Young Jeezy, who has two albums under his belt, debuts his third LP, The Recession. The coke rapper, although not heavy in lyrics, stresses he is the voice of the streets. With “Put On” and the second single “Crazy World,” Jeezy tries to make it a point to bring it back to Thug Motivation.

With Producers like Drumma Boy, Midnight Black, and Shawty Redd returning for this album, it is packed with heavy bass beats. Such songs come in the form of Tupac influenced “Hustlaz Ambition,” trap star anthem “Amazin,” “Don’t You Know” and “Who Dat.” Also, “Get Allot” produced by Crown Kingz, is another one for the trap song lovers.

The album was slow to pick up speed and had a few misses with tracks such as “Welcome Back” where he seemed to just ramble. “By the Way,” even though it had a solid beat, could’ve been better in the hook. “Vacation” was another miss, the song has nothing to do with taking a vacation, just drug selling.

He shows diversity on tracks such as “Circulate.” Sampling soul artist Billy Paul’s “Let the Dollar Circulate,” the song comes in a great time where the dollar is tight due to the economy. “Word Play,” produced by the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, shows Jeezy notifying people that he is not a heavy lyricist and does what works for him.

Anthony Hamilton and Lil Boosie make a feature on “Everything” and the heartfelt, soulful street song “Don’t Do It” shows Jeezy bringing some truth and emotion to the album. The biggest highlight comes at the end on “My President is Black.” Alongside Nas, the duo congratulates Obama in advance on becoming the president. All in all, the album was and wasn’t what I expected.

It was typical Jeezy, with car and club bangers throughout the album. But Jeezy manages to step out and paint a bigger picture with some well thought out tracks. This shows that he can develop and will continue to evolve. With a title like “The Recession,” I did expect something a little deeper but I believe it will satisfy all the Jeezy and trap music fans.

• Michael Jones