Gucci Mane - Muscles N My Hand (Str8 Drop, 2001)

This is the same beat that Squadda B used on “The Greenova Way”. Ever the innovator. 

Gucci Mane - 12 (Str8 Drop Records, 2001)

I’ll be writing about Gucci Mane’s career in-depth for a whole week sometime this year, and now I’m studying his earliest work, La Flare (his first mixtape from 2001) in preparation. It really is amazing how strong of a rapper he was in 2001, far better than he was in 2005, displaying all the tools that would lead to his legendary career span the next ten years. Even though the music isn’t quite there (despite the fact that an early Zaytoven seemingly contributes to La Flare in spots, especially on the catchy “Say Cheese”), this is a wonderful case study that was tragically overlooked during its re-release in 2010. Any fan of Gucci Mane should spend an afternoon with this piece of history. 

Gucci Mane - Antisocial (Brick Squad/Warner Bros., 2010)

happy Valentines day, folks. I’m going to ride around in a horse and carriage for the remainder of the day

Gucci Mane - Miss Lady (Freestyle) (So Icey Ent., 2009)

fuck her, like her, treat her, like her, then I pass her to my dawggggs

Gucci Mane - Luv Me (So Icey Ent., 2008)

Shawty say she love me, but I don’t believe her/what about your ex-man? could’ve been your husband/what about your boyfriend? better yet your girlfriend? shawty got a girlfriend but I don’t got a girlfriend/but I got a bitch though/sittin’ in my seven-fo’/ridin’ through the Six low/hood luv me/So Icey Boys, errybody got a bad bitch/Juice keep a bad bitch, Zay keep a bad bitch/Frenchie got a bad bitch, Wooh got a bad bitch/Waka got a bad bitch, and Gucci got a bad bitch

Gucci Mane (feat. Keri Hilson & Three 6 Mafia) - Medicine (unreleased, 2009)

why did Keri sell this song to Plies?

Gucci Mane - Body Language (So Icey Ent., 2008)

baby, talk to me/she told me “nigga, I don’t talk, cause talk is cheap”/and shawty fine to me/she blow your mind, like a mime use her hands to speak/you think I’m lying? ain’t lying, she a ten to me/from the top of her head to her pretty feet

Gucci Mane (feat. Waka Flocka Flame & Rocko) - Euphoria (Brick Squad, 2009)

your love is like an addiction to heroin/there’s nothing else I feel it can compare with/I’m arrogant, she got more fans than Aerosmith/or Miley Cyrus, or Janet Jackson/attraction really strong like a magnet/please excuse my French, but she a bad bitch