Crazy World (Young Jeezy song)

"Crazy World" is the third official single from rapper Young Jeezy's third studio album, The Recession. Young Jeezy performed this song live at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2008.[1]

"Crazy World"
Single by Young Jeezy
from the album The Recession
ReleasedMay 26, 2009 (Single)
Recorded2008
GenreHip hop, southern hip hop, gangsta rap
Length3:57
LabelCorporate Thugz, Def Jam
Songwriter(s)J. Jenkins, T. Sewell,
Producer(s)Midnight Black
Young Jeezy singles chronology
"I'm So Paid"
(2008)		 "Crazy World"
(2009)		 "My President"
(2008)

Background

The song was thought to be the second single from The Recession, but was later replaced by "Vacation" and was pushed to being the third single. In the song, Young Jeezy talks about the recession America is going through and how he thinks president George W. Bush is punishing America, and this song also talks about the late 2000s recession.

Music video

The music video was made and finished on October 25, 2008. The video was directed by Marc Klasfeld.[2] Young Jeezy stated that he was going to make videos for all of his songs and this one would be the third one (it has now been replaced by My President as the third single). He also made a video for the song "Who Dat". The video premiered on Monday, November 17. The video was played repeatedly throughout the day on MTV2's Un-Leashed.[3]

Remix

There is also a second remix that features Tony Yayo, Rock City and Ace Hood.

Charts
Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 66
U.S. Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop 37

References
  1. Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Accessed October 28, 2008.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2008-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed October 28, 2008.
  3. www.mtv.com http://www.mtv.com/videos/young-jeezy/318741/crazy-world.jhtml#id=1568964. Retrieved November 17, 2008. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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