Jeezy was intentional about the evening being an elegant black-tie affair, and it wasn’t lost on his Motor City fans.
Twenty years ago, Jeezy’s major-label debut, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, blazed a new trail for hip-hop. On Sept. 13, at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, the “Snowman” proved that legacy isn’t just about looking back, but about leveling up.
Jeezy closed out his groundbreaking 20th anniversary tour with a performance that fused the gritty, raw energy of trap with the charismatic, lush classical sounds of a 25-piece orchestra. And they went in.
A Return to the Motor City
Jeezy was intentional about the evening being an elegant black-tie affair, and it wasn’t lost on his Motor City fans. The Color of Noize Orchestra, conducted by the masterful Derrick Hodge, was tasked with taking the musical direction of the raw, street-certified anthems to an elevated, gritty–yet still refined edge for the Snowman’s tracks…