There aren’t very many great rap albums that explicitly deal with how great their creator feels after overcoming addiction. Everybody Looking is Gucci’s second chance, and he’ll be damned if he’s gonna waste it.
Unsubscribe, © 2020 by Brent Faulkner (The Musical Hype). To the song’s credit, it is celebratory and jubilant. Think of it as the southern hip-hop equivalent to Tom Waits’ 1992 album Bone Machine, in which the newly sober hard-luck troubadour expanded his sound while reveling in his apparent influence on the younger generation. Though the Atlanta rapper’s new offering, Everybody Looking, is his ninth proper album, in many ways it feels like a recalibration of Gucci’s mission statement as an artist. Incredibly, Gucci wrote a good portion of the album in jail based solely off of text correspondences with Mike WiLL, who’d tell him about what he and Zaytoven were working on so that Gucci could write to it. Gucci Mane is known for many things. One of them is of course his rap career, an extremely prolific one in which he helped popularize the trap subgenre that’s now running rampant in today’s hip hop world. That’s a testament to both Gucci’s genius as a creative entity, as well as the chemistry he has with Mike and Zay, who came together as something of an impromptu behind-the-boards duo for this record. The result is unique, stadium-sized production that’s deeply rooted in Atlanta’s trap scene — after all, Zaytoven gave a sound to the term “trap” by producing Gucci’s “Icy” back in 2005, and WiLL got his foot in the door churning out beats for the rapper’s 2007 tape, No Pad, No Pencil. “P***y Print” brings two “good ones together.” Gucci doesn’t lie when he raps. 3.7. out of 5. The rest of Everybody Looking is familiar territory, in regards to both sound and messaging.On “Richest N***a in The Room,” Gucci brags, “I was hustling before I came up out the womb.” Yeah, we totally believe you Gucci. No fucks given and none taken!
How does Everybody Looking stack up? Gems: “No Sleep (Intro),” “Back On Road” (ft. Drake), “Pussy Print” (ft. Kanye West), “Gucci Please” & “Robbed”. 36K Views 105 16. 4. Gucci Mane deserves some props. Christian rapper NF shines on, “Let You Down,” the third single from his new album, ‘Perception,’ arriving October 6.
He recorded Everybody Looking, his first studio album in years, in just six days. “Out Do You” isn’t the type of record that will blow anyone away, but Gucci is consistent in his rhymes. But Gucci, born Radric Davis, is back now, fresh off a two-year jail stint, looking and sounding like a million bucks. Gucci Mane’s first album since leaving prison is a riot of big-hitting confessionals, plus Kanye and Drake guest spots . Torres Describes Harrowing 48 Hours Trying to Return Home, The Viral Countdown: The Race to React to COVID-19, The Cost of Coronavirus: How Young Guv Ended Up Stranded, looking and sounding like a million bucks, iced-out Bart Simpson chain where his heart used to be, The Killers Double Down on Arena Rock With. Drama, though, has never inhibited his creativity. This guy gave them their start, and now they’re paying him back in a big way. There’s the same fresh-out-of-jail urgency here that Tupac once showed on 1996’s All Eyez on Me, combined with the succinct focus and regionality of a record like 8Ball & MJG’s ’93 debut, Comin’ Out Hard. Mane’s plodding style of narration may not be the most magnetic in hip-hop, but his stories are captivating. “1 st Day Out Tha Feds” falls in line with “Back on Road” – he’s out of the “pen” and “on the chase to kill my enemies and beat my case.” Simply put, he is an “open book.”, Fuck the feds, fuck the police, fuck the DA, Ex-drug dealer, used to sell a brick a day.”, Much like “No Sleep,” Gucci kicks off “Out Do Ya” unapologetically “straight out of the gate”, “If I ain’t a millionaire then my lil boy can grow a pussy, If Guwop ain’t bout his business then Popeye must be sissy.”. The last time it looked like Gucci Mane was going to blow up it was 2009, when he dropped The State vs. Radric Davis amid a storied maelstrom of mixtapes: Chicken Talk, EA Sportscenter, Ice Attack, Bird Flu, Gucci Sosa, No Pad No Pencil, and — last but not least — Gangsta Grillz: The Movie. of the album. Everybody Talking might not be the very best record Gucci’s ever released — as much as everyone’s rooting for him right now, it’s hard to say whether this album can displace Chicken Talk or Mr. There are only three guests on Everybody Looking, and they all serve a purpose. His most memorable hits (“Wasted,” “Lemonade”) felt like extensions of his mixtape persona, while most of his attempts at crossing over via R&B collaborations— including several potential Radric Davis singles — fell flat. Regardless of Gucci’s explicit meaning, “Robbed” is cut above the rest as it digs deeper. New album ‘Everybody Looking’, the rapper’s ninth, is the latest addition to an eye-wateringly large discography: Mane dropped no fewer than 29 mixtapes while in prison, including Christmas Day 2013’s ‘The State Vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings’. It’s just that where he was once drugged-up and delirious, he’s now sober and stunting. His legend was amplified during his stay in prison and with ‘Everybody Looking’ he’s consolidated it. Ultimately, it seems he could care less what other rappers or people in general think. But trouble is rarely far away. 3.70 Community Rating; 23 Rated the Album; 13 Gave it a 5/5; Cast Your Rating. But finally the drought is over. Ultimately, there are enough good moments to stimulate the ears. The rest of ‘Everybody Looking’ is set aside for Gucci and his confessional sermons. Gucci Mane's "Everybody Looking" (Review) By Patrick Lyons Patrick Lyons @P_Lyons_ Follow.
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Keeping his gun talk 100, Gucci goes on to say, “Fuck all that rap beef, let’s have a gun battle.”. Ubiquitous rapper G-Eazy returns with certified banger “No Limit” featuring Cardi B and A$AP Rocky. Gucci Mane sounds more comfortable, confident and icier than ever before. Since the ’09 release of “The State vs. Radric Davis” I feel that Gucci’s subsequent studio albums have never reached that level. “No Sleep (Intro)” commences Everybody Looking with a bang. By the time Gucci was actually released, it felt damn near like a hip-hop holiday, a once-exiled despot coming to reclaim his crown. Still, it’s not that Gucci is any better or worse now that he’s on the straight and narrow.
There was BAYTL, the shocking collaboration with V-Nasty in 2011, and two years later he announced he was permanently changing his name to Guwop, and then broke a bottle over a guy’s head at a club in Houston.
That explains why Gucci proclaims “This here is bigger than the game, deeper than rap, boy.” Closer “Pick Up the Pieces (Outro)” features some sound wordplay, particularly with acronyms. Where does the pussy print come into play? Check out XXL's review of the rapper's new album, 'Everybody Looking.' Published on: Jul 28, 2016, 12:03 PM by Narsimha Chintaluri. 121 Unanimous 79 % EDITOR RATING . Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Gucci is on autopilot in his signature southern drawl. Mike WILL Made It shines on the boards. Gucci Mane - Everybody Looking Review. This is the album long time Gucci Mane fans have wanted and waited for.
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