January 31, 2009 @ 4:24 PM | Written by: Karen Civil
We Are Young Money LP Review
To say Young Money has had a good year might be a bit of an understatement. Usually reserved for label front man, Lil’ Wayne, the entourage saw a collective rise to prominence with the solo successes of Drake and Nicki Minaj. The group’s compilation album, We Are Young Money, had been anticipated since the lead single, “Every Girl”, leaked in January. To the group’s credit, they’ve managed to maintain momentum throughout the year headlined by the album’s release on December 23.
WAYM is an album which will give listeners a uncanny feel of a well thought out mixtape on each listen. Depending who you ask, this may be a good or bad thing. One thing is for certain, however, the entity makes no excuses for their lavish lifestyle. The intro track, “Gooder”, finds Jae Millz, Gudda and Mack Maine utilizing a formula which will be later used repeatedly throughout the CD. With Lil’ Wayne playing point guard, he allows for the attention to expand upon his fellow group members, which should have been one of the main focal points of the album.
While “Ms. Parker” serves as an acquired taste for listeners, it is the Kane produced “Wife Beater” which serves as one of the album’s premiere records. Again, with Wayne on the hook, Jae Millz, Tyga and Mack Maine relay tales of promiscuous women and their affinity for the popular undergarment. Chase N. Cashe delivers the goods on “Pass The Dutch” with Wayne, this time, laying a verse as well as Drake who makes his first appearance on the LP minus “Every Girl.”
“Girl I Got You” finds YM’s youngest members, Lil’ Twist and Lil’ Chuckee, playing the “young love” card and obviously attacking the teen market they obviously have a strangle hold over. “Steady Mobbin’” leaked months ago, but still found its way to the cutting room floor and for good reason. The Hip-Hop duet between arguably its two greatest suppliers (quantity of work) at the moment is one of the albums standouts with the “mixtape Weezy” with more quotables than a Twitter update would allow.
The album concludes with “Finale” as each member of the small army is allowed eight bars. Again, mixtape derived, so the success of the record depends upon who listens to it. All in all, We Are Young Money succeeds in allowing attention to be focused on the members who may not receive the acclaim a Lil Wayne, Drake or Nicki Minaj receives. The perceived “lack of content” may result as one of the LP’s biggest pitfalls, but doesn’t result in destroying the quality of the album. While it will never be confused for 36 Chambers, Soul Food or even Beg For Mercy, We Are Young Money serves as a respectable stepping stone for the group’s future endeavors in 2010.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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YANICK BARCK
January 2, 2010 @ 10:04 PM
LIL WAYNE WEEZY F . BABY& YOUNG MONEY ENTERTAINEMENT ARE THE BESTT ! I LOVE WHAT THEY DO SO MUCH THEN. I ALWAYS LISTINGA LIL WAYNE SONG A-L-W-A-Y-S !!! WEEZY IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE AND YM GONNA KILL THE SHITT !!!!! Y M C M B *
kahrys glaspie
January 3, 2010 @ 1:07 PM
i am young money’s number one fan because i feel as if i know them, they are doin it real BIG and have a lot of potential to be the best
Zabrieya Easley
January 4, 2010 @ 5:40 PM
i am young money’s biggest number one fan because your music is so hot!!!! I love young money entertainment because you all have the best rappers ever since Lil’ Wayne joined! Ya’ll new hit song called bedrock was so hot and just like you all are always will be! I have seen yall album in all the stores in my state and by looking at it and how it catches peoples attention is so amazing. YOU ALL ARE BEST SINGERS EVER . And thats my opinion because everyone’s a critic.
Hannah
January 5, 2010 @ 1:43 AM
I personally think that I am Young Moneys biggest fan bcuz not only did I buy 4copies of the album,I admire every single person part of YM as well as CMB. I luv all of their individual swags and I luv 2 c them all do what they do best…I even listen 2 everyones mixtapes like guddaville,The Class President,Beam Me Up Scotty,No Ceillings etc…from the concerts to the mixtapes i’ve done it all, but when it comes to the albums and the chemistry and the warms of the YM/CMB, Ithink it’s safe to say that they do it best!!
Kofi Owusu Amaneanpong
January 5, 2010 @ 3:09 AM
I’m YM’s biggest fan…why?? bcuz all my lyf have been YOUNG MONEY!….right back in senior high school i formed the YM CLAN dat nearly got me xpelled but i still held on to it..im not just crazy abt YOUNG MONEY,,I think im obsessed.Cuz is d only thing dat made me change wat i wanna do(not even my mum)
i wanted journalism bt now i wanna do music cuz of YOUNG MONEY! Simply put- u r my blood…cant do without u!
Daniel Payne
January 6, 2010 @ 1:34 PM
I am THE biggest Young Money fan because I know every single lyric of every song because I listen to yall so much that my brain just soaks it all up!!! Im a MMA fighter and I have used a Young Money song for every fight that I have walked out to!!! AND IM GONNA MARRY NICKI MINAJ HERE PRETTY SOON!!!
Anthony Scalia
January 7, 2010 @ 8:32 PM
Young Money is the best label to be ever created, and it will always be the best label ever created. I wish i had this album but i dont have money but im gonna hopefully get a job and this will be the first thing i buy because young money is the illest group ever! Wayne, mack maine, tyga, chuckee, twist, minaj, tyga, gudda gudda, drizzy, millz, short dawg, t-streets, and SnL, they are the best combination to put in a group. there untouchable and they are the best rappers alive. i love young money more then anythin no homo, music is my life. and i dont listen to a single song im telling the truth i dont listen to a single song that doesnt have at least 1 member of young money in it. yes i hear other songs but in my spare time i listen to young money and cash money music ONLY. other music is prohibited to my ears
Jeniqua Kennyatta
February 28, 2010 @ 3:38 PM
i Think Im You Money Biggest Fan I Have 50 Copies Of We Are Young Money At My Mother House At My Father House I Have Over 80 Copies Of We Are Young Money And I Got No Ceilings, Beam Me Up Scotty, Guddavile, And The Rest Of Young Money Artist Mixtapes My Fav Songs On We Are Young Money Is Roger That, Girl I Got You, And Finale So Girls And Boys Step Your Cookies Up And Get Hip To My Game.!
Taco Sauce
April 5, 2010 @ 5:55 AM
I like the song that says words.
tatiana haynes
April 22, 2010 @ 2:37 PM
i loveeeeeeeeee young money exspecially lil wayne and nicki minaj datsx miy girlllllll!!! if only i could meet them JESUS i would proubley die of a heart attach!!!
sha sha
May 12, 2010 @ 7:19 PM
I really love lloyd ,lil wayne and nicki minaj .