Twenty years after Jeezy helped outline the entice style with Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, the Atlanta legend is again to raise the sound that modified hip-hop. On July 26, precisely 20 years after the album’s launch, Jeezy will drop TM:101 Reside, a full symphonic reimagining of his basic debut.
Teaming up with GRAMMY and EMMY winner Adam Blackstone and acclaimed composer Derrick Hodge, Jeezy transforms fan favorites like “Go Loopy,” “My Hood,” and “Soul Survivor” into cinematic orchestral items. The reinterpretation, carried out with the Colour of Noize Orchestra, bridges avenue grit with classical sophistication.
“20 years within the sport, it’s greater than music—it’s function. And that’s and all the time has been to encourage and elevate the tradition!” Jeezy displays. “Thanks to those that by no means cease believing!”
TM:101 Reside is greater than a nostalgia play. It’s accessible as a restricted orange vinyl through Fats Beats, a purple vinyl unique to City Outfitters, and on all streaming platforms. The brand new challenge can also be the guts of Jeezy’s sold-out TM:101 Reside tour, a black-tie, symphony-backed celebration of hip-hop’s depth and resilience.
Initially launched in 2005, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 debuted at No. 1 on the Rap and R&B charts, and No. 2 on the Billboard 200. With songs like “Lure or Die” and “Soul Survivor,” the album helped outline a sound and a motion.
“20 years of victories, struggles, and progress—each setback was value it,” Jeezy says. “If I may discuss to my youthful self in ’05, I’d say: ‘They may hear you in ’05, however in 2025, they gon’ really feel you!’ You’re doing God’s work! Maintain going!”
Now, with TM:101 Reside, Jeezy exhibits that the ambition behind entice music deserves not solely mainstream respect however classical reverence.