Fourscore and 13 years ago; Young Jeezy stormed on the scene as the leader of the new school and a branch on the trap family tree with very strong roots as he delivered a classic album in Thug Motivation 101: Let’s Get It as this album boasted classic street anthems and a chemistry between him and producer Shawty Redd however they say that sequels don’t ever match the original. In the case of TM102 and TM103 no they haven’t lived up to the predecessor, but both of those albums were not slouches or considered trash. I consider 102 to be a classic and 103 to be very close to one. Jeezy claims this will be his last album on Def Jam so let’s see if Jeezy can deliver on yet another sequel.
“The enTrapreneur”
This a dope title to this track as Jeezy serenades the audience with his signature flow as this message is out to all the entrepre-negroes out in the world.
“Big Shit”
Awww shit Jeezy done linked back with D. Rich that nigga beats underrated af! Other than that this track is pretty fucking solid bro nothing bad to say about this one at all. The hook catchy and Jeezy let’s niggas know how big time this nigga really is.
“Look Like”
This nigga took too fucking long to get into this song with shit talk that could have been put at the end the track only lasts 2:50 seconds and he spent like a minute yapping before he got into this shit. Probably the weakest shit I heard so far on here. Even though I get and understand the concept.
“Better Tell ‘Em”
Man, this shit is dope fam, it sucks that this shit is this fucking short if this was a full song this would have been the best song I heard thus far. Feels more like a short ass song interlude versus one of the better songs on this album.
“Mr. Pyrex”
This more of the sound I was looking for on this project. Definitely sounds like an updated version of a Shawty Redd beat and Jeezy doing what he does best talk that street shit about whipping them quarter thangs. This one is pretty good.
“Already Rich” (featuring Cee-Lo Green)
Cee-Lo been killing features the last few years so I’m not surprised that he would link with Jeezy as well. And again Cee-Lo again bodies another hook. Jeezy does well on this beat as well. This probably the first cold song I heard so far. Just basically if you were already rich that’s the reason why you are on.
“1 Time”
I heard this shit about a month and a half ago. I can’t believe they sampled the Jay-Z joint “Stick 2 The Script”. This is cool but I don’t feel like Jeezy bought the energy of the original joint that was sampled. This seems like a kickback type song that you can bob your head too. I’m also surprised that this was a single I would think that this would be more like a dope album filler.
“Oh Yea” (featuring Ball Greezy)
This shit got bounce to it. Definitely people gonna be chanting this hook. Ball Greezy kills the hook. Jeezy continues the trap talk/crack talk. Definitely a Southern Style track and pretty solid all around. Although, I felt like Jeezy could have done a bit better on this.
“White Keys”
This shit is solid to start off this beat is fucking jumping. I’m not the biggest fan of this song but hopefully this will grow on me in the future. But Jeezy’s had better so this okay. Nothing special.
“MLK Blvd.” (featuring Meek Mill)
Now this is WHAT THE FUCK I’M TALKING ABOUT! Jeezy was killing with 101 caliber wordplay on here. I was getting hit with one liners all day on this bitch. Meek Mill did his best to try to match Jeezy, but this shit was too much. Jeezy bodied this shit. Easily one of the best songs on the album by far.
“06” (featuring Rick Ross)
This sound like one of them old ass No Limit beats. That’s what this shit reminds me of. Shit laid back but you can talk a lot of shit to this beat. Although this isn’t their best collaboration. It isn’t as much as a slouch to the others.
“Don’t Make Me”
This track just increases and increases and gets better and better as time goes by. I like this song for sure. This beat is also very fucking incredible bro. This one of the favs as well. As Jeezy lays in the cut on this one like a mob boss.
“Fake Love” (featuring Queen Naija)
Ah, the Faith Evans “I Love You” sample makes this a lot better. But this is some real shit anyone any race can relate to. Man fake love is real and fuck ass cocksucking bitch niggas and bitch ass bitches is also real especially when the true colors are shown as Jeezy details a relationship with a former peer who turned on him and left him for dead after all that he did for him. As Queen Naija does well with the hook.
“All Night” (featuring Gunna)
I get what Jeezy is doing but the Juvenile “Back That Azz Up” theme is over fucking used. That was 98-00 B, got to use a different formula for dope ass songs. But I know niggas gonna be on this one cause of Gunna. But this lacks creativity as this shit is low key played the fuck out in my opinion and probably the weakest shit on here.
“4Play” (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)
Now however, unlike the previous track this is more of a creative move even though it lacks originality to a degree due to the fact that it’s a complete rip of Pretty Ricky’s “Hotline”. This is a dope remake to a degree and the girls gonna be on this shit for real and I fuck with this shit to be real honest. Ty Dolla $ign flips the fuck out of this as Jeezy plays more of a background role on this song.
“Play It Safe” (featuring Noah Scharf)
This is some smooth ass shit right here. This hook is catchy as fuck as Jeezy talks that freak talk as he talks shit to a broad about breaking her off. As he vows never to play it safe. Man this got a cold ass vibe to it. Definitely another favorite.
“Don’t Forget”
This another cold ass smooth ass track. Jeezy delivers street rules and gems as Jeezy has excerpts from internet sensation Nino Brown who is considered a motivational speaker for the hood his damn self. This is laid back chilling on a beach type music. With that sound I love so much on here I don’t know if that’s a sample of female vocals or real female vocals but that hypnotized me. This another dope one from Jeezy. He closing this one out strong.
“The Real MVP” (featuring John Legend)
This track is super introspective dog. John Legend was a good choice for this hook. This track is pretty much dedicated to Jeezy’s mother. As Jeezy details the struggles growing up. At the end he has an excerpts from Kevin Durant’s MVP Speech.
Overall, despite the few hiccups early on, Jeezy closes this out very strong and it is a good fit into the other three Thug Motivation albums. The only issue that I have is this lacked the street anthems that the other 3 had. Like 101 had: Standing Ovation, Let’s Get It, My Hood, Go Crazy, Bottom Of The Map, Trap Or Die, Soul Survivor etc. 102 had: Hypnotize, Still On It, J.E.E.Z.Y., Go Getta, 103 had: OJ, Everything, This One’s For You, Ballin’, and Way Too Gone. I felt like Jeezy didn’t have a song on here that was as potent as those anthems. Other than that this album contained very good choices especially after “MLK Blvd” that’s when the album started to pick up. I just felt like if he was gonna call this 104 I mean you would expect more harder, catchier street anthems that are memorable.
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