1 album artists like Future, Migos and Travis Scott all benefit from always the proverbial groomsman but never the groom when it comes to having chart toppers? So why is the man who is largely credited with pioneering the rap sub-genre that No. Davis album by Gucci Mane debuted at its peak of No. Last year, his eleventh studio album, Mr. He’s come close a couple of times though.Įverybody Looking, his ninth studio album and his first in five years following a stint in jail, reached No. 1 slot on the nation’s authoritative album chart, none have had Gucci Mane’s name attached to them. Of the more than 180 (see List) rap or hip-hop albums that have occupied the No.
1 album on Billboard’s main chart, the Billboard 200. 11 last year).īut there’s one thing that has eluded him in the 13 years he’s been recording professionally: he’s never had a No. 1 (2016’s “Black Beatles” as a feature on Rae Shremmurd’s hit) and a near-miss top-10 as the lead on “I Got The Bag” (No. No stranger to the charts, Gucci’s had a few big hit singles either as lead or featured artist, including his first No. Lyra Pramuk live at Volksbühne ft.At 38 years old, trap god Gucci Mane is considered one of hip-hop’s OGs… a founding father of rap’s sub-genre de jour with a long list of albums that date back to when the word “Migos” was only known as an abbreviated form of the Spanish word for friends. Safa explores percussive musical traditions and potential georealities Gucci Mane has already released eight mixtapes and one album in 2013 – here are 10 great cuts that you might have missedĬaterina Barbieri shares transcendent visual for 'Broken Melody' Use your keyboard’s arrow keys or hit the prev / next arrows on your screen to turn pages (page 1/11) We’ve purposefully left off the tracks that eventually made it to Trap House III – so that means no ‘ Hell Yes’ (arguably Gucci’s 2013 high point), no ‘Birds of a Feather’ (probably the diss track of the year) and no ‘Darker’, but there’s plenty more where they came from.
With so many releases and feature spots it can however be something of a mission to trawl through each one looking for moments of brilliance, so we’ve pulled together a selection of Gucci’s best of the year so far. In many ways he’s rap’s counterpart to Wolf Eyes, releasing mixtapes much in the same way the noise set churn out CDRs and tapes, as experiments to see what sticks and what simply falls by the wayside – not just for himself but for the wider 1017 Brick Squad family. Gucci’s poor quality control is one of his most defining characteristics, and the haphazard way he presents his tapes is without a doubt part of the enjoyment. Produced confidently and realized with a rare restraint, it pulls together some of his finest moments but fails to tell the complete story. Towering above his eight (!) mixtapes this year is Trap House III, Gucci’s lone ‘proper’ album, and it’s a damn good one. Gucci Mane has had a frighteningly good year, and while he’s had the odd brush with the law (again), the rapper has managed to spend most of his time doing exactly what he does best – releasing mixtape after mixtape of high-grade Atlanta rap.
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