The drug talk keeps rolling from artists who haven’t touched that life in decades, and honestly, it’s getting stale. Jeezy isn’t as excessive with it as someone like Pusha T, but at this point, isn’t it time to move on?
As I said with 'SNOFALL', DJ Drama is still a corny MF whose constant shouting drags the music down rather than lifting it up. There’s a lot more soul here than longtime Jeezy fans, myself included, might expect. 'Inside My Soul' leans so heavily on Tom Browne’s 'Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.)' that it’s basically just Jeezy rapping over the track. That trend continues throughout: 'Another Sad Song' flips Toni Braxton’s 1993 hit 'Another Sad Love Song,' while 'Head to the Sky (You Can Win)' samples Sounds of Blackness’ 'Optimistic,' just to name a few.
It's a fine listen, (even if it's missing the trademark Jeezy trap bangers), which is helped heavily by using so many classic soul songs as the foundation, but will I be coming back to anything? Probably not.
Best Tracks: Treason, Inside My Soul, Head to the Sky (You Can Win), Thug Life Again
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