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While Miss Info is excited about Barack Obama's victory yesterday, she does have a list of things that she feels need to go away now the election is over: Young Jeezy, a foodstuff that is seriously called "Baby Barack Ribs," and—perhaps most crucially—"celebratory freestyles from rappers who we never wanted freestyles from in any other circumstance (Tyga, Mims, Diddy, Bow Wow, etc)." Change we all can believe in, etc. [Miss Info]
the last word
From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. After the jump, we look at the reactions to The Recession, the latest album by the seemingly unbannable Young Jeezy.
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Young Jeezy Throws His Snow-Covered Hat Into The Ring
From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. After the jump, we look at the reactions to The Recession, the latest album by the seemingly unbannable Young Jeezy.
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videodrone
Sadly, the tableau of babes and bottles in the video for Young Jeezy's "Vacation" ends badly for the Snowman, with the final shot of the clip's "conceptual" side showing him being strong-armed out of a club by FBI agents. But mostly I'm impressed by how this video brings together the time-honored concepts of "scantily clad ladies on a beach" and "scantily clad ladies in a club" in a way that actually makes sense when put together with the track's lyrics—or, at least, the lyrics that weren't bleeped out in favor of letting the crisp piano hook shine through. We don't see unified vision like this often enough in pop music, and for that, I say, God bless. [YouTube]
Young Jeezy Doesn't Melt In The Summer Sun
Sadly, the tableau of babes and bottles in the video for Young Jeezy's "Vacation" ends badly for the Snowman, with the final shot of the clip's "conceptual" side showing him being strong-armed out of a club by FBI agents. But mostly I'm impressed by how this video brings together the time-honored concepts of "scantily clad ladies on a beach" and "scantily clad ladies in a club" in a way that actually makes sense when put together with the track's lyrics—or, at least, the lyrics that weren't bleeped out in favor of letting the crisp piano hook shine through. We don't see unified vision like this often enough in pop music, and for that, I say, God bless. [YouTube]
thug nomination 101
I know what you're thinking: "Why should I care who Young Jeezy endorses more than any other groaning once and former coke dealer with a poor actual-rhyme-to-verse ratio?" But unlike Rick Ross (I presume), Jeezy actually met one of the presumed presidential nominees during a shared Saturday Night Live appearance. "John McCain is cool, but he looks like a fraud to me... I told him the 'hood was fucked up, and he was like, 'How you doing?' Real talk. They know entertainers, so they shake your hand [and say], 'I'm your friend.' But my mama is about to have surgery that I gotta pay for out of my pocket because she can't get insurance. I don't really feel McCain." Aw, but I'm sure McCain feels you, Mr. Snowman!
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Young Jeezy Recalls Meeting With McCain, Compares Self To Obama
I know what you're thinking: "Why should I care who Young Jeezy endorses more than any other groaning once and former coke dealer with a poor actual-rhyme-to-verse ratio?" But unlike Rick Ross (I presume), Jeezy actually met one of the presumed presidential nominees during a shared Saturday Night Live appearance. "John McCain is cool, but he looks like a fraud to me... I told him the 'hood was fucked up, and he was like, 'How you doing?' Real talk. They know entertainers, so they shake your hand [and say], 'I'm your friend.' But my mama is about to have surgery that I gotta pay for out of my pocket because she can't get insurance. I don't really feel McCain." Aw, but I'm sure McCain feels you, Mr. Snowman!
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Young Jeezy has been arrested in Atlanta for "speeding, driving with no proof of insurance or license plate, having an open container, reckless driving and driving impaired by alcohol or drugs." Jeezy claims that his new Corvette's temporary tags must have fallen off and that the open container was his passenger's, and I'm inclined to believe him. Speeding? The Jeezy I know doesn't do anything fast. [Houston Chronicle]
can you ban the snowman?
A witness in the Feds' trial against Fleming "Ill" Daniels, the alleged third-in-command of the Detroit-based criminal organization Black Mafia Family, has claimed that the self-proclaimed snowman Young Jeezy may have, in fact, received multiple kilos of cocaine from the BMF. Creative Loafing Atlanta reports that Ralph "Ralphie" Simms, who is testifying after receiving a plea bargain on another drug case, said under oath that part of his job involved unloading coke from secret compartments in limos; once, at an Atlanta-area mansion that was nicknamed "Space Mountain," two people stopped by to pick up a multi-kilo shipment. And one of them looked kinda familiar!
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How About That: Young Jeezy May Have Been Involved In Trafficking Massive Amounts Of Coke
A witness in the Feds' trial against Fleming "Ill" Daniels, the alleged third-in-command of the Detroit-based criminal organization Black Mafia Family, has claimed that the self-proclaimed snowman Young Jeezy may have, in fact, received multiple kilos of cocaine from the BMF. Creative Loafing Atlanta reports that Ralph "Ralphie" Simms, who is testifying after receiving a plea bargain on another drug case, said under oath that part of his job involved unloading coke from secret compartments in limos; once, at an Atlanta-area mansion that was nicknamed "Space Mountain," two people stopped by to pick up a multi-kilo shipment. And one of them looked kinda familiar!
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meet the new boss
While he's not going to be the label's new CEO (boss L.A. Reid reclaimed the title after Jay-Z's departure), Shakir Stewart has been named Executive Vice President of Def Jam, which basically makes him Jay-Z's replacement. While he can take credit for signing Ciara to LaFace (where he and Reid began their professional relationship) and signing Beyonce to a publishing contract in 1999, it's believed that the real reason he's being given the promotion is that he's responsible for signing Young Jeezy and Rick Ross to the label. Admittedly, these acts are younger and arguably more successful than the fogies like Nas and the Roots that Jay-Z was responsible for, but I'm pretty damn scared what's going to come from a label run by a guy who takes pride in turning charmless, one-dimensional self-aggrandizement into music-business gold.
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Def Jam To Replace Jay-Z With Evil, Evil Man Who Signed Rick Ross
While he's not going to be the label's new CEO (boss L.A. Reid reclaimed the title after Jay-Z's departure), Shakir Stewart has been named Executive Vice President of Def Jam, which basically makes him Jay-Z's replacement. While he can take credit for signing Ciara to LaFace (where he and Reid began their professional relationship) and signing Beyonce to a publishing contract in 1999, it's believed that the real reason he's being given the promotion is that he's responsible for signing Young Jeezy and Rick Ross to the label. Admittedly, these acts are younger and arguably more successful than the fogies like Nas and the Roots that Jay-Z was responsible for, but I'm pretty damn scared what's going to come from a label run by a guy who takes pride in turning charmless, one-dimensional self-aggrandizement into music-business gold.
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videodrone
I'm not totally sure why Usher bothered making an expensive video for "Love In This Club" when the song it promotes is already a No. 1 hit, but who am I to question the choices of a performer that makes Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, and the like look gawky and amateurish? In the clip, Usher is trapped in an empty nightclub that suddenly fills with sexy apparitions, porn stars, and celebrity rappers like Rick Ross, Diddy, and Kanye West. Usher repeatedly tries to canoodle with Keri "The Way I Are" Hilson ("who are you?" "Your every desire..."), only to have her evaporate before he can mount her.
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Usher Haunted By Hotties
I'm not totally sure why Usher bothered making an expensive video for "Love In This Club" when the song it promotes is already a No. 1 hit, but who am I to question the choices of a performer that makes Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, and the like look gawky and amateurish? In the clip, Usher is trapped in an empty nightclub that suddenly fills with sexy apparitions, porn stars, and celebrity rappers like Rick Ross, Diddy, and Kanye West. Usher repeatedly tries to canoodle with Keri "The Way I Are" Hilson ("who are you?" "Your every desire..."), only to have her evaporate before he can mount her.
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"Is that Mickey fucking Avalon?" Maura asked when I showed her this photo. Why, yes it is! It seems the way-past-his-15 novelty "sleazeball" "rapper" has been tapped by Boost Mobile to irritate us on a variety of media platforms, along with his new friends the Snowman and some guy who hates iTunes.
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Mickey Avalon Now Set To Ruin Phones, Reruns Of The Wayans Brothers
"Is that Mickey fucking Avalon?" Maura asked when I showed her this photo. Why, yes it is! It seems the way-past-his-15 novelty "sleazeball" "rapper" has been tapped by Boost Mobile to irritate us on a variety of media platforms, along with his new friends the Snowman and some guy who hates iTunes.
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Videodrone: R. Kelly And Young Jeezy Get Trapped In The Walk-In Closet
The clip for the Young Jeezy/R. Kelly duet "Go Getta" is, as one might expect, full of comely ladies; it's also home to some of the most painful product placement we've seen since Mike Myers got a Nuprin from Dana Carvey. Watch as Young Jeezy hikes up his leg to show off the "GUCCI" on his shoe's bottom—he looks pretty uncomfortable, no? Maybe he's just setting up the scenario for his next video, when he takes Timbaland on a "3 A.M." Duane Reade run for some Advil.
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We feel a bit weird about posting this track, because it's clearly been "leaked" by someone in the Young Jeezy/R. Kelly camp, obviously in an effort to get some "blogger buzz" (how else to explain why it's the clean radio edit?). It's not as if we don't realize that we're just shoe-shine boys for the record industry—spit-shining and buffing their artists to a classy sheen, while praying for a measly quarter—but we just don't like being so damn obvious about it.
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An Idolator Identity Crisis: R. Kelly Just Took Another Leak, But We're Not Sure Whether We Should Tell You About It
We feel a bit weird about posting this track, because it's clearly been "leaked" by someone in the Young Jeezy/R. Kelly camp, obviously in an effort to get some "blogger buzz" (how else to explain why it's the clean radio edit?). It's not as if we don't realize that we're just shoe-shine boys for the record industry—spit-shining and buffing their artists to a classy sheen, while praying for a measly quarter—but we just don't like being so damn obvious about it.
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Discobelle.net has the new Young Jeezy track, "J.E.E.Z.Y." For those of you keeping score, it contains 55 mentions of Jeezy in the third person, 2"Yeaaaaaaahs," and 1 Fruitopia reference.
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Leak Of The Day: Young Jeezy Learns How To Spell
Discobelle.net has the new Young Jeezy track, "J.E.E.Z.Y." For those of you keeping score, it contains 55 mentions of Jeezy in the third person, 2"Yeaaaaaaahs," and 1 Fruitopia reference.
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Leak Of The
Thanks to discobelle.net for the heads-up on Young Jeezy's new single, "I Love It." It contains 21 yeahhhhs and one prolonged dammmn, and unless the Hamburglar starts dealing bricks out of the back of a 'coop, we're guessing it will not become part of a nation-wide McDonald's ad anytime soon.
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Leak Of The Week Day: Young Jeezy's New "Love" Song
Thanks to discobelle.net for the heads-up on Young Jeezy's new single, "I Love It." It contains 21 yeahhhhs and one prolonged dammmn, and unless the Hamburglar starts dealing bricks out of the back of a 'coop, we're guessing it will not become part of a nation-wide McDonald's ad anytime soon.
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