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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
AllHipHop	(7/10)
HipHopDX
LA Times
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spin	(7/10)
USA Today
XXL

Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition is the fourth studio album by American rapper Young Jeezy. It was released on December 20, 2011 through Corporate Thugz Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings.

The album had been delayed for nearly two years, missing several purported release dates which have all been denied by representatives from Def Jam Records. The album marks the third, and final album in his Thug Motivation series, along with Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005), and The Inspiration (2006).

Singles

• "Lose My Mind" was released as the album's lead single on March 30, 2010 in the United States. The song features from American rapper Plies and was produced by Drumma Boy. The song peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

• "Ballin'" was released as the album's promotional single in the United States on May 17, 2011. The song features from American rapper Lil Wayne and was produced by Lil' Lody. The song peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video was directed by Colin Tilley, was released on July 9, 2011. The song debuted at number 76 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart in the United States for the week ending August 6, 2011, and has peaked at number 46 on the charts.

• "F.A.M.E." featuring T.I. was released as the album's second single on October 11, 2011.

Videos

Music videos was released - "Lose My Mind", "Ballin'", "F.A.M.E.", "Nothing", "Supafreak", "OJ", "Leave You Alone" and "Way Too Gone".

Reception

Critical response

Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition received mixed to generally positive reviews from music critics. At metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, with 233,000 copies in its first-week of sales. As of January 31, 2012, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping over 500,000 copies in the United States. As of August 2012, the album has sold 625,361 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Notes

(co.) denotes co-producer.

• On the edited album version of "Way Too Gone", Future's verse was unknowingly omitted.

Sample credits

• "OJ" contains samples from "Banka" as performed by Meiko Kaji.
• "Supafreak" contains samples from "Superfreak" as performed by Rick James.
• "Leave You Alone" contains samples from "Garden of Peace" as performed by Lonnie Liston Smith.
• "F.A.M.E." contains samples from "Air for Life" as performed by Above & Beyond & Andy Moor and "You and Love are the Same" as performed by The Grass Roots.
• "I Do" contains samples from "Lets Talk It Over" as performed by Lenny Williams.

Release history

References

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2. http://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases
3. Allmusic Review
4. AllHipHop Review
5. HipHopDX Review
6. LA Times Review
7. Rolling Stones Review
8. Slant Magazine Review
9. Spin Review
10. USA Today Review
11. XXL Review
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