Word: thugs
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...thirty versions of “We Fly High” come out ahead. Winner: Lil’ Wayne, who, apparently, is the best rapper alive. —Jake G. Cohen ’09 is the incoming Music editor. He’s concentrating in Thug Life, having passed Motivation 101 with flying colors...
...Snowman may have taken a one-year sabbatical after the release of “Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101,” but he was busy readying the syllabus for sophomore release “The Inspiration...
...course—Thug Motivation 102—really hasn’t changed that much. It’s just slightly more advanced: the guest speakers are a bit more famous (Timbaland, R. Kelly, and Keyshia Cole) and Jeezy has recruited friendlier, more knowledgeable TFs (the production has jumped up a notch). Yet Jeezy may have already taught us all he knows...
...that Snoop Dogg runs the most successful rent-a-thug service in hip-hop (see “Buttons”), why does he need to bother releasing an LP? While he could get real paid and even more famous by dropping more guest verses, he has cut another full album. This reason may be respect, money, or some contractual obligation, but it’s certainly not the music itself...
...under palm trees/ Calmly listenin' to R&B"), Kingdom Come seems destined to become rap's first genuinely adult album. But those moments are just flashes between Jay telling rap's new kids to get off his lawn and reminding the rest of us that he's still a thug at heart, that he hasn't changed a bit. The album's Who's Who of producers, including Dr. Dre and Kanye West, normally could be relied on to spice up the duller patches, but the riffs sound either recycled or, more disturbingly, like Herb Alpert--era smooth jazz...