This is a very subjective post, but its something that needs to be said. Make money responsibly and remember that the company you keep sometimes may keep you from making a great company.
Utilize your small company to make a viable stance in the community for an issue that you see causes a disconnect between the masses (Gentrification, homelessness, etc.) Truly give youth and teen an opportunity that would have not been available otherwise (access to a career, educational training, mentorship etc.)ģ. Provide a better quality of living for those that may not have as much access to the way of life we take for grantedĢ. We charge all of you to try your best to look outside of yourselves and truly make an impact on your respective communities by adopting 4-5 projects that truly change someones life.ġ.
The conclusion we came up with (just because we were running out of time) is that in our general locale we have individuals who go under the cloak of conciousness, but still have not made their presence felt by the body of indivduals that are less "enlightened" then they are. This was a subsatntial quote made by one of our members as we debated all day about the state of Music, Art, Fashion, and the communities we effect. If you are using your GOD given skill and aquired education for personal gain, then you are not helping to progress a generation of new minds in a time of true change." "It is your resonsibility to utilize your skill and education to positively effect the community at large. Normally we focus more on the global spectrum of things (as YUME is all colors, shapes, and sizes) but we felt it necessary to hone in on this element of the local community at large. Like the American economy it’s not technically a recession, but the downturn is impossible to ignore.YUME had a very surreal conversation the other day in reference to the growing number of growing opportunists in the ever changing community in Brooklyn today. The Recession's singles are exceptional, but the filler suffers from a detached and dispirited sound. The second half is passable, but sags with dystopic bangers and rote club beats that Jeezy’s already-lethargic flow can barely overcome. The album is frontloaded with disjointed stabs at social commentary, and the production of the first seven tracks makes them sound nearly indistinguishable.
His muscular brand of ATL hip-hop is still solid, yet Jeezy frequently ditches trap-star swagger to play defense and pre-empt criticism. Young stays in the spotlight for his third album with only a few feature tracks like the Kanye West-featured stint in street-heater “Put On.” Nas leapfrogs from Untitled’s Obama anthem to the stellar “My President” here, and mines his hustler spirit to crow about “22 inch rims like Hulk Hogan’s arms” while Jeezy muses that “Bush robbed all of us / does that make him a criminal / then he cheated in Florida / does that make him a Seminole?” “It’s the recession / everybody broke” Young Jeezy proclaims on the title track of The Recession, an album about economic hardship that's light on self-righteousness yet ends up as impoverished as the subprime mortgage market.