10 Years with ‘The Recession,’ Young Jeezy’s Second Classic Album
Aug 31, 2018 · 7 min read

“The idea for the album was that everybody needs money” — Don Cannon (“Don Cannon Reflects On Billy Paul and Making ‘Circulate’”)
Jeezy is a realist. After a decade-and-a-half of delivering forthright rap music, this much is evident. On the eponymous intro of his 2005 Def Jam debut, Thug Motivation 101, the Atlanta-raised rap star could not boast of…

