letz talk abt gucci mane

i think it goes w/o saying that this swizz verse might be a bit superfluous

i guess it's more of an outro

or not since they bring the hook back after

a great single imo

i like mr zone 6 just fine, but his best 2010 output is some of these the non mixtape tracks just dangling about

he flowed way better on the leak tho

mr zone 6 is my second favorite album of 2010

which justice song is this taken from btw

this would be great if there was a third gucci verse

the beat is pretty much the first few seconds of "phantom pt II" looped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR035Mhd58o

ITS GUCCI TIME

haha

gucci scholars,

has gucci ever done anything over Schoolly D's "Gucci Time" to your knowledge?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QmWMoy2rw8

no, that would be amazing tho

i mean when i saw there was a song called "Gucci Time," I pretty much assumed but then

i think its gotta be a ref to that tho ... im sure gucci is familiar w/ schoolly d

yeah it's probably a reference, but it seems weird not to take it all the way

this single is cool but the swizz production tics kinda bother me for some reason

hey deej

guess what

.

..

...

....

IT'S GUCCI TIME

XD

my only real problem with it is that because of the justice sample it's a bit "on to the next one pt. 2" but that's a bit of a small quibble cuz it's not like "on to the next one" is some unassailable classic

really the biggest problem is for some reason giving swizz a verse

another new one off the new album

drumma boy joint

http://www.dirtyglovebastard.net/?p=27757

weird that I was just thinking yesterday that gucci should sample/reference "gucci time"

yeah these are technically very accomplished, but like some peeps up thread i'm kinda bummed that the sense of weird--and to some extent the sense of fun--is kinda disappearing. that element was always the most exciting for me (and why something like "i might pull up on a zebra" is the standout from gucci time). these just all sound very sober. he needs to start smoking some weed again or something.

i've been really high on mr. zone 6 even though i don't necessarily disagree with deej's assessment, possibly because irl i often find myself around people who dont take gucci seriously as a lyricist and if i ever end up in that argument then i can just point to this tape as exhibit a. but also because dry by gucci's standard is still extremely entertaining

'dont beleeh dat' is GREAT

A+++

yo whole crew like food for my TUMMY

sometimes i'm really with you guys on Gucci being super dope all the time, but then i listen to the E-40 album guest spot which starts

40 Water, Gucci... uh
Hollywood... Cali love"

and i just smh

dudes highs are v high for me, and his lows are v :/

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6sqo5Nm4O1qzyzxlo1_400.gif

i dont see what the 'problem' is w/ that couplet

i think yr letting "rap should be structured this way technically to be good" overwhelm "rappers are personalities making music & dont have to conform to technical norms"

im not even sure whats so wrong w/ using a grunt as a syllable there to rhyme with. its not like it breaks character for him, which would be a much bigger deal to quality than the fact that he doesn't fill every space with nimble verbal acrobatics

ugh swizz beats please step away from the justice cd

also wouldn't this kinda still be a Goblin sample?

I actually endorse Swizz sampling justice cuz it totally makes sense why he likes them

sometimes i feel pretty smh about some of the slower gucci raps

but some of them are like his best shit

yeah i might be alone here but that one he rapped over the phone from jail is awesome to me, like a lost ro joint or something

(re: slow raps)

im not sure what tempo has to do w/ it, this new drumma track is slow raps & its awesome, if not his most lyrical shit, and 'marijuanna got my beemer foggy as a sauna' is def one of his slow rap joints, etc

the over the phone rap is a total classic

deej's last post otm

im not sure what tempo has to do w/ it,

lol this is my bad. i had imagined the couplet whiney typed out a slow rap because of the "..." s and made me think of how sometimes his use of negative space in slow raps is awkward or can sometimes expose an under-written verse. just listened to the song and that's obv not the case. a great verse, though, imo, i really like him on that beat. definitely do not f/w e-40 though

gtfo imo