2016 marked Gucci’s return after a two year-long stint for his unlawful possession of a firearm, proving just how far his work ethic goes, managing to still gift us with a mixtape and two studio albums towards the end of the year. It’s no secret that, through out his long career, Gucci Mane has dealt with the fame in tandem with a slew of legal issues that have, in hindsight, only further boosted the rapper’s pertinence in this era. help carry that torch onwards (speaking of which, where K.R.I.T. There is no shade intended at OutKast with that statement - they were also definitive pioneers of a Southern sound as well, which, although may not be considered trendy (sigh) at the moment, Southerners such as Big K.R.I.T. and Jeezy ousting the likes of OutKast as the reigning sound of the Southern capital only continues to fasten itself, growing stronger with every new project and guest feature. Since his initiation into the rap game, you’d be pressed to find a rapper from Atlanta and the surrounding area who doesn’t cite Radric Davis has an influence one way or another, and this influence certainly doesn’t fail to permeate beyond his city limits, as Gucci has rightfully reserved his spot among pioneers of Hip-Hop’s trap subgenre.Ī decade and some change later, the throne he began to assemble during a point in time that saw Davis and other contemporaries like T.I.
We narrow down Gucci Mane's top 25 best songs.of all time?Īrriving with a movement that saw many of Hip-Hop’s die-hards questioning the genre’s direction, Gucci Mane’s significance both musically and culturally has been both heavily documented and proven since his debut Chicken Talk and Trap House projects.
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