ I remember my first time hearing the track, I laughed a bit to myself based on the 'boom boom clap' beginning, but I wasn't ready for what would honestly follow. The conversation is money nigga, you want some?/' I'm Donald Trump in a white tee and white ones/ Hands on, Jeezy really counted them checks/ 'Baby need shoes, partner need bail money/īlood hound for the bread, I just smell money/ Give a fuck what he sold, I'm the truth, homes/' Hit the kitchen lights, now it's marble floors everywhere/Ĭall the carpenter, the roof on the coupe's gone/ 'I used to hit the kitchen lights, cockroaches everywhere/ The first verse is one of his most iconic verses ever, just take a look at his reality rap lyricism and understand why: The opening intro is full of quotable lines, and though Jeezy doesn't flow like your regular MC or even rhyme like one, his wit and comedic timing managed to make every line strike you.

So, when the album arrived, no one knew what to expect, but we were certainly pleasantly surprised. He was a trapper that just happened to rap, at least that's one of the ways he tried to explained it. Jeezy was not a lyricist, hell he didn't even like being called a rapper. The album itself is considered a classic, not for its cohesion or lyrical depth, but rather for impact and its legacy as a seminal release during a tradition era of sorts in hip hop music. With a trap sensibility in his music, extremely infectious hooks, and each verse full of quotable lines (for better or worse), Jeezy would present his debut solo album 'Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101' on July 26, 2005. Jeezy had been around for a few years musically, but after signing to Def Jam, he would be in the driver's seat as the next artist up.

The outpouring of Snowman T-shirts, the over exaggerated adlibs, the catchy anthems, it all seems like yesterday when Young Jeezy made his official mainstream debut. For me personally, 2005 was one of those years that stuck out and forever live on in my mind, especially the summer.

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