![]() ![]() Going back ten years he was already rapping about the “trap” life, long before the 2012 hip-hop renaissance made trap-rap and trapstyle two of the biggest sounds in music. Jeezy has it good in this regard because, for years, his sound has anticipated future trends in hip-hop. As scenes change and develop, sounds and styles come and go, leaving some formerly popular rappers scrambling to stay current (Tonedeff’s forays into dubstep come to mind), while others attempt to carry on like nothing has happened (Lil Flip’s Ahead of My Time sold 205 copies its first week, which should have been a wake-up call but instead went straight to voicemail). That’s one challenge Biggie never faced, and the difficulties inherent in staying relevant after over a decade making hip-hop have been noted time and again. Despite approaching the halfway point of an average lifespan, the adjective “young” remains in his moniker, a resolute protest against growing old in the rap game. ![]() It’s been close to three years since Young Jeezy’s last album, TM:103, was released, and if he continues at this rate his sixth album will come out around his 40th birthday. When Seen It All is released this September, the rapper known to his mother as Jay Jenkins will be a few weeks away from his 37th birthday. ![]()
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