Itβs said that art mirrors life. In hip-hopβs case, thereβs always been a deliberate entanglement of perception and reality. Fans demand their MCs be realβ¦but never too real. Successful hip-hop is about the hint of the danger, the tease of it, the mystique. Hip-hop is about balance.
Gucci Mane is an artist striving for that balance, volatility versus musicality. Controversy, including a feud with former collaborator Young Jeezy, has grabbed the headlines, with insufficient regard paid to his considerable mic skills, raw talent, and business acumen. Gucci is looking to wrest his name from public speculation and let his own words do the talking.
βI wish everybody well whoβs making money in this rap game,β the Atlanta-raised rapper says, dismissing the controversy that followed him in the past. βMy own rap game is going so good, Iβve got so many things on my plate at my label, that I donβt got time for other peopleβs business.β With a deal with Asylum Records as the boss of his own label, So Icey Entertainment, Gucci does indeed have a full schedule with no time to dwell on the past.
βI live my life with no regrets. I just wish that a lot of things never happened, but anybody can wish,β says Gucci. Sounds like a man with his eyes on the prize. And youβd expect nothing less from an artist who ground his way to the top via the hustle of independent records. Signing to Big Cat Records in the wake of his local single βBlack Tee,β he dropped his debut record, Trap House, in May 2005. The independent album moved an impressive 140,000 units, largely on the strength of the βIcyβ single, featuring Jeezy. Clamor over song rights sparked dispute, and the resulting rift grew.
Controversy notwithstanding, Maneβs independence was cemented: βI was on the independent scene for about two years,β he recalls. βItβs crazy! You gotta go into your own pocket to support your craft. You need other avenues to have money coming in, to support your stuff. You might win, you might lose, and itβs a gamble out there with the independent circuit. One thing youβd better have is good music because without that, you go downhill fast in the independent game.β
Good music firmly in hand, Gucci was fast approaching stardom when more tragedy befell him. But letβs backtrack; how did the man born Radric Davis in Bessemer, Alabama, become Gucci Mane, mouthpiece for Atlanta stuntinβ? Mane remembers little from his time in Alabama, just that it was rural, and that itβs changed dramatically since he left at the age of nine. βI gotta shout out Alabama though, because they holdinβ it down,β he affirms. βEvery time I go there to do a show, Iβm impressed with how hip-hop culture has taken root.β
Maneβs identity coalesced when he moved with his mother to Atlanta. βI lived all of my adolescent and adult life in Atlanta,β he explains. βIβm from East Atlanta Zone Six; it was hard, man, it was real rough. I grew up in the Starter jacket era: theyβd take your Starter jacket, your 8Ball jacket, theyβd take your hat, your shoes. It was just no holds barred on the streets, dog eat dog. If you missed the bus, you had to be crewed up or youβd get jumped. It was wild when I came up.β
Itβs a bleak portrait. When asked to describe his home life more vividly, Mane offers a look into his contemplative side, a side honed as a schoolyard poet. βI was just a young dude in a single parent house most of my life. I canβt complain that much. I would guess itβs like any black child growing up in a single parent household. There are a lot of people who know how that is. I didnβt have a lot coming up; but what I did have, I appreciated. I was blessed to have a caring mother to raise me right and to help me with my business ventures; sheβs been there through the whole struggle. Thereβs a lot that goes along with that; it made me who I am today.β
A stepfather would enter the picture during Maneβs adolescence, introducing not only a male figure, but also inspiration for Maneβs unusual moniker. βMy father came in, the original Gucci Mane; thatβs what people in the neighborhood called him, and thatβs where I get my name from. From then on, I grew up the son of a hustler and a schoolteacher; it was the best of both worlds because I was educated twice.β Drawing inspiration from a pantheon of rappers before him βBig Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, the Beastie Boys, N.W.AβMane went on to release Trap House, a lethal brew of his signature sound: βI call my music straight Gucci: going hard and whatever beats you make you for me, if Iβm feeling it, if Iβm rocking with it, Iβm gonna crush it. When you hear me, you hear a lot of pain, a lot of hood; you hear whatβs going on in the inner city in Atlanta.β
Unfortunately, Trap House was ill timed; the month of its release, Gucci was accused of murder and jailed for two days. Eventually deemed to be acting in self-defense, and without sufficient evidence to hold him, Mane was exonerated. But the ordeal left an indelible imprint on the man. βI learned to keep better company, watch where I go, and be mindful of my surroundings at all times,β he reveals. βWatch what I say, watch what I do and how I do it, just keep myself out of the wrong crowd.β
βI always stand up man,β he continues. βIβm one of the toughest guys I know. Itβll take a lot more than that to break me down.β Undeterred, Mane was back in the studio, preparing 2006βs eerily apropos Hard To Kill. The buzz from Hard To Kill vaulted Gucci Mane from regional commodity to national treasure, and major labels responded accordingly: βThere was a bidding war going on, and I liked Atlanticβs approach. They made it known that they wanted me, they felt where I was going and that I could grow with them.β
Asylum/Atlantic Records welcomed Gucci Mane in early β07, granting him his own imprint, So Icey Entertainment. With it comes an entire stable of artists, the So Icey Boyz. As the Boyz ready for their own exposure ββI got them in training; they be in the weight room, pumping iron, doing pushups, shopping at the mall, buying iceββGucci is focused on his magnum opus, Back to the Trap House. βI started working on the album, and by the third song, I was like βThis is going back to the Trap House.β I started feeling the same way I did when I made my first album. It had the same feel to it, the same freshness. And I had the same hunger and desire I had when I first started rapping.β
βSince I went major, I want everybody to know Iβm still keeping it street, keeping it hood,β Gucci maintains. βIβm trying to take it back to all my fans that I had when I first started my career. And at the same time, Iβm trying to open up my new album to a new fan base. So itβs a mix for everybody coming together, like my first album was.β Gucci has always prided himself on his innate ability, and his refusal to let guest appearances dictate the tone of his records. βI just want people to know Iβm a great songwriter, man,β he asserts. βIβm passionate about what I do, and itβs choreographed strategically when I do it. I bring a lot of experience, creative wordplay, and a crazy style. And my albums, I record most of the songs without writing them down; itβs a God-given gift and I just get paid for it. It come from God, itβs like wondering what makes a bird fly. He made me a poet like the great poets of the past.β
But donβt mistake Gucciβs confidence for self-absorption. The vicissitudes of his career have dictated a longer view. Lyrics aside, heβs less preoccupied with visible means and more so with acting as an emissary from his under-repped block. βIβm not the one to glorify what goes on in the hood,β he insists. βWe have everything there, the whole range from violence to people getting on the bus and going to work. Thereβs a lot more to the hood than just drugs. Itβs a bigger story, thereβs a big picture. I went to school in that neighborhood, I worked there, I trapped there, I hustled there, and I got my name there. Iβm proud to be from East Atlanta Zone Six, and I claim there. I hold that on my back and carry that, to be the first one from there to really rock.β
And Gucciβs professional aims have matured as well. While other rappers stress platinum plaques, Gucci hasnβt forgotten the route he took to stardom. βI made a lot of CDs on my own. People fucked with me and supported me, and just made me the man I am today. Thatβs my blueprint right there, and I stay mindful of it. So now, my only concern is that people feel my music; at the end of the day, I do it for people to feel it. If one person feel it, two people feel it, I feel like my jobβs been done.β
Fortunately for Gucci, he should be prepared to welcome an army of new fans with Back to the Trap House. But longstanding fans shouldnβt fear; theyβll recognize βFreaky Gurl,β reprised from its previous appearance from Hard To Kill. Luda, upon hearing the joint, asked for a guest spot on the remix. Said remix now appears as the lead single on Back to the Trap House, following in Gucciβs theme of mating old and new. Over a bouncing, meandering beat from Cyber Sapp, the two cook up the requisite concoction of whips, chips, and chicks. Also look out for βBird Flu,β the albumβs number two single, laced by New-York based Supa Sonics. Elsewhere, firm guest verses from Rich Boy and Pimp C of UGK round out Gucciβs regional flavor, while Bay-area producer Zaytoven (of βIcyβ renown) locks down Gucciβs West Coast appeal.
Gucci Mane has something for everyone, and with the struggles of the past in his rearview, Gucci is settled in for his ride to the top. βIβm best known for controversy but Iβm trying to gain respect as a songwriter and entertainer. I plan to hit them so hard with this album; who knows what the future will bring. Iβll be banging them out till I canβt bang no more.β
Aight
Gucci Mane Lyrics
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Real recognize real, it's Gucci
Quavo Quavo Quavo
#Squad #MigosTeam #ZayTeam
My momma, my sisters alright
My money, my pockets aight
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, 'aight
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, I'm straight
Go! Go!
My momma, my sisters alright
My money, my pockets aight
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Don't need to worry about me, 'aight?
Aight, fuck nigga
I'mma get mine by any means
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Don't worry about me I'm 'aight
My pockets on take off finna take flight
My momma told me go and get that cheese
Gotta help the family put the shit on me
Shit get real out here in the jungle
Ion' trust a young nigga, I'm just tryin' to stay humble
Nigga wanna hit my phone 'bout some Marijuana
I wrap the pack up and get that shit to Tijuana
My daddy died, I miss you
But still nigga I'm 'aight (Aight?)
You niggas is fake, you niggas is snake
You go left, I'mma go right
When Gucci called my manager, that night it changed my life
Now all my hard work paid off, Young Quavo I earned my stripes
Gone!
My momma, my sisters alright
My money, my pockets aight
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Don't need to worry about me, 'aight?
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, 'aight
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, I'm straight
Go! Go!
My momma, my sisters alright
My money, my pockets aight
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Don't need to worry about me, 'aight?
Aight, fuck nigga
I'mma get mine by any means
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Every time you see me nigga I be with a thousand
Young niggas that's wildin', all my dogs be growlin'
All my wolves be howlin', all my shooters prowlin'
Goin' hard in the paint on these pussy ass niggas
Cause a fuck nigga tried to foul me
Bitch get far from 'round me
Crown me 'cause I'm royalty
All my niggas loyal to me, all my hoes they spoil me
You are not a plug if you don't charge what I'm chargin'
Caught a murder charge, thanks to God I beat the charge
Shooters jumpin' out the van when the van park
In East Atlanta my house is a landmark
Your favorite rapper in the Gucci Mane fan club
I had to run out just to run my bands up
You wanna be a CEO then get your grands up
You wanna jack me you better change your plan up
Bought them a house and they keep bringin' your name up
Decapitation now you can't put your hands up
It's Gucc'
My momma, my sisters alright
My money, my pockets aight
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Don't need to worry about me, 'aight?
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, 'aight
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, I'm straight
Go! Go!
My momma, my sisters alright
My money, my pockets aight
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Don't need to worry about me, 'aight?
Aight, fuck nigga
I'mma get mine by any means
Go! Go! Go! Go!
In the song "Aight," rapper Gucci Mane Ft. Quavo is addressing his haters and letting them know that he is doing well and that they don't need to worry about him. He knows why people are fans of Brick Squad, and he recognizes that real recognizes real. He mentions his family, including his mom and sisters, saying that they are alright. He also talks about his money, saying that his pockets are aight. Gucci Mane is letting people know that he's doing alright, and that he's going to do whatever it takes to keep moving forward.
Throughout the song, Quavo discusses various aspects of his life and career. He talks about dealing with difficult situations, including his father's death, and how he's worked hard to overcome these challenges. He also talks about the importance of staying humble and not trusting anyone. He mentions the hard work he's put in to get where he is in his career and how he's earned his stripes.
The lyrics in "Aight" emphasize the importance of hard work and perseverance. Gucci Mane and Quavo discuss overcoming obstacles and staying true to themselves, regardless of what others may think or say. The song is a reminder that success isn't always easy, but with hard work and dedication, anything is possible.
Line by Line Meaning
I know why they fucks with Brick Squad
People recognize the authenticity and realness of Brick Squad
Real recognize real, it's Gucci
Gucci is recognized by other authentic and genuine people
Quavo Quavo Quavo
Acknowledging Quavo's presence on the track
#Squad #MigosTeam #ZayTeam
Shouting out some of the teams and people associated with Gucci and Quavo
My momma, my sisters alright
Gucci's family is doing well
My money, my pockets aight
Gucci is financially stable
I'm straight, I'm cool, 'aight
Gucci is okay and doesn't need to worry
Don't need to worry about me, 'aight?
Gucci is reassuring others that he's okay
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, 'aight
Repeated affirmation that he's okay
Aight, 'aight, 'aight, I'm straight
Continued affirmation that he's okay
Go! Go!
Encouraging the track to continue
Don't worry about me I'm 'aight
Continued reassurance that he's okay
My pockets on take off finna take flight
Gucci is about to have a significant increase in wealth
My momma told me go and get that cheese
Gucci's mother encourages him to make money
Gotta help the family put the shit on me
Gucci feels responsible for providing for his family
Shit get real out here in the jungle
Life can be tough and challenging
Ion' trust a young nigga, I'm just tryin' to stay humble
Gucci doesn't trust others easily and tries to remain humble
Nigga wanna hit my phone 'bout some Marijuana
People are always trying to get drugs from him
I wrap the pack up and get that shit to Tijuana
Gucci sells drugs to people in Tijuana
My daddy died, I miss you
Gucci's father has passed away and he misses him
But still nigga I'm 'aight (Aight?)
Gucci is still okay despite his father's passing
You niggas is fake, you niggas is snake
Some people are untrustworthy and deceitful
You go left, I'mma go right
Gucci is going his own way
When Gucci called my manager, that night it changed my life
Gucci helped Quavo's career by calling his manager
Now all my hard work paid off, Young Quavo I earned my stripes
Quavo has worked hard and earned his success
Every time you see me nigga I be with a thousand
Gucci is always with a large group of people
Young niggas that's wildin', all my dogs be growlin'
Gucci and his crew are wild and aggressive
All my wolves be howlin', all my shooters prowlin'
Gucci's crew is on the hunt and ready to shoot
Goin' hard in the paint on these pussy ass niggas
They're putting in a lot of effort to take down their enemies
Cause a fuck nigga tried to foul me
Someone wronged Gucci and he's seeking revenge
Bitch get far from 'round me
Gucci doesn't want certain people around him
Crown me 'cause I'm royalty
Gucci views himself as a royal or important figure
All my niggas loyal to me, all my hoes they spoil me
Gucci's friends are loyal to him, and his lovers take care of him
You are not a plug if you don't charge what I'm chargin'
Gucci is a powerful person in the drug trade
Caught a murder charge, thanks to God I beat the charge
Gucci was once charged with murder but was acquitted
Shooters jumpin' out the van when the van park
Gucci's shooters are quick to attack
In East Atlanta my house is a landmark
Gucci's house is well-known in East Atlanta
Your favorite rapper in the Gucci Mane fan club
Gucci has a lot of admirers in the rap community
I had to run out just to run my bands up
Gucci works hard to make money
You wanna be a CEO then get your grands up
Gucci is encouraging others to work hard and make money
You wanna jack me you better change your plan up
Gucci is warning potential thieves that he's not an easy target
Bought them a house and they keep bringin' your name up
Gucci has provided for his loved ones and they appreciate it
Decapitation now you can't put your hands up
Gucci is so powerful that he can cut off someone's head and it would render them powerless
It's Gucc'
Ending the track with his name
Lyrics Β© O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Kiari Cephus, Kirshnik Ball, Quavious Marshall
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Gucci Mane put on SO many rappers. Here's a list
1017 Bricksquad:
Shawty Lo (RIP)
Kourtney Money
OJ Da Juiceman
Whoo Da Kid
Frenchie
Waka Flocka Flames
Other rappers:
Young Scooter
Nicki Minaj (Yes, he put on Nicki)
Future
Young Thug
Peewee Longway
Chief Keef (Inspired him heavily)
Young Fresh/Bankroll Fresh (RIP)
There's probably way more to be honest.
SniperDemon 1K
Old Gucci music is timeless π―π―π₯π
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No Cap
raqual cloud
This was my shit and still is
Leticia Rojo
Bro this shit still bang π€£π€£π€£π€£ 2018 anyone else??
W
This joint forever goin go crazy
Cecefbby
Blast this in the car with some 12s.. its BUMPS
Boolie Foolie
Word ima do that π΅ππ
Plug Brotherβs
I swear I got 12s and be bumping this sh*t
Antoine Lindsey
U is cute asf
Ramsay Bolton
95% of guwops songs