Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Young Jeezy Heralds Recession With New Album

(swiped from Pitchfork Media)

On the opening track from his last album, The Inspiration, Young Jeezy commanded us, in so many words, to get money. Thing is, times have changed since then. The economy, maaaan. It's like...so hard to find work now. The other thing is, Jeezy knows this, and he has addressed our concerns with the title of The Inspiration's follow-up, The Recession.

The Recession comes out via CTE/Def Jam on September 2. Its first single, "Put On [ft. Kanye West]", has already hit radio and Forkcast, and the album's cover is available below for your viewing pleasure.

To promote The Recession, Jeezy is unveiling new content weekly on a blog and social networking site called USDA2Day.com. We'd compliment the pun on USA Today, except it's probably "just a coincidence."

Young Jeezy will hit the road on a U.S. tour closer to the release of The Recession. The tour starts in Houston on August 10.

Young Jeezy:

08-10 Houston, TX - Arena Theater

08-12 Dallas, TX - House of Blues

08-13 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues

08-17 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant

08-18 Chicago, IL - House of Blues

08-22 Norfolk, VA - NorVa

08-23 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues

08-26 New York, NY - Blender Theatre at Gramercy

08-29 St. Petersburg, FL - Plush

08-30 Tampa, FL - Jannus Landing

09-02 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle

Video: Young Jeezy [ft. Kanye West]: Put On [from the forthcoming The Recession LP]

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