It’s said that art mirrors life. In hip-hop’s case, there’s always been a deliberate entanglement of perception and reality. Fans demand their MCs be real…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.
“I wish everybody well who’s making money in this rap game,” the Atlanta-raised rapper says, dismissing the controversy that followed him in the past. “My own rap game is going so good, I’ve got so many things on my plate at my label, that I don’t got time for other people’s business.” 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.
“I live my life with no regrets. I just wish that a lot of things never happened, but anybody can wish,” says Gucci. Sounds like a man with his eyes on the prize. And you’d 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 “Black Tee,” 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 “Icy” single, featuring Jeezy. Clamor over song rights sparked dispute, and the resulting rift grew.
Controversy notwithstanding, Mane’s independence was cemented: “I was on the independent scene for about two years,” he recalls. “It’s 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 it’s a gamble out there with the independent circuit. One thing you’d better have is good music because without that, you go downhill fast in the independent game.”
Good music firmly in hand, Gucci was fast approaching stardom when more tragedy befell him. But let’s backtrack; how did the man born Radric Davis in Bessemer, Alabama, become Gucci Mane, mouthpiece for Atlanta stuntin’? Mane remembers little from his time in Alabama, just that it was rural, and that it’s changed dramatically since he left at the age of nine. “I gotta shout out Alabama though, because they holdin’ it down,” he affirms. “Every time I go there to do a show, I’m impressed with how hip-hop culture has taken root.”
Mane’s identity coalesced when he moved with his mother to Atlanta. “I lived all of my adolescent and adult life in Atlanta,” he explains. “I’m from East Atlanta Zone Six; it was hard, man, it was real rough. I grew up in the Starter jacket era: they’d take your Starter jacket, your 8Ball jacket, they’d 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 you’d get jumped. It was wild when I came up.”
It’s 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. “I was just a young dude in a single parent house most of my life. I can’t complain that much. I would guess it’s like any black child growing up in a single parent household. There are a lot of people who know how that is. I didn’t 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; she’s been there through the whole struggle. There’s a lot that goes along with that; it made me who I am today.”
A stepfather would enter the picture during Mane’s adolescence, introducing not only a male figure, but also inspiration for Mane’s unusual moniker. “My father came in, the original Gucci Mane; that’s what people in the neighborhood called him, and that’s 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.” Drawing inspiration from a pantheon of rappers before him –Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, the Beastie Boys, N.W.A—Mane went on to release Trap House, a lethal brew of his signature sound: “I call my music straight Gucci: going hard and whatever beats you make you for me, if I’m feeling it, if I’m rocking with it, I’m gonna crush it. When you hear me, you hear a lot of pain, a lot of hood; you hear what’s going on in the inner city in Atlanta.”
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. “I learned to keep better company, watch where I go, and be mindful of my surroundings at all times,” he reveals. “Watch what I say, watch what I do and how I do it, just keep myself out of the wrong crowd.”
“I always stand up man,” he continues. “I’m one of the toughest guys I know. It’ll take a lot more than that to break me down.” Undeterred, Mane was back in the studio, preparing 2006’s 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: “There was a bidding war going on, and I liked Atlantic’s approach. They made it known that they wanted me, they felt where I was going and that I could grow with them.”
Asylum/Atlantic Records welcomed Gucci Mane in early ’07, 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 –“I got them in training; they be in the weight room, pumping iron, doing pushups, shopping at the mall, buying ice”—Gucci is focused on his magnum opus, Back to the Trap House. “I started working on the album, and by the third song, I was like ‘This is going back to the Trap House.’ 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.”
“Since I went major, I want everybody to know I’m still keeping it street, keeping it hood,” Gucci maintains. “I’m trying to take it back to all my fans that I had when I first started my career. And at the same time, I’m trying to open up my new album to a new fan base. So it’s a mix for everybody coming together, like my first album was.” Gucci has always prided himself on his innate ability, and his refusal to let guest appearances dictate the tone of his records. “I just want people to know I’m a great songwriter, man,” he asserts. “I’m passionate about what I do, and it’s 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; it’s a God-given gift and I just get paid for it. It come from God, it’s like wondering what makes a bird fly. He made me a poet like the great poets of the past.”
But don’t mistake Gucci’s confidence for self-absorption. The vicissitudes of his career have dictated a longer view. Lyrics aside, he’s less preoccupied with visible means and more so with acting as an emissary from his under-repped block. “I’m not the one to glorify what goes on in the hood,” he insists. “We have everything there, the whole range from violence to people getting on the bus and going to work. There’s a lot more to the hood than just drugs. It’s a bigger story, there’s 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. I’m 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.”
And Gucci’s professional aims have matured as well. While other rappers stress platinum plaques, Gucci hasn’t forgotten the route he took to stardom. “I made a lot of CDs on my own. People fucked with me and supported me, and just made me the man I am today. That’s 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 job’s been done.”
Fortunately for Gucci, he should be prepared to welcome an army of new fans with Back to the Trap House. But longstanding fans shouldn’t fear; they’ll recognize “Freaky Gurl,” 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 Gucci’s 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 “Bird Flu,” the album’s number two single, laced by New-York based Supa Sonics. Elsewhere, firm guest verses from Rich Boy and Pimp C of UGK round out Gucci’s regional flavor, while Bay-area producer Zaytoven (of “Icy” renown) locks down Gucci’s 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. “I’m best known for controversy but I’m 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. I’ll be banging them out till I can’t bang no more.”
Mo Money
Gucci Mane Lyrics
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Ayyyyyyy
So icy entertainment [2x]
Young juice
Ayyy producing pitburg, boy ayyy,
oh 8 2 rida, where my h2o rida,
ohh aint that rhyme? So ICY ENTERTAINMENT!!.
Boy hot boy, I think I need I side jump,
dont hit me on that sidekick, cause I dont need a dodgecharge,
Shy turkie turkie, bake it ass with yo wife cook me,
fold it in your favorite chair,
Now she got some good pussy,
red pussy, throw that pussy,
get money, high money, shawty getting good money,
what they got a big diamond?
Young money, fun money, naw this aint young money,
sign you in a friction boy, juice got his own money,
SO ICY E.N.T, gucci got his own company,
ball money, mall money, yall making small money,
Bite on my lyrics nigga, think it's yo money,
blow money, dro money dro money, mo money, flow money, mo money
Gucci Gucci Juicemane (haha) ya niggaz aint gettin no money man
I'm on my C.E.O shyt right now mane, what it do juicemane?
You know we got 60 dollar weekend?
quarter a months, million a quart,
thats crazy man, 3-04 man, you know what I mean,
My niggaz know what I'm talking about,
h.r 4 chise sees rain, na what I mean, eight hundreds so
I'ma do me as low who the fuckin man,
walking with a waddle and we still popping bottles man,
Sex-in the carbaby, girl bit my sex better, 9 mane mayweather,
But I wrote Keyshia a love letter
(go) you aint baggy baby babyshake yo bootyme,
Mane call nobody king nigga I'm the king,
in the pen for a murder I am not a murder,
Nigga try to murder me, why I'm in the county for?
Shout out to my nigga Killer Mike for that body rock,
set gucci mane chain, I'm a make your party-started,
So icy boy packa boy, we can make party rough,
rain T-pain dont try me with that sissy stuff sissy ass nigga, (ha!)
I am mr. P-E-R-F-E-C-T
Get on these nuts yea so icy boy,
jucieman, I am mr. game root-pocket,
I screw with american girls so icy ass,
After this and this get off our fucking dicks, is GUCCIII!!!!
(Hood rich bitch Hood rich)
I love trap girls, I dont want bus it baby,
I dont have a bucket baby, wanna scare on my mercedez,
Stuck on glits on humma truck,
go ride on my junie baby, think play with cha, go to our future Katy,
They wanna a murder me, next thing you know my new
nocatti, 4 5 in my pocketscreen, I dont wanna hug nobody,
See no evil hear no evil, later I see dead people,
watch out scaring people so I call it mr. creeper creeper.
Boy hot I'm still stinging hot,
I'm mr. perfect this the album, Gucci Mane mr. perfect,
A plusses on our report card, on E.A on my father report
This the album baby, big shit poppin,
I'm talking to you like its a mixtape,
you feel, I'm treat this shyt like a mixtape
Album shyt man, juiceman niggas so icy boys (Gucci King!)
The lyrics to Gucci Mane's "Mo Money" are filled with references to material wealth and the rapper's status within the music industry. In the opening verse of the song, Oj Da Juiceman makes a shoutout to the record label, So Icy Entertainment, to which he is signed. He also references other rappers such as Pitbull and Flo Rida, and emphasizes the rhyme scheme in his lines, ending with the So Icy Entertainment chant. Gucci Mane then jumps in with a verse that focuses on his own wealth and success, name-checking his own record company and stating that he has his own money. He raps about getting "good pussy" and being able to "throw money" as a result of his financial success.
Throughout the song, Gucci Mane continues to boast about his wealth and success, referencing his expensive jewelry and luxury cars. He also mentions his rivalries within the music industry, hinting at a feud with T-Pain and calling out other rappers who try to imitate his style. The lyrics are interspersed with chants and shoutouts to his record label and crew, emphasizing the sense of camaraderie and support that exists within the So Icy Entertainment community.
Overall, "Mo Money" is a braggadocious track that emphasizes Gucci Mane's luxurious lifestyle and his status as a successful rapper and businessman. The lyrics are filled with references to wealth, success, and power, highlighting the ambition and drive that have enabled him to reach the top of the music industry.
Line by Line Meaning
Boy hot boy, I think I need I side jump
I'm so hot that I need a side jump to cool down.
dont hit me on that sidekick, cause I dont need a dodgecharge
Don't call me on a Sidekick phone because I don't want to get arrested.
Shy turkie turkie, bake it ass with yo wife cook me, fold it in your favorite chair
I'm going to have sex with your wife and then fold her in your favorite chair.
Now she got some good pussy, red pussy, throw that pussy
Now she has great sex, and I want her to show me.
get money, high money, shawty getting good money, what they got a big diamond?
We're making a lot of money, and are they trying to compete with our diamond?
Young money, fun money, naw this aint young money, sign you in a friction boy, juice got his own money, SO ICY E.N.T, gucci got his own company
We're not Young Money, we're So Icy E.N.T., and I have my own company.
ball money, mall money, yall making small money, Bite on my lyrics nigga, think it's yo money
We've got a lot of money and you're not making as much, so don't copy us.
blow money, dro money dro money, mo money, flow money, mo money
We spend a lot of money on weed and other things, but we're making more and more money.
I'm on my C.E.O shyt right now mane, what it do juicemane?
I'm being a boss right now, what's up Juicemane?
My niggaz know what I'm talking about, h.r 4 chise sees rain, na what I mean, eight hundreds so
My guys know what I'm talking about: H.R. 4 chise sees rain, 8 hundred dollar bills.
in the pen for a murder I am not a murder, Nigga try to murder me, why I'm in the county for?
I'm not a murderer, but someone tried to kill me and now I'm in jail for it.
Shout out to my nigga Killer Mike for that body rock, set gucci mane chain, I'm a make your party-started
Shout out to Killer Mike for his song 'Body Rock.' I'm going to wear my Gucci Mane chain and make the party wild.
I am mr. P-E-R-F-E-C-T, Get on these nuts yea so icy boy
I'm Mr. Perfect, and everyone should get on my level.
I screw with american girls so icy ass, After this and this get off our fucking dicks, is GUCCIII!!!!
I have sex with American girls that are so icy. After listening to this, they should stop copying us, and remember that it's Gucci.
Stuck on glits on humma truck, go ride on my junie baby
I have a lot of diamond jewelry on my Hummer truck, and we're going for a ride.
niggas aint gettin no money man
These other guys aren't making any money.
This the album baby, big shit poppin
This is the album, and it's going to be big.
juiceman niggas so icy boys (Gucci King!)
Juiceman and his guys are part of So Icy, and Gucci Mane is their king.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ZAKI GHAFIR
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Hood Affairs
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⌚AlifLamRaa
Is the dvd the same quality as this??.
Bo Leak
Facts .JUICE GOT HIS OWN MONEY
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Facts
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HSN
Barry Reddick
Only real Gucci fans can go back this far
BobbyWorId SODMG
Barry Reddick facts
Drew Atkins
I go back farther
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I'm 28 years old brodie from the west side of Chicago, I think the first gucci song I heard was gucci is you rolling ,I think I was 11 or 12 when that came out lol but I didn't find this particular gem until 2015 ..