Friday, September 4, 2009
Music news Young Jeezy the new Lil Wayne?
Posted by Ben Westhoff on Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:26 PM
We’ve had a few days to digest Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3, which leaked earlier this week, and while the talk has mainly focused on Jay’s attempt to go hipster on everybody’s asses (as evidenced by his collabs with Drake, Kid Cudi and Mr Hudson), the thing that struck me was just how little Southern influence it has. Sure, some of the producers come from Virginia (Timbaland, the Neptunes, the Inkredibles), but southern hip hop cities like Atlanta, Miami and Houston are woefully underrepresented. In fact, other than Young Jeezy, no locals play a prominent role.
But Jeezy’s appearance -- on “Real As It Gets” -- isn’t surprising, considering how he guest stars on just about every big album that comes out these days. Remember in 2007 and 2008 when Lil Wayne seemed to be everywhere all the time? Jeezy is like that now. The biggest albums and singles of the past year or so -- from artists like Kanye, Ciara, Drake, Usher and Akon – have all featured him, and so will Lil Boosie’s upcoming work Super Bad. (Don’t sleep!)
As for “Real As It Gets,” well, it’s a dud. Part of the problem is The Inkredibles dreamy beat (as in, so dreamy it will make you snooze), but a bigger issue is that Jeezy kicks it off in incredibly dull fashion. “Allow me to re-introduce myself/ At the same time re-introduce my wealth,” he nonsensically begins, adding, “At the same time rejuvenate the game.” With his slow, cliché-addled rhymes, Jeezy isn’t rejunvenating anything, but give him credit for staying in the thick of things.
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