As one of the six epicenters of Southern hip hop, Memphis has always had a thriving underground capable of producing major platinum superstars such as Eightball & MJG, 3-6 Mafia and Project Pat,Skip a.k.a Gianni Booker. All of the above-mentioned artists at one point in time literally dominated the city’s underground rap scene before going on to become national superstars. Next up to bat is Yo Gotti, M-Town’s current underground rap kingpin. Like his namesake John Gotti, the Memphis based rapper has been running the Southern underground scene with an iron fist for the past. Known and respected throughout the South for his skill and finesse on the microphone, Yo Gotti is one the South’s most respected young rappers.
Born Mario Mims, Yo Gotti grew up in the infamous Ridge Crest Apartments in a North Memphis neighborhood called Frazier. His childhood was typical for a poor ghetto youth in the Deep South. Raised in a family of hustlers and exposed to hard times 24 hours a day the Tennessee rap titan soon turned to the only thing that he knew could get him paid, hustling. “Being from the hood things like hustling will come your way,” says Yo Gotti. “Everybody in my family hustled in some kinda way.” Ironically, hustling is what ultimately led Yo Gotti to rapping.
Taking his cue from Memphis rap legends such as Eightball & MJG, Al Kapone, Gangsta Black, Triple 6 Mafia and Kingpin Skinny Pimp, all of whom he lists as influences, Yo Gotti released his own underground tape entitled, Youngster on the Come Up and placed it on consignment at local mom & pop record stores as well as hustling it out the trunk. The tape sold like hotcakes on the street and made Yo Gotti the hottest rapper on the streets of Memphis. From the Dope Game to the Rap Game, Yo Gotti’s sophomore effort sold so well that Select-O-Hits, a local based independent distributor offered him a small deal and the Memphis rapper more than doubled his fan base with absolutely no marketing or promotions. Soon he found himself ranked among the city’s top rappers. In addition to being featured on the cover of Murderdog Magazine along side his idols Kingpin Skinny Pimp and Al Kapone his record From the Dope Game to the Rap Game made the list for the magazine’s top independent record for the year 2000.
Two years later he inked a distribution deal with TVT Records and released the critically acclaimed album Life, which did respectable numbers for an independent label. “It sold about 40 or 50,000, with no promotions or video,” says Yo Gotti. “That record did what it did on its own.” But as the old saying goes when one door is closed another opened. Gotti’s reputation as the king of Memphis continued to spread and that eventually led him to a production deal with Cash Money/Universal records for his group the Block Burnaz. With his TVT sophomore album entitled Back 2 Da Basics, Yo Gotti returns with the same hardcore street flavor that his die-hard fans have come to know and love, only this time around the true king of Memphis has elevated his game a bit. Given the fact that his last record didn’t do the type of big number he’d hope for you’d think that Yo Gotti would switch up his style to reach a larger audience. Right? Wrong! According to Gotti his street credibility with his underground fans means more to him than gold or platinum status.
“The one thing that you have to understand is that when you create a fan base off of street product the last thing you wanna do is disrespect them by changing because of the record companies and stuff like that. When you do that you change what created you. To me it is very important that I keep in tune with the people that helped to sell 40,000 records independently. That’s why I call my record Back 2 Da Basics.”
Produced by DJ Thoomp, Mannie Fresh, Carlos Brody and newcomers Street Tunes, Back 2 Da Basics offers fans a gritty, insider’s view into the real streets of Memphis as seen through the eyes of Yo Gotti. Nowhere is this viewpoint more intense than on “Full Time,” the amped up lead single –and featured in the MTV Films’ Hustle & Flow movie - with a thunderous bass and intoxicating beat that espouses Gotti’s formula to success –hustle full time.
“A lotta cats wanna be a rapper or a street hustler but they don’t wanna put in the time that it takes,” says Yo Gotti. “They want the money and the cars and the girls, but they don’t wanna work hard for it. But to be successful at anything you gotta grind for it.” On the song “Mama We Gone Be Alright,” he waxes introspective by reflecting on all of the hard times that he and his family have suffered through the years and offers her hope-filled words encouragement. “Mama We Gone Be Alright” along with the gripping tune “My Story” emerges as two of the most interesting songs on Back 2 Da Basics. These three titles along with club banging songs like “Shorty” featuring Baby make Back 2 Da Basics one of the best albums of the year.
Shoppin Spree
Yo Gotti Lyrics
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Left ring 10 hundred cash
Neck piece 30 grand
Whip cost 300 grand
God damn I'm on a shopping spree
Bracelet 20 bags
Rims cost me 5 grand
House cost 500 cash
[Soulja Boy]
Lying in a whip that don't release until 2010
50 thousand dollars spent just to make my rims spin
Half a million dollars spent on the house I live in
Even more spent on the seat I sit my ass in
Soulja boy tell em a.k.a the assassin
Prises cuts in my watch like I threw sum glass in
Damn exclusive shit sent from china
If you looking for me I'm probably in yo girls vagina
I'm looking in the mirror tell me who's finer
Bought a Lamborghini didn't need to cosigner
Hey what I spit is just minor
Every cut served soulja boys headliner
Damn now tell me you don't feel this
Hey you cant say I'm just one hit
Hey are you bitch niggas serious
I'm quick on track like fast and the furious
[Chorus]
I'm on a shopping spree [Repeat: x6]
[Gucci Mane]
Chevy to a Chevy Chevy to a Lamborghini
You cant be me or see me unless you see me on t.v
Shine and greezy I wonder Stevie Wonder can see me
Necklace a jungle of greed just check my selectional pieces
I got a stupid collection you see
Chain worth a millie you sill wille a millie and 20
Uh man I pass out 50s an 20s
I pass out 50s an 20s I pass out 100s and 50s
We make more money than chemist, doctors, the lawyers, the dentist
Chemist the doctors the lawyers ye money together couldn't getcha
2 door Gurraro 160
Drop top 120
House worth a million and three dual trust 63 G's
Old schools a hundred a piece
That cost me 75 gs, 65 actually but my rims coast me ten of them things
Gucci yo gotti the king
Soulja done did it again
This team be 82gs that be worth 82 keys
[Chorus]
[Yo Gotti]
Money ain't the option
Lets give you a option
You go to your stash partner an I'll come out my pockets
2 hundred hundreds
That like 20 grad
Just enough for me to buy my briden a new band
I'm like soulja boy tell me
They think that I'm playing
Come down her to Tennessee and see that I'm the man
Ain't talking bout no rapping
I'm talking bout that trapping
I'm talking bout that brick ill ram it straight up pistol package?
Ring piece 2000 grand
Neck piece 4000 grand
Fina cop Chevy but instead I went and coped a lamb
Whoa took yo bitch on a shopping spree
Gucci then Prada an I think they hoe in love with
Ain't got security I keep lots of thugs wit me
We call them goons cause I rock lots of jewelery
Cocaine everything
Who the fuck ain't feeling me
Gun powder on the market
Realest nigga in the streets
[Chorus]
I'm on a shopping spree [Repeat: x6]
The song, "Shoppin Spree" by Yo Gotti is an ostentatious track about lavish expenditures and a flamboyant lifestyle. The chorus sets the tone of the song with Yo Gotti reeling off a list of expensive possessions, including a ring worth $10,000, a necklace priced at $30,000, a whip (car) costing $300,000, a bracelet worth $20,000, rims bought for $5,000, and a house worth $500,000. In the first verse of the song, Soulja Boy shares his affinity for exclusivity and flaunts his riches, which includes a luxury car, a Lamborghini. He then expresses his musical prowess by distinguishing himself as a headline artist. In the second verse, Gucci Mane also boasts of his wealth and gives a rundown of his collection of expensive chains, cars, and houses that he has acquired through hard work. Finally, Yo Gotti finishes the song by bragging about his luxurious lifestyle and the extravagant purchases he has made with his money, from jewelry to cars and houses.
The lyrics of Shoppin Spree might appear to promote a culture of opulence and exoticism. However, the song remains an embodiment of the American Dream: hard work, money, and success. It speaks to the personal drive to achieve financial stability and invest wealth for the first generations of Americans who found themselves suddenly able to improve their lot.
Line by Line Meaning
Left ring 10 hundred cash
Yo Gotti spent $10000 cash on his left ring.
Neck piece 30 grand
Yo Gotti has a necklace worth $30000.
Whip cost 300 grand
Yo Gotti's car cost $300000.
God damn I'm on a shopping spree
Yo Gotti is happy he is shopping extravagantly.
Bracelet 20 bags
Yo Gotti has a bracelet worth $20000.
Rims cost me 5 grand
Yo Gotti spent $5000 on his car rims.
House cost 500 cash
Yo Gotti's house cost $500000.
Soulja boy tell em a.k.a the assassin
Soulja Boy is also known as the assassin.
Prises cuts in my watch like I threw sum glass in
Soulja Boy's watch has many cuts, like shattered glass.
I'm looking in the mirror tell me who's finer
Soulja Boy thinks he looks better than anyone else.
Bought a Lamborghini didn't need to cosigner
Soulja Boy bought a Lamborghini without needing a cosigner for his loan.
Every cut served soulja boys headliner
Soulja Boy is always the main event.
I'm quick on track like fast and the furious
Soulja Boy is very fast on the track, like in the movie 'Fast and the Furious.'
Chevy to a Chevy Chevy to a Lamborghini
Gucci Mane went from driving a Chevy to driving a Lamborghini.
Chain worth a millie you sill wille a millie and 20
Gucci Mane's necklace is worth a million dollars and twenty thousand dollars.
Chemist the doctors the lawyers ye money together couldn't getcha
No amount of money from chemists, doctors, or lawyers combined can buy what Gucci Mane has.
Gucci yo gotti the king
Gucci Mane thinks Yo Gotti is the king.
Money ain't the option
Yo Gotti is saying that he doesn't mind spending his money.
2 hundred hundreds
Yo Gotti has 200 hundred dollar bills.
Just enough for me to buy my briden a new band
Yo Gotti has enough money to buy his bride a new wedding band.
Ain't talking bout no rapping
Yo Gotti is referring to his real-life purchases, not just his lyrics.
I'm talking bout that trapping
Yo Gotti is talking about making money through illegal means.
Cocaine everything
Yo Gotti uses cocaine.
Who the fuck ain't feeling me
Yo Gotti thinks everyone should like him.
Realest nigga in the streets
Yo Gotti thinks he is the most authentic person in his community.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: COREY DENNARD, DEANDRE WAY, MARIO MIMS, RADRIC DAVIS, RADRIC DELANTIC DAVIS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@SouljaBoy
"Whip" cost 300 grand, that's a car if you didn't know. LOL
@poppacash9352
Soulja Boy back when mfs didn't know what a whip was lmao 😂😂😂😂 you been doin this shit bro mfs hate tho
@princizkriven6606
Classic soulja
@80sbaby923
💀💀💀 let em know Soulja
@BaysideSoundz
Aye you better drop this for the verzuz
@colintaylor8131
Here in 2021 and remembering back when mfs didn't know what whip was lol this is dope seeing you comment big draco💪🏻😅
@SouljaBoy
Yezzirr. :)
@johnwinston6192
Ayeeeeee
@tchino904
Ahead ur time
@trafficconesupmytightass7695
goat