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First off, I want to say that I have been a longstanding Gucci fan.  I mean I still have Trap House and Hard To Kill on CD for god sake.  That being said I’ve been pretty unimpressed with the leaks from his upcoming album The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted, which drops next Tuesday.  There are a couple factors contributing to my current Gucci sate of mind.

1) Over saturation.  I feel like Gucci has actually been giving us too much music.  The guy has dropped two separate mixtapes in a little more than a month leading up to his release.  There used to be a point when I would drop everything I was doing to check out the new Gucci song or video.  Now I’ll wait until after I finish what I’m doing to check it out.  Sometimes I don’t even listen to his new stuff, I just upload it to the site.  For someone that has been a long withstanding Gucci fan, that is not a good look for him.

2) He has become too legitimized.  I’m starting to see the same thing happen with Gucci that happened with Tip.  He is almost becoming too legit.  While many would say Paper Trail was T.I.’s “biggest” record it was also my least favorite.  Why?  Because although doing techno songs with Rihanna are going to blow you up at radio and make the white b*tches go ham, that’s not the music that attracted me to T.I. in the first place.  It was songs like “24′s“.  I feel like the same thing is happening with Gucci.  He is doing songs with people like Pharrell, Swizz Beatz & Estelle.  That’s obviously a good look in theory, and I respect all those artists as individuals.  I’m just not sure if a Gucci Mane song is the place for them.  Which leads to my final point.

3) Gucci’s production.  What happened to the guys that made Gucci Mane…well Gucci Mane?  The dudes that crafted my favorite Gucci songs were Nitti & Zaytoven.  I mean I think Gucci may have had a falling out with Nitti (what rapper that Nitti’s worked with hasn’t he “fallen” out with), but I though Zaytoven was his go to guy.  I mean I feel like Jay-Z needs to be f*cking with guys like Pharrell & Swizz.  However when it comes to Gucci I want to hear songs like “That’s My Hood” & “Pillz“.  We don’t need complicated and glamorous production for Gucci, because that isn’t the type of music Gucci makes.

But hey, it’s just the opinion of one rap nerd.  Scope three leaks from the project below, and his most recent video and judge for yourself.

Edit: Pharrell’s hook on “Haterade” is pure crack.  Still not sure it’s the best song for Gucci.

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Gucci Mane ft Nicki Minaj & Pharrell “Haterade”

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Gucci Mane ft Estelle “Grown Mane”

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Gucci Mane “Weirdo”

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Gucci Mane ft Swizz Beatz “Gucci Time”

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 12:37 pm and is filed under Features, Music, New Releases. Tags: Estelle, Gucci Mane, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted