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Jeezy Reflects on Crafting the ‘Blueprint to Corporate Thuggin” With 20 Years of ‘TM:101’
Celebrating 20 years of 'TM:101,' Jeezy looks back on laying the blueprint to corporate thuggin with his seminal debut album.
Living off a waterless diet of Cristal and Waffle House while getting just “35 minutes” of sleep per night eventually caught up with him, as Jeezy developed polyps in his throat and essentially snapped his vocal cords that spring, which required surgery — that he paid in a brown paper bag of cash — and months of recovery. Bootleggers spread the word across the country, and fans gravitated toward the Akon- assisted “Soul Survivor” — which Jeezy thought initially was “too big for the album,” but which was quickly tabbed as the next single. While he’s traded trips to Magic City for flights to Greece and is now mixing in plenty of water, the same street code Jeezy lived by and hustler principles embedded in TM:101 ‘s DNA are one he’s still applying 20 years later.
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