Young Jeezy didn’t totally suit up for his Vibe cover shoot, but he did take a break from his khakis and rock a tie, lol.

I can’t wait to hear what Jeezy has to say in the cover feature about his upcoming TM103 album, but I’m sure everyone will have an opinion on these Vibe pull-quotes that my homie Lowkey posted on BET.com….

Jeezy on Biggie & 2Pac nostalgia:

“Pac and Big gone…They no more. Only thing you can hear is they voice, my nigga, and you know what they voice telling me? You gotta keep it moving, man. Fuck the dumb shit…I’m four albums in. How many albums Big have, two? He ain’t make it that far. So I’m already ahead of the game.”

UPDATE: The quote above was serviced to BET.com, but without two key factors: context and a middle sentence. I just saw a scan of the actual article, and in it, Jeezy is talking about why he decided to let go of old beefs and sit down with Gucci Mane. Veteran writer Ben Meadows-Ingram writes:

“…By making peace publicly, Jeezy broke ranks. Together with Drama and Gucci, he pumped the brakes on a car speeding out of control and veered left. What happens next is anyone’s guess, but after everything he’s seen, Jeezy knows it has to be a better road than the one he was on.

“Pac and Big gone, cuz,” he says, looking up. “They no more. Only thing you can hear is they voice, my nigga, and you know what they voice telling me? You gotta keep it moving, man. Fuck that dumb shit, cuz. We wanna be where you at. I’m four albums in. How many albums Big have, two? He ain’t make it that far. So I’m already ahead of the game.”

But Jeezy knows it’s not that simple. He gets phone calls, friends in the streets and in the pen, telling him he should have never backed down. “But they don’t understand,” he says, “’cause they just got that mentality, kill or be killed. Ant that’s my mentality. But at the same time, I still want to be here for my child…”

“We wanna be where you at” is missing from the pull quote. How can you possibly take that line out? It wasn’t removed to save space on an email. The only purpose is to make the quote viable out of context. In some cases, the context is not that crucial. Some statements can stand alone. But the context here is absolutely key. Jeezy’s words completely change from an explanation of how beef is not worth it..to a bravado quote about new kings vs. old ones.

The Jeezy cover story is a great read, it didn’t need any misleading pull quotes to enhance that fact. Hopefully it was just an innocent p.r. oversight.

oo-oo. Honesty and self-confidence? Or sacrilege?….check out another Jeezy quotable, and Vibe’s other cover (substantially less clothed) after the jump…

Jeezy on his place in hip hop’s current hierarchy:

“I feel like the last Mohican dawg…I feel like the last man standing. I done seen it, I done done it. I done smelt it…I know what I am. But I know what I’m not about to become. I gotta stand for something, man. Who better?”

So…are you guys up in arms? I’m not. Seems like Jeezy feels how he should feel about himself, whether or not others agree. Either that or he knows what to say to get ears perked. (Probably a combo of both)

Unrelated/Related: On the opposite spectrum of target audiences I think….is the Trey Songz companion cover.
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I like Trey as much as the next gal, he makes great tunes and is easy on the eyes…. but I’ve never been a fan of the naked and moist cover layout. Case in point, Usher on Vibe….
Usher Vibe

Not even a fan of the non-naked but moist cover. Case in point Snoop Dogg on Vibe…

Snoop Vibe