Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

by Jeezy

Overview

A sequence of events juggled the release dates for Boyz N da Hood's first album (issued on Bad Boy) and Young Jeezy's own widely distributed breakout (issued on Def Jam). Boyz N da Hood hit the Top Five the week it was released, and Young Jeezy -- the group's most visible member -- wound up releasing Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 only a month later. His prominence has come hard and fast (and not without a fair share of controversy), but in truth, he has been active in the underground since the mid-'90s. More a businessman than a traditional MC, his boasts are either deliberately pronounced or mush-mouthed and are often stamped with a druggy "Aaaayy!" Far from the South's best MC, he nonetheless makes up for it with his storytelling ability and obvious desire to inspire hard work, even if the "million dollar dreams" are followed by "federal nightmares." His mentality is almost permanently stuck on monetary gain, whether he's talking about moving "white" (his nickname is Snowman) or doing whatever necessary to keep up appearances. A definite product of the South, it's apparent throughout Let's Get It that his claim of being raised by the group UGK and the label No Limit is no joke. Like Boyz N da Hood, the album was made as if crunk never happened. Partial list of benefactors: Mannie Fresh, Trick Daddy, Young Buck, Bun B, Akon, Shawty Redd, ColliPark, Jazze Pha. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2005
Label:	Universal Music / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602498808559

Tracks

1. Thug Motivation 101
2. Standing Ovation
3. Gangsta Music
4. Let's Get It/Sky's the Limit
5. And Then What
6. Go Crazy
7. Last of a Dying Breed
8. My Hood
9. Bottom of the Map
10. Get Ya Mind Right
11. Trap Star
12. Bang
13. Don't Get Caught
14. Soul Survivor
15. Trap or Die
16. Tear It Up
17. That's How Ya Feel
18. Talk to Em
19. Air Forces

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeezy   Primary Artist
Young Buck   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Lil Scrappy   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Floyd Lloyd   Primary Artist
T.I.   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Trick Daddy   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Mannie Fresh   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Slick Pulla   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Akon   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Bun B   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Lloyd   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Jay-Z   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Lil' Will   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
T.L.   Featured Artist
Tony Love   Guitar
Lloyd Polite   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Shawty Redd   Producer
Bernard Freeman   Composer
B. Freeman   Composer
Drumma Boy   Producer
The Impressions   Performer
Mr. Collipark   Producer
Demetrius Stewart   Composer
Reverend C.L. Moore   Composer
Kevin "Khao" Cates   Composer,Producer
Cordale Quinn   Composer
David Brown   Composer,Composer,Composer
C. Moore   Composer
Giorgio Moroder   Composer,Performer
Mannie Fresh   Producer
B. Thomas   Composer
D. Brown   Composer
Jazze Pha   Composer,Producer
Marquinarius Holmes   Composer
Don Cannon   Composer,Producer
Lil C   Producer
Akon   Composer,Producer
Byron Thomas   Composer
D. Stewart   Composer
John Frye   Mixing
Lavell Crump   Composer
Clifford Harris   Composer
Kori Anders   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Gary Fly   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
T. Sewell   Composer
Chadron Moore   Composer
Michael Crooms   Composer
Jay Jenkins   Composer
Shawn Carter   Composer
Nico Solis   Engineer,Recording
Phalon Alexander   Composer
Midnight Black   Producer
Sanchez   Producer
C. Harris   Composer
Ben Krass   Composer
M. Holmes   Composer
J.L. Jenkins   Composer
Frank Nitti   Producer
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League   Producer
Wesley Copeland   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Zachary Wallace   Composer
Maze   Performer
Maurice Young   Composer
Christopher Gholson   Composer
Darryl Richardson   Composer
Darwin Quinn   Composer
Kevin Crowe   Composer
Sanchez Holmes   Producer
Tracey Sewell   Composer
Renaldo Whitman   Composer
Clifford Brown III   Composer
Erik Reyes-Ortiz   Composer
Nico Patchwerk   Engineer
SS   Assistant Engineer
J. Jenkins   Composer
Leslie Brathwaite   Mixing
Aliaume Thiam   Composer,Producer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Frankie Beverly   Composer
M. Crooms   Composer