ARTIST: Gucci Mane
ALBUM: Trap God 2
LABEL: Asylum/Warner Brothers
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013
Keepin’ it Gucci
Written by Jeremy Weeden
Southern heavyweight rapper Gucci Mane is back on the scene with his latest mixtape, Trap God 2. Gucci is releasing the mixtape to coincide with his role in the feature film Spring Breakers, due for release March 22. Gucci Mane, while not the most lyrical of rappers is very consistent in the music he puts out. Everyone may not be a Gucci fan, but those that are fans are rarely let down. This is the case once again on Trap God 2, as Gucci lays out life in the streets for his listeners.
The first song on the album, “Big Guwap” featuring Atlanta newcomer Young Scooter, is a bass heavy anthem to getting money. Young Scooter continues his rise in the rap industry by dropping crafty lines like “Money over bitches can’t wife no ho/Money over everything can’t go broke.” The next track “Nothing on You” features newly minted first time father, Wiz Khalifa. This track finds Gucci and Wiz rapping about other girls having nothing on their woman. Wiz Khalifa drops a hot verse about Amber Rose in which he states that “Just came home from tour and I crushed it/Just bought my wife a pair of glass shoes, cause her ass thick as a pumpkin/They ain’t got nothing on her/She don’t want no other nigga, she fuckin with a stoner.”
Trap God 2 has more high profile guest appearances than a typical Gucci Mane mixtape as evidenced by “Bullet Wound,” one of two tracks featuring the current king of hop-hop, Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne is always good for clever similes and metaphors and he flexes that muscle dropping lines like “Shoot a brotha twice in case he lives a double life.” The other song featuring Weezy is “Running Circles” and once again he shows why he is considered one of the best with the couplet “I like my bitches rolling, I like my weed rolled/I got deep pockets and she got a deep throat.”
Other appearances on the album include Rocko, who shows up on “Get the Doe” a catchy, energetic track produced by Lex Luger. Wacka Flocka is featured on the comical “Breakfast” whose chorus goes “I smoke weed for breakfast/I drink lean for breakfast/I take mollies, I take xannies, I can’t eat no breakfast/Half a pound for breakfast/2 grams of molly breakfast/A pint of lean for breakfast/I got Collard Greens for breakfast.”
“Fly Shit” featuring R&B crooner Lloyd is a smooth jam in which Gucci raps about all the fly shit he has, while Lloyd sings the chorus. “Scholar” another slower song, is a dedication to the streets in which Gucci Mane proclaims “Gucci Mane ain’t never graduate, but I’m a trap scholar!”
Overall, Gucci Mane’s Trap God 2 stays true to his trusted and tried formula for success; hard, bass heavy, energetic beats, and lyrics about the streets, drug use, and partying. Excellent production as well as the numerous guest appearances keeps the album from getting stale even with a whopping 23 tracks. With Spring Breakers in theatres soon and Trap God 2 banging in the clubs, look for Gucci Mane to stay in the spotlight throughout the summer.