Review Summary: BURRRRRRRRRR
It has been 5 months since Gucci Mane has been released. Ever since then, Gucci has released a boatload of mixtapes to bombard the hip hop community. Although he can be commended for releasing so much music, the truth is, quality is better than quantity every single time. The album is a mixed bag, filled with high energy tracks to ones that are just flat out lame. What is also a surprise is the included involvement of The Neptunes , Swizz Beatz, and Wyclef Jean. Those contributions would have seemed unlikely a year ago, but as Gucci’s star rose, his connections to the game increased. However, let’s see if Gucci Mane rises his lyrical game, or not.
The album starts off with the Scarface esqe track Little Fiend. Gucci trades lines with Bun B and starts as a good intro to the album. Then it moves on to Trap Talk, which Gucci just boasts about trapping and being in the traphouse. However, it sounds like a leftover track from the previous LP. After Trap Talk, it’s Missing, which sounds boring in the ears and Gucci hasn’t sounded this dead in a while. On the next track, What It Gonna Be, Gucci decently raps on a good beat. Then there’s a glimmer of hope when Making Love to the Money pops up. The production is crazy and Gucci compares the money to a nice girl, which is laugh out loud worthy, and this is the best track on this album.
The energy doesn’t simmer with Gucci Mane, where he sounds confident from tracks 6 to 8. However, Gucci Time has a mediocre beat (Swizz Beatz must have a music hangover from his wedding to Alicia Keys) and Remember When is just pop trash. Party Animal is a great track though, acting as a sequel to Wasted. Haterade is a collaboration with Pharrell and Nicki Minaj. Gucci is decent, but Nicki kills the beat and Pharrell sings a nice hook. It’s Alive is a decent track, and Gucci comes up with a decent verse again. The problem is that Gucci and Swizz Beatz does not have chemistry, causing this album to be a somewhat boring. Wyclef Jean appears on the track, Odog, and Gucci Mane sounds pretty good with the beat. Wyclef doesn’t mix with the mood of the track and is rather expendable. Dollar Sign and Brand New are whatever tracks and are boring. The last two tracks makes this album respectable though, starting with Weirdo, which has a classic Gucci hook (Weirdo,weirdo, I’m a weirdo). Then it ends with Grown Man, which Gucci sums up how his life has been so far and his struggles. Estelle also does the chorus and this is a solid track.
In comparison to Gucci’s catalogue, this album does not rank up to The State vs. Radric Davis and this is a nearly average album. The thing that bogs Gucci is quality. There are times where you just want to sleep in this album, because Gucci sounds lethargic on the weaker tracks. If Gucci Mane experimented less, and spent more times on doing more quality tracks, this album would be a whole lot better.
