Long anticipated , patiently and anxiously awaited after being noticeably missing in action Young Jeezy finally releases TM103- Hustlerz Ambition. When you’ve been away for a minute and your three albums deep in the game, people often wonder what more your going to do, and rather you’ll still have it when you get back. On top of that it can be argued that Jeezy’s albums have progressively regressed rather than progressed, especially since he has yet to match the showing that gained him many of his followers. So many have large expectations for TM103, since he has proven that he has staying power and is still relevant , for album #4 fans want to see what you got left, what you have new, and what experience has taught you about making music.
Well Jeezy waste no tim in answering all doubts and all questions, by delivering arguably his best release so far.
The strongest parts of the album are unquestionably the chemistry with the featured artist and the song making ability. While there are plenty of features and collaborations, almost every song has one, and all of the best songs have one, it still stays distinctly Young Jeezy. The only drawbacks of having so many guest appearances is that it seems as if Jeezy wasn’t able to quite carry this album by himself and needed some other energies to help him get through it. He doesn’t shine on his own quite enough. It doesn’t seem like a compilation album and it doesn’t seem like any of the collaborations are just for hype, or just to prove status of who he can get a verse from.
Without a doubt the song making ability and quality has gone way up, it easily noticeable that its his biggest improvement and strongest attribute for this album. Its the type of quality that only experience and working on your craft can provide, its what you get when you start to really understand your music and how to make it. Young Jeezy proves with this album, that he is indeed starting to become not just a rapper but an artist, he ‘s starting to craft a sound, and make a type of music ,not just make a type of song. Good luck picking a favorite with so many but in particular “OJ” f/ Fabolous and Jadakiss, “Leave you Alone” f/ Ne-Yo , F.A.M.E. f/ T.I. , “I Do” f/ Jay-Z and Andre 3000 and “Higher Learning” f/ Snoop, Devin the Dude and Mitchellel are significant standouts, although for most of the songs there is no significant drop off. Their is a noticeable drop off but not ridiculous, for the most part the album is pretty consistent.
Lyrically its not very strong or creative, Jeezy pretty much is in the that Master P lane, he has more flow than P, but he doesn’t really dig deep or get very creative with lyrics. the subject range is pretty run of the mill and expected for Jeezy. Their are no super high notes for originality or versatility and the subject range is as expected.
The production is good, but sonically the album is awesome. Overall how all the beats compliment each other without sounding the same and how they all fit together is exceptional.
The entertainment value is high, I guarantee you find a few songs you like and you can easily listen to the album from beginning to end multiple times, with little or no skipping, because even the lesser songs are listenable, and there are definitely a few songs worthy of repeats
All in All I give the Young Jezzy TM103 , 4 stars out of 6.
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