September 03, 2014
Yesterday, Jeezy released his fifth major label album Seen It All, and trumped up some more buzz today with a new Kendrick Lamar verse laid over album cut "Holy Ghost." Though both occupy different musical spaces, there's a certain strain of of street life examination that runs throughout both Jeezy's decade plus career and Kendrick's acclaimed, hyper-focused debut. Kendrick starts out in "Backseat Freestyle"-esque peak shit-talking form, and slowly wilts toward K. Dot in the last few lines: a good kid admitting that he might not be fully confident in his own exaggerated boasts.
