I had been anticipating this album after hearing a few Jeezy tracks earlier in the year, most notably on Fabolous’ “Do The Damn Thing” and his own “Trap or Die” song with Bun B. I instantly cracked a smile and started driving from the mall over to 7th St by my house. I remember hearing “Thug Motivation 101” and just how crisp it sounded then the Shawty Redd bass kicked in and my trunk began rattling. I had a system in my 1995 Mercury Cougar at this time, a JL Audio amp with 2 12” Rockford Fosgate P2’s this system was the one that lasted the longest in my car out of them all. I don’t remember what I was doing that day but I do remember going to FYE, dropping $15 on TM101, heading to my car, and popping it in my Alpine CD player. The day was Jless than a month away from starting college at Indiana State. ![]() TM101 turns 10 years old this month and it’s about time we begin to honor it for what it really is: a classic body of work. What he did was create a definitive album for hip-hop. Young Jeezy wasn’t a rapper at the beginning of his music career but his artists kept getting locked up and he had to get his Clark Kent/Superman on by hopping in the booth. There are catchy lyrics, hypnotizing beats, and overall the American dream: going from nothing to something. There’s this darkness that surrounds TM101 but there’s also hope. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ayyyyyyyyyyyeeeeee….Aaayyyyyeeeeee…You gotta believe, you gotta believe….įrom the moment you hear the opening adlibs on Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 you know you’re in for something you have never heard before in hip-hop.
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