Jeezy’s Seen It All
LP has been released and it shows the ATL all-star’s journey from drug dealer
to hiphop business man/OG. This album is
very retrospective, in that Jeezy looks back at his life.
Snowman
intros the LP with a street banger called “¼ Block” talking about his drug
dealing past. Jeezy rides on this string led beat. The song is definitely on
repeat for me.
“What You
Say” is a synth led beat, with staccato strings and trap 808s: perfect for a
artist like Young Jeezy. This is the type of song you listen to if you want to
get hype for a game.
“Black
Eskimo” is Jeezy’s new nickname. He is too cold for the game, and he shows it
in this song. Jeezy brags on this track about what he has earned and done in
his illustrious career. Certified banger.
Going along
with the Seen It All theme, “Enough”
talks about how Jeezy has made it so far in his career. He also provides
inspiration on the chorus by saying, “If you grind hard enough, you can stack a
few mill”. The blaring horns really carry this track.
“Holy
Ghost” is probably my favorite track on the whole LP. When it first came out, I
was playing this song over and over. Jeezy addresses many issues in this song,
including the death of one of his crew members during the Gucci beef and the
Freddie Gibbs split from CTE. Don Cannon and Lyle Leduff do work on this beat.
It really puts you in the mood to grind.
“Me OK” was
the first single from Seen It All.
This song just goes in. Drumma Boy crafts a beat that is vintage Jeezy.
The Mike
Will produced track, “4 Zones”, is about Jeezy saying that all he needs is “4
zones”. This track is also very interesting because it’s the first time we see
Jeezy using autotune, which brings a different side to Snowman.
The 8th
track is either “Addicted” or “Been Getting Money” depending on where you got
it. The iTunes version has “Been Getting Money”, which is what I am reviewing.
This song reunites the “Soul Survivor” duo Jeezy and Akon. Sounds like
something that would on TM101 too. Love this song. Akon and Jeezy can’t do
wrong.
“Fuck The
World” featuring the Def Jam R&B star, August Alsina, is the formulaic
rapper/singer pairing. August kills the hook, and Jeezy shows that he doesn’t
give a fuck about what people think about him.
The song
that brought JAY Z to tears when he wrote his verse, “Seen It All”, is probably
one of Jeezy’s best songs. Cardo samples uses a Japanese sample to perfection,
and Snowman and Hov go to work, especially Hov. Raw song, and probably the
reason Jeezy named the album, Seen It
All.
One verse,
and one epic beat. “Win Is A Win” is a song about perspective. Jeezy says that
materialism is not the route, especially when you at the top.
“Beautiful”
was song I was not expecting from Jeezy, especially with Game and Rozay on it.
But damn, this song is so soulful. Black Metaphor, who also produced Game’s
best song ever “Ali Bomaye” in my opinion, crafts a sample based beat which
“beautifully” carries all the verses. Ross, of course, sounds amazing on beats
like these. Classic track.
Boosie and
Jeezy come together again for a singing laced, southern track called “Beez
Like”. This song is about the hustle, which relates back to the theme of seeing
it all
“No Tears”
is more into the pop music lane, which is in stark contrast of the usual Jeezy
we all know. Future provides a non-autotune hook, which actually sounds very
good. Solid track.
The last
track, “How I Did It(Perfection)”, is a fitting conclusion for the album. It
provides closure to an album that is very retrospective. The chill beat allows
Jeezy to story tell about his past.
Seen It All was one of the most
anticipated LPs of this year, and it delivered, but it was not enough in my
opinion. Jeezy knows how to make great tracks, but he really hasn’t made a
perfect body of work since TM101. Many magnificent tracks, but also some
mediocre tracks. (4 out of 5 stars)
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