Comments on: Ringing In ‘08 With Slick Rick, Gucci Mane, And More

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:45:53 +0000

What an inauspicious beginning to the year in rap, blech. I can hear the sales charts slowly groaning and buckling already.

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:44:48 +0000

I still think all rap from the ATL sounds like ass. Stupid Southern Fried Ass.

By: encyclopediablack

encyclopediablack — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:25:22 +0000

Thugnificent > Gucci Mane

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:08:23 +0000

i guess i wouldn’t call rich boy a punchline rapper actually. the only diff w/ his album is he has a lot of gut-wrenching serious stuff like “let’s get this paper”. nothing really like that on the gucci but that doesn’t really bother me. if anything the rich boy seems disjointed with the party tracks/lady tracks/dudes in jail tracks. i like that the gucci comes through like a long breeze.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:02:24 +0000

that new gucci album (new songs? old stuff? idk) is really awesome. reminds me of the rich boy album. really great, dense beats, neither dude is really all that lyrical, but both flow really well (”dumb flow” is a great way of putting it) and realize that the uniqueness of their voices make up for the fact that they’re punchline rappers with a 60-70% success rate (that’s not meant to sound demeaning if it does). most importantly for me at least is that they both can spit really awesome effortless hooks and that alone makes each album pretty above average (the rate of success of the hooks on the gucci album especially really floored me).
i’ve been listening to the gucci a lot lately just letting it weave in and out of my consciousness. it’s easy to get into a lull when listening to it but i like that. almost hypnotizing. the two tracks with shawna are probably my favorites.