Cyrus Langhorne
Atlanta rapper Jeezy is here to restore order to the trap music genre. The hip-hop veteran has weighed-in on the current state of the Southern rap scene.
In Jeezy’s perspective, it’s his duty to remind people what trap music is all about with his upcoming Trap Or Die 3 album.
“When I hear trap music today,” he tells Rap-Up, “I hear more about getting high and all types of other shit. I get it, but at the same time, I’m the big homie…I need to clarify a couple things.” His message? “I need to reiterate what it was about in the first place,” he explains. “It’s about getting money, being successful, and keeping it pushing no matter what.” (Rap-Up)
This week, the Snowman unleashed his new Lil Wayne-assisted “Bout That” single.
“Bout That,” featuring Lil Wayne, is the fifth song from the album to make its way to the public. In it, Jeezy finds himself, naturally, saying all the ways other people are not “bout that” the way he is. He also stakes his claim to talking about the trap, criticizing the (many, many, many) imitators who have followed in his wake. “Don’t be talking bout the trapping sh*t, I opened up the door for that/I could have stopped at 101, tell me whose sh*t coming close to that?” he raps. (Complex)
Earlier this month, Jeezy’s star-studded tracklisting surfaced.
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— Sno (@Jeezy) October 14, 2016
Recently, Jeezy teased fans about how soon he would drop Trap Or Die 3.
“We’re putting it together now, man, ASAP, I’m coming right at ya,” Jeezy said in an interview. “I’ma let you know [the release date] so you can put it out there for me. Look, man, I’m back in my snow bag. Just Jeezy. Just unapologetic. Just Snow, man. I tried to give y’all Martin Luther King but they didn’t want that. I tried to do it. Yeah, them motherf*ckers locked me up in LA and tried to charge me with murder. I really got to see who was in my corner and I really got to understand no matter how rich you are or how powerful you are, if they’re ever given the opportunity, they’re still gonna treat you like a n*gga – I ain’t get treated like that in the street. For me to get caught up when business is great and all these different things about to happen for me.” (Tax Season)
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