Download: Young Jeezy New Mixtape "1000 Grams Vol. 1"

We should probably tell you right now that this is no Trap Or Die 2, a mixtape so ferocious that it’ll easily be regarded as one of the best of the year. Instead, we have Jeezy (in preparation for the highly anticipated Thug Motivation 103) taking on some of the most recognised — and let’s be honest, overused — beats from the past year. We’re talking Popular Demand, Roger That, Say Somethin’, Power and Hello Good Morning, except here there are crack references everywhere (‘Power’ is retitled ‘Powder’) and unfortunately, since every other rapper has already had a go at most of these tracks a long time ago, we’re left with what feels like a fill-in mixtape until the album is ready to drop.

One interesting thing to consider is the potential beef that is bubbly under the surface between Jeezy and Rick Ross, two rappers who couldn’t be more opposite. Ross’s struggle for authenticity is baffling, with references to a world that he has never lived in or a life that was never his (Teflon Don is scattered with references to Larry Hoover, Big Meech, John Gotti, MC Hammer etc). Jeezy, on the other hand, has built his career on authenticity and the struggle to become a worldwide star on his own merit. On 1000 Grams, Jeezy takes on Ross’s B.M.F and adds “How you blowin’ money fast? You don’t know the crew/Are you part of the fam?/Shit, I never knew.” To some, it was an obvious shot at Ross but Jeezy spoke to MTV claiming that it wasn’t the case. “What am I gonna get out of dissing him?” he said.

And then on Friday, Rick Ross dropped The Summas Mine, a song which has him obviously pretty riled up about something. “Bitch I run the south/I’m what you wanna be.” People are questioning whether this is this another subliminal diss or an no-target rhyme but either way, it’s stirring up something that could start to resemble the beginning’s of Ross’s beef with 50 Cent at the start of last year. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Download 1000 Grams and Ross’s new track below.

Download: Young Jeezy – 1000 Grams Mixtape [via Nah Right]
Download: Rick Ross – The Summas Mine [via Nah Right]