Young Jeezy Inspiration 102 Zip Code

Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Released in 2005.

's first album for Def Jam, was such a breakout success that it immediately left his Bad Boy album with - released just weeks prior - as an afterthought. What is his appeal, exactly? His persona revolves around being a crack dealer, but he spins it as a motivational speaker who encourages people to do what they need to do to get paid. School kids proudly donned 's snowman T-shirts, even if the closest they'll ever come to hustling is selling chocolates for a class trip. 's not an exceptional rapper; he has a peculiar way of getting his support, though it's not without a discernible amount of charisma. On, this is best exemplified in the opening verse to the -produced '3 A.M.' : 'It's Young Jizzo and I'm back with Timbo/With another hit, you're still stuck in a limbo/A ad lib here and a ad lib there/F.ck it, ad libs everywhere.'

Few other MCs could get away with something so purposefully lazy. In 's half-determined/half-careless voice, it's a quotable (and a pretty damn funny one at that), more energizing and memorable than an average MC's complex, tongue-twisting metaphor. To that kind of extent, does little to make this disc different from. Its first several tracks limp and flail around, which isn't a good sign, but once 'I Luv It' kicks in, everything tightens and sharpens, placing the album a very slight shade beneath. Some of the highlights: 'I Luv It,' the closest stature-wise to 'Go Crazy,' a production that's as anthemic as his work on 's 'What You Know'; 'Mr. 17.5,' a fine 'Go Crazy' retread. There's also 'Streets on Lock,' a 'Trapstar' retread, where maps out some of the reasons for his success: 'When I speak, these niggas believe me/'Cause, bitch, I'm Jeezy.'

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'Dreamin',' in which recalls the guilt of being a crack dealer while his mother's an addict, takes the cake as the best reflecting pool track of 2006.