Music Inside Young Jeezy’s The Recession

Young Jeezy is on his way to becoming the most important MC in the game. He’s been fine-tuning his wordplay (as heard on his recent mixtape The Prime Minister), while still keeping his voice on pop radio with verses on records by Usher, The-Dream and Mariah Carey. But for Jay Jenkins, it's always been more than music.

His third Def Jam release, The Recession, is a state of the union addressed to the people. We’ve all been rocking to “Put On,” but this week, he opened our ears to the rest of his socio-economic message with a special listening session. Check out our track-by-track review of the new songs to get a sense of what is shaping up to be another classic from the Snowman…