Jeezy: Tiny Desk Concert
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Bobby Carter | February 21, 2024
Motivation has always been the leading message of Jeezy's career and he's never veered off the path. The Atlanta superstar stayed consistent with his Tiny Desk, focusing on the early chapters of his career and creating a story arc in between songs. "I was able to connect with my people and my culture because we spoke the same language," he explained before playing "Go Crazy." "I wanted to inspire and give people the blueprint, people who wanted more for themselves."
Jay "Jeezy" Jenkins' music could easily be taken at face value given the number of hits he's racked up over his two-decade career, but he made his target audience and intention clear through the titles of his Thug Motivation albums. He's taken his mission far beyond music, excelling as an investor and more recently an author. His memoir, Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, made it to the New York Times bestseller list.
The Snowman enlisted Tiny Desk vet and bassist D. Hodge to assemble a band to breathe new life into selections from his catalog. The string section brought opulence to these gritty street anthems and features two familiar faces: viola player Lelia-Michelle Walker and NPR's own Ashley Pointer on violin. Jeezy dedicated "Everythang" from TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition to Pointer and showed plenty of love to the group of Howard University students in the crowd. This is Black History at its finest.
SET LIST
"Standing Ovation"
"Air Forces"
"Bottom Of The Map"
"And Then What"
"Go Crazy"
"Everythang"
MUSICIANS
Jeezy: lead vocals
D. Hodge: bass, musical direction
CJ Thompson: drums
Joe Harley: keys
Ashley Pointer: violin
Lelia-Michelle Walker: viola
Dr. Amyr Joyner: violin
Johnny Walker: cello
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Alanté Serene, Christina Shaman
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Production Assistant: Elle Mannion
Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
#nprmusic #tinydesk #jeezy
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The crowd killing this performance
@bcg1634
2 ай бұрын
Bruh exactly
@LoB912
2 ай бұрын
Blew me 🤣
@nakirahsykes9717
2 ай бұрын
who booked the crowd they have no energy and don't know the words. Are these actually Jeezy fans ??? Killing his vibes. This the family of the crew or something
@storytimewithagrownwoman
2 ай бұрын
I think it needed another crowd.
@RubeCube5785
2 ай бұрын
Fr they are 🤦🏽♂️
The audience is killing me. I would be in there shoutin/singin all of his classic hits like a real concert 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@antwanthorogood4921
2 ай бұрын
Ayyyyyyyyyyyy
@trustalmighty4090
2 ай бұрын
And killing the ad libs lol
@TheLadyDon37
2 ай бұрын
Yessssss , I'd be louder than him .... He'd be "like ma'am bring it down I cant hear myself " 🤣🤣🤣
@doneshia318
2 ай бұрын
for real! Especially when he performed "Dope Boys". The hype I would have hyped.
@Franchatta
2 ай бұрын
@@TheLadyDon37You and I both!!!
How are people not screaming his songs?! Straight bangers man. I love him.
@ishmaelfinch770
2 ай бұрын
I think most people in the crowd see him as jeannie mai ex...😂 Should've been done in the south
@HomieDoMore
2 ай бұрын
@@ishmaelfinch770you tripping cuh 😂😂😂
@coveredbykay484
2 ай бұрын
They are college students sound like they don’t know 😮💨
@olliebob9620
2 ай бұрын
That crowd really got no clue fr fr, I’ll pay for that show.
@thebanksway3293
2 ай бұрын
They are feeding off his energy
Oh man the crowd made me feel bad for Jeezy he killed it🔥
@tonyt65
28 күн бұрын
I mean, i love the song, but i couldn't feel the vibe i felt when i first heard the song ,he didnt put the effort into standing ovation song performance , I felt like my homie was just rapping his song but no energy
y’all did him dirty, he need a repeat with a crowd with some energy. Hood league for sure !!
@leisalomax4632
2 ай бұрын
FRFR DRY AXX SUPPORTERS
@christianthompson9688
2 ай бұрын
Wrong generation
@rckstarstatus201
2 ай бұрын
Okkkkkkkayyyyy I said the same thing. Please go on tour with the band and I'll be on the front row🎉🎉🎉
@rosalynelliott996
2 ай бұрын
He needed a vocalist too to carry some of those choruses
@pownstar
2 ай бұрын
crowrd weak ugh
That violinist is a BEAST. The way he did that part on the song AIR FORCES
@JoelHernandez-yl6yw
2 ай бұрын
Dope AF
@Cjanellea
2 ай бұрын
🙌🏽🙌🏽
@patricias9866
2 ай бұрын
Yes him and the young lady Jeezy did the tribute too.
@richbabe7836
2 ай бұрын
I went crazy when I seen that 😂
@DorellJones
2 ай бұрын
@@richbabe7836me too 🤞🏽
Can we talk about how amazing his band is?!
@hayleyb467
2 ай бұрын
yes. yes we can
@skylarpatton4151
2 ай бұрын
Facts
@fivenightsatyoutube9282
Ай бұрын
Band was legit!!!
@joeb2756
Ай бұрын
fam jaw dropping talent ... wow !
@af8071
Ай бұрын
🔥🔥
0:01 Standing Ovation 4:12 Air Forces 7:46 Bottom of da map 11:37 And Then What 15:28 Go Crazy 😮💨 19:34 Everythang Cold Classic Snow 🔥
2 ай бұрын
Thank you
@marcusgarvey5876
2 ай бұрын
GODS work 🙏
@user-sq9tv8is7o
Ай бұрын
me still waiting for my president is black😂😂😂😂
@radioregi618
Ай бұрын
second half for sure
@kingaxxidnt2484
Ай бұрын
Should have did go getta
Nah Jeezy need to do this over with a better crowd, this deserved way more energy.
@siphotchala5202
2 ай бұрын
better music composition and band as well
@ChickasawMal28_
2 ай бұрын
Facts
@dreambigparis
2 ай бұрын
Band was fire, violin on point
@nammoses7800
2 ай бұрын
He needed a horn section. It would've be better.
@Adrian-xb1rx
2 ай бұрын
I think trap music just aint it
Jeezy, please bring this to Atlanta for a do-over! Us grown folks who have been following you since the mixtapes will not disappoint with the crowd participation! This performance was LIFE!! Thank you, sir!
@michaelharbach1987
2 ай бұрын
Miami too bring it down here
@Rob-tr1st
2 ай бұрын
Amen Amen!!!! Us 35-45 mofos gonna show out for snowman!!
@thegoatman6
2 ай бұрын
Anywhere in the South would have had crazy energy
@user-yh8wo9rr8r
2 ай бұрын
Bring it to 973 Newark New Jersey 💯✌🏽
@bl9104
2 ай бұрын
The crowd did not appreciate what they got to experience…
Dem churn young.. dey dont know jezzy! Jezzy is life!! The Band is a beast!
It’s ok Jeezy we were singing and rapping our hearts out watching this. I loved the band and flow!!! You can run it back hits for days!!! 🥰🥰🥰
I could've carried the whole crowd word for word!!!! This is dealer music, this is a user music generation...
@t.hoodygotthejuice6497
2 ай бұрын
Nah they proud of they percocets and molly
@user-xb2ew6oy3b
2 ай бұрын
Facts
@SLiZzGOD_
2 ай бұрын
Big facts
@fixyoface_
2 ай бұрын
💯
@TRLOVEME
2 ай бұрын
Facts
I’m 32 and I can’t believe these kids ain’t turning up to this jeezy, the last wave of real rappers.
@user-yl1on1ym2i
2 ай бұрын
It's Girls in there nothing but ladies no kids in there
@TABush1021
2 ай бұрын
I'm 38!!!! I agree 👍 💯
@djdavidastbury
2 ай бұрын
Bro stop. We’re old now. 😢
@charlitawhitby6929
2 ай бұрын
Yea you are, but these young people are between 18-21, his first album is older than some of these kids, if you’re a true Jeezy day 1, why do you need his audience to hype you up, just enjoy him….Periodt!!!! I DID, Live and watching it back, his performance was all I needed to get me hyped, the crowd being hyped or not does not take away from this being an AMAZING TINY DESK CONCERT!
@user-be5to5nq5h
2 ай бұрын
@@charlitawhitby6929 I’m 22 and know every song played.. I’m from the south and at one point he was played at every party I wasn’t supposed to be at
He needs the juvenile crowd there 😅 they knew how to get it !
@curlslegitbaby2981
2 ай бұрын
Say that!!
@Is-there_a-ChristianGod
2 ай бұрын
They was he forgot the order of his verse in one
Jeezy one of the greatest!! His music is timeless
@AmirTheWolfKissed
2 ай бұрын
That's cause his music was at a time when the artist was not built of popularity but instead real genuine talent ⛄💯
I remember seeing Jeezy live back in 2003-2005 and yall will never understand how this man music impacted the streets.
@yusufabdullah5008
2 ай бұрын
Had the streets in the headlock
@tiffyp21
2 ай бұрын
Snowman T-shirts were EVERYWHEREEEEEE
@nrrve
2 ай бұрын
I remember my first time ever driving through Atlanta and I tapped through 3 different radio stations that were all playing Jeezy at the same time
@MsRayBay
2 ай бұрын
@@yusufabdullah5008 facts
@MsRayBay
2 ай бұрын
@@nrrve yessss
The audience ain’t lit enough baby jeezy goneeeee turn me uppp everytime
@nicolebenard5146
2 ай бұрын
Period 🔥
@chumps7974
2 ай бұрын
Yeah. They'd have been like you extra hype at NPR office today.
@Prettyyellah29
2 ай бұрын
@@chumps7974 ohhhh wellllll
@chumps7974
2 ай бұрын
@Prettyyellah29 right. I would have told my coworkers "that's Jeezy! You had the same energy when Sam Smith came to tiny desk!"
@Dodge-ek4cv
2 ай бұрын
They in dc they wont feel it like the south would
The live band made his beats sound so soothing.. real smooth.. Jeezy legend! Atlanta was the place to be.. u had to be there to witness it!
The piano killed go crazy!!
@harleySOfficial
2 ай бұрын
🫡💪🏾💯🙏🏾
“Bottom Of The Map” with live instruments is crazy🔥🔥🔥🔥
@jboi5065
2 ай бұрын
Neck hairs stand on that one
@AL-Boogie.
2 ай бұрын
Yessir! Those violin girls was going in!
@drob20978
2 ай бұрын
Facts
@kentaintevenhere
2 ай бұрын
Yea they did they thing on that
@vrich1540
2 ай бұрын
We need another Jeezy Tiny Desk with a different crowd. They too dry for me
Heavy chance of SNOW
@IronMan-hq1bu
2 ай бұрын
⛄
@miguelcastro0666
2 ай бұрын
☃️
@BrklynBread
2 ай бұрын
CANT BAN DA ⛄️
@carmelcapricorn7701
2 ай бұрын
❄️ warriors! Let's go! A cold 🌎.
@figo007tv
2 ай бұрын
Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Thaaaaaaaaaats riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.
Fire the crowd please and thank you!! Cause this hit I’m over hot lit like I’m at the club.
That drummer killing it though!!!
@WillCtheMechDrummer
2 ай бұрын
Might be CJ Thompson... He's a beast!!!!
@pruittjonathan26
14 күн бұрын
@@WillCtheMechDrummer it is
NPR I would have called off of work to pull up to this. Man Jeezy deserved way more energy ….Big Snow!!!!⛄️
@MrTwonetwone
2 ай бұрын
Facts!!
@SdeeLadi
2 ай бұрын
Facts. I've done that before and will do it again
@MzDezyB
2 ай бұрын
!!!!
The audience is killing me
@supriyanto8401
2 ай бұрын
Thumbs up
@Alwaysbesmileyoutubechennel
2 ай бұрын
👍
@koushiknaskar26
2 ай бұрын
👍
@filipzugec8346
2 ай бұрын
Why??
@ricap.898
2 ай бұрын
They don't seem to know the words to his songs smh
He needed me in that audience!!!!
The Band is Super🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
IM BEGGING YAL FOR A REDO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WITH A BETTER PARTICIPATING CROWD!! Pleaseeeeeeee!
@tarah37
2 ай бұрын
Agree, they wasn’t ready.
The tiny desk needs to open up these tiny desk invites to the real deal fans of thee performers...this audience doesn't appreciate how legendary this performance is...👏🏾
@thecramptons
2 ай бұрын
Correct
@alontewells9324
2 ай бұрын
They not Jeezy fans that's why
Standing ovation 👏
@ThaBudCrawfordEra
2 ай бұрын
Yessir dats the hardest one
Mannnn Listen, the strings on , "Go Crazy". Indeed.
The band killed it and jeezy flowed so effortlessly over the beats
The crowd killed me 😤this was iconic and the band was 🔥🔥🔥Jeezy should have went to the trap and performed this in the hood …
@lexistaylor6581
2 ай бұрын
He should’ve did the front porch with noochie
@HendersonNoMore
Ай бұрын
frfr
@deepblueseeds5563
Ай бұрын
npr a bunch a white wanna be communist girls thinking they can relate to the black community by inviting jeezy to a bookstore.they woulda called the police if he was on their corner. this is a disgrace to trap music and music in general.mad and rn
My boy Cj on the drums 💪🏾💪🏾
The addition of the 'strings' is wonderful!!!
The performance was awesome! Jeezy definitely needed true fans there.
@Zawo254
2 ай бұрын
Yeah like the Juvenile fans. This crowd was 🗑️
@ktgfashionhouse
Ай бұрын
Exactly! I'll be there next time, screaming word for word!
The crowd is killing the energy!! Jeezy gonna get you up outta your seat every time. Idk what this crowd doing!!!! “Y’all too low” in Jeezy voice!!!!
One of the best Tiny Desk Performances to date, period 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾... and the audience did not give what was supposed to be given... BOO BOO *throws tomatoes at the crowd* 🍅🍅🍅 Jeezy needed a grown, OG crowd!
NPR can you please release this as a live album!! The fans need this!!
The drummer rocking!
@SunniMerlot
2 ай бұрын
He was playing too gentle for me. Everybody was. All the sounds needed to be fuller
@joshw8854jw
2 ай бұрын
Yea that’s cj Thompson he is from NC the homie he’s very dope and very high musical IQ ……….. so it’s a Tiny desk in a library they have to be quiet lol that’s the whole point to the other comment on here
@j897xce
2 ай бұрын
@@joshw8854jwyou're right, but I didn't expect to realize that now. After all the tiny desk I've watched..
Jeezy music gets me amped, leaves me feeling positive and ready to take on the world.
@camirrahcharles2493
2 ай бұрын
Yesssssssss
He did that🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾 And the STRINGS 😍😍. The audience had a lackluster performance that put a damper on everything. I saw Jeezy in Dallas last Feb. It was a 30+ crowd… on a Sunday night. We out late and tired, but EVERYBODY was up and the entire arena was going word for word with Jeezy.
🤯 the street poetry is impeccable. Jeezy the 🐐
Omg I wish I was there for this ! These folks let my boy down man the energy could have been more authentic. Real fans needed for this. Forever the snowman! ⛄️ ❤❤🎉🎉
@kingken87
2 ай бұрын
FACTS‼️‼️‼️ Crowd was dead 🤦🏾♂️
@user-xu8mn9qm3y
2 ай бұрын
Yes, they dead as he🏒🏒
@tishdunklin729
2 ай бұрын
IKR! Dang, we should’ve been there.
@user-sl7xg7so8d
2 ай бұрын
Facts!! They ain't into it at all
@rasungod7257
2 ай бұрын
The crowd was life support about flatline any minute.🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿
The band bro...I have no words. Jeezy never fail!!!
Jeezy please Redo this for all the people that really appreciate and rock out to your timeless music 30 years old and up forever a legend 💯💯💯
The sounds on Go Crazy is crazy!!!!!
This needs a redo with a performance in Atlanta. Much better crowd which will give him proper flowers he deserves.
@iliketoskate865
2 ай бұрын
Trap or die with a live orchestra would be next level
This man played a huge roll in my upbringing. Take that as a positive or a negative… either way Jeezy is a forever legend ☃️!
I've never heard Jeezy like this. 🔥
THAT BAND THO! ITS A LUGHT CHANCE OF SNOW!
All his songs sound fire with live instrumentation. But Air Forces gave me goosebumps. Sheesh!
@ThaBudCrawfordEra
2 ай бұрын
It was standin ovation for me then air forces
“Go crazy” sounded dope 🙌🏽🔥⛄️
@trxllionaiire
2 ай бұрын
yeah..but he forgot the words & i couldn’t watch anymore 😢
@zacharieakadutch5729
2 ай бұрын
That was the one song I was hoping he’d do. It was always my favorite when this came out.
The band along with his voice and flow! This is by far the best tiny desk! Been a fan since 04!
I wish he would release a tiny desk album on apple music and have these live performances as the singles
Give the drummer some love he on point
Violins! He is rapping to violins. We add sparkle to everything. I love Black people.
Soon as I seen it was Jeezy I knew it was classic! They needed me in that crowd 💯
Jeezy one of the last ones left,gave a goat sound as always🔥❤️🔥the band understood the element👌tiny desk yessir🤜
Man Jeezy too underrated this deserves more views I’m mad. Y’all did amazing don’t put out your light yet you got some more runs YJ💯
Michelle on the 🎻is a whole vibe. You can tell she loves her instrument
This is so sick!!!!! Love the strings
JEEZY👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Jeezy is GOATED ⛄️
Hope he does i luv it, soul survivor
@mearllee3511
2 ай бұрын
He didn’t
@jacquesharper3934
2 ай бұрын
@@mearllee3511😂
@trustalmighty4090
2 ай бұрын
Crushed his dream
@dbrown3217
2 ай бұрын
That’s not on this album
@Dontdoit_
2 ай бұрын
@@dbrown3217not every song was
Thank you. The best feeling is finding gems
They need the 30s and up audience when jeezy came out that's all we played in our rides and it had the Midwest stl,mo Big Smow he needs a redo of this
I wish I was there!! I love Jeezy so much!!
These Dope Boyz are from another planet before their time. This will be a classic, listen to the sound and his voice mix together perfectly.
Yep I'm 35 these were my anthems... snowman ⛄️ the king!!!!!
All of Jeezy's songs are magical.
Can't ban the Snowman they needed me in that crowd.
That bottom of the map 🔥🔥
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That go crazy go crazy. Insane 🔥🔥🔥 that live band is everything to that beat
One of the best Tiny Desk I've seen so far.
whole band having snowman shirts is cold tho
day one fan here, this is a classic, i wish i was there, i am writing my second album and everytime i listen to this i had to pick up my pen and make some rhymes, u deserve all the love. special thank you from brasil!
Omg! Y'all sound so good!! ⭐💫❣️
The band is crazy! That felt good.
Real musicians! Talented room!
All these years and this song still resonates so heavily. Impeccable.
Bravo 👏!!!!!! The symphony was an added bonus❤
Jeezy really got hits 🔥🔥🔥
Ah man I'm ready
Jeezy, I love you, and I wish the crowd would've given you the flowers you deserve!!!!
Beautiful band. Beautiful man. Hero to the culture. The band was jamming and smiling and that made me happy as much as the messages in between. Jeezy deserves flowers but I hope every band member gets their due too
Jezzle you owe me a couple speakers over the years brother 😂
@ThaBudCrawfordEra
2 ай бұрын
Sht he owe me so many sets of 12s 🔈🔉🔊 bro since I was 17 im 37 now
This band outcold omg I mean jeezy doing his thing but that band is killing it
That Band is rocking out
I think he has had the best band than the other artists 🙌🏽
They needed someone on adlibs…… yeesaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! That’s rrriiiiighttttt!!!!!
Can’t ban the ⛄️. The strings on this were perfection.
Everyone complain that the crowd too quiet, but I came for Jeezy. Been listing to this non stop since it came out. Best one since Mac.
If I was there I would’ve hit every adlib😮💨 Ain’t none of them ppl from the bottom more than likely they didn’t become fans until he became mainstream ain’t nobody from the mud
I’m wit it! Where my fellow aunties?
The violins omg 🔥🔥🔥
I Needed this one 😮💨😮💨😮💨💯💪🏾
Jammm Session❤ Turn UP 💚 Jeezy 🥰 🔥🔥🔥 Tiny Desk 🔥🔥🔥