Like the release of the last Young Jeezy album, we had a minor celebration on Quarter Snacks, an institution which would probably have never existed if not for Thug Motivation 101 playing in the background over the several months that it initially took to create it. So even if you think that any rapper who wasn’t around in the early-90s sucks (specifically this guy from Queens who put out a really good album when he was 18, had a chipped tooth at one point, and continued to produce mostly boring albums for the remainder of his career), you might not have this beautiful website here had it not been for his inspirational words.

Mr. Jenkins manages to convince the Associated Press that his album is somehow political. He wants you to vote for Obama, but doesn’t pay taxes. Furthermore, he believes that the remedy to an economy in decline is to get people to work for the jobs that they recently lost in an increasingly difficult job market. Thug motivation does not spare the unemployed.

Vice still thinks it’s cool to “not know.”

Thanks, dudes.

With this album on all week, you can expect a clip in the next day or so.

Quote of the Week: Motivated Gentleman #1: “Have you heard The Recession?” Motivated Gentleman #2: “Yeah, no wonder Michael Phelps has so many gold medals.”

..and I’m sure all of you will be attending this tonight.

Michael Phelps’ run at the Olympics — eight gold medals, seven broken world records — is unprecedented, and according to Phelps he couldn’t have done it without Young Jeezy. Phelps typically listened to the Jeezy/R. Kelly collaboration “Go Getta” before hitting the pool, which Jeezy himself doesn’t find surprising. “All my music is inspirational,” he told Rolling Stone’s Evan Serpick. “You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.” THAT DON’T MEAN SHIT, I DON’T KNOW YOU!

Steve posted some high end art footage over at Square Films.

Visual Traveling Summer 2008 Clip. Features Billy Rohan, Charles Lamb, etc.

R.I.P to everyone’s favorite Houston Street American Apparel ad.

In case you didn’t know, the smaller ledge here has been knobbed.

New video thing featuring some light-hearted skateboard antics that are whiter than a napkin, harder than a dinner plate. Featuring Taji Ameen, Yaje Popson, Pryce Holmes, Miles Marquez, Alex Mosley, Ty Lyons, Switch Mike and Mike Gigliotti. It contains a few seconds of curbs, so prepare to be offended. Download here.

Young Jeezy x The Economy

Quote of the Week: “Blanson is the reason I am moving to California.” - Taji Ameen.

“Why are we sitting in a skateshop? Let’s go look at tits.”

In between looking at tits during the few breathable days in the past few weeks, we managed to get some footage together, which most importantly features Taji’s first Quarter Snacks appearance since 2005 (contest re-caps do not count). Features Taji Ameen, Charles Lamb, Kevin Tierney, Mike Gigliotti, Galen Dekemper, Russell Smith, Isak Buan, Miles Marquez, Konstantin Satchek, Switch Mike, and Ben Nazario. Contributing filmers: Paul Roura and Justin White. Let’s go look at tits!

Say what you will about Young Jeezy, but had it not been for his brilliant motivational words, none of you would have a clip to watch right now.

Young Jeezy. The Recession. July 29th. Until then..