A couple of tracks after "RIP" is another Mustard-produced slow-burner, "All the Same", where Jeezy teams up with fellow proudly grown-ass rapper E-40, who kicks off his verse paraphrasing KRS-One and spends the rest of it bemusedly recounting the ways in which younger rappers high on their own success have messed up their situations. The combination of DJ Mustard and heavy throwback vibes seems to suit Jeezy especially well. Fresh, and uses his trademark "ha-haaa" ad lib to express actual pleasure, rather than the ghoulish irony for which he usually deploys it. Suddenly it's easy to remember why you downloaded all of those less than satisfying mixtapes in the first place: because when he's fully engaged, Young Jeezy is still one of the most talented rappers working. He dips around the bassline with a nimbleness we haven't heard from him in years, tosses off references to Slick Rick and Doug E. "RIP" has a lot going for it, including a beat by "Rack City" producer DJ Mustard that owes an obvious debt to 80s LA electro funk, and a guest appearance by professional song-improver 2 Chainz, but its most remarkable quality is that Jeezy is very clearly having a good time here. The several tracks following it only seem to confirm that suspicion- making the synthesized bass riff underpinning track eight, "RIP", something of a surprise. So aside from its faux-exotic instrumentation (a vaguely old-timey-Mexican combination of flamenco-style guitar and tambourine), "El Jefe Intro" pretty much sets up It's Tha World as yet another one of the decently executed but ultimately uninspiring releases that have typified the "Larry Fishburne beard"-era of Jeezy's career.
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