JEEZY- Thug Motivation 104 Review

2019 would mark the year that Jeezy’s new evolution came to fruition. He had started with dropping the “Young” from his name, He refused to partake in petty rap beefs that could have distracted him and brought 2019 in with a new vision.  New company, a new love interest, gaining his masters back from Def Jam  and new business inquires among the horizon.  There were heavy anticipation for Jeezy’s Thug Motivation 104.

Jeezy promoted this as this possibly the final chapter to the Thug Motivation saga and if it is, He sure went out with a bang!  Like Rick Ross Port of Miami 2, Thug Motivation 104 is a more introspective look on how Jeezy’s new state of mind.  The intro Entrapaneur is a perfect way to open up the album. With a intro featuring motivational speaker Gary Vee, Jeezy reveals that his come up to where he at wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. He talks about the personal hardship that he went through starting as a adolescent

The following song Big Sh*t is the perfect way to follow the intro.  The production value along with the energy Jeezy brings to the track is reminiscent of Jeezy’s first album.  The pattern follows through with songs such as Look Like,  Better Tell Em, and Mr Pyrex which continues to follow the formula of that hard Snowman music that we knew and loved from him.

The album’s hardest track without no question is MLK BLD featuring Meek Mill. This track here is as hard hitting production wise as it is content with Jeezy letting it be known that he isn’t the biggest fan of Donald Trump

Meek Mill is also featured on the track as well and delivers a solid verse but he wasn’t really needed on here considering Jeezy held the track down on his own for the video. 06 which features Rick Ross basically dead any rumors of conflict and beef thats been speculated. Jeezy even said that was the motivation to make the record and these two have great chemistry.

But not all of TM104 is full of trap bangers.. He has a great variety for different ears. He shows the early 2000s love by sampling Faith Evans I Love You on Fake Love where he talks about betrayal and people wishing for his downfall.  He also follows the same formula with 4 Play where he samples Pretty Ricky The Hotline.

But its the songs that capture the window of Jeezy’s soul that remain a highlight.  Take the very soul touching  The Real MVP which would possibly be Jeezy’s most personal song to date. He talks about the up and down relationship he had with his mother and features a soulful hook from John Legend. Its the perfect song to close out the trilogy of 104.

Thug Motivation 104 is possibly the strongest project Jeezy has dropped in years.  He showed different shades of himself and proved that he’s not one dimensional. He’s still the same Snowman that we knew from his first album, He just evolved and moved into bigger things.

Vic Rating: 9.0 outta 10