The two discussed 50’s upcoming London concert, and calls London the “New York City of Europe.”
He discusses the criticism about his Curtis album vs the street feel of War Angel, addresses his bad-guy image. But what about the reports that 50 is dabbling with “techno” tracks on his upcoming Black Magic album?!?…..and 50 also responds to Rick Ross’ babymama’s sextape lawsuit…..listen after the jump…
As I mentioned in the earlier post, Gucci and DJ Holiday put together a sequel mixtape to the recent DJ Drama tape, this one called Burrrprint 2HD, dropping April 13 (with classically absurd cover art). Tonite, the first leak debuted on Atlanta radio as well as on Shade45, but here’s the CDQ.
New Music: Gucci Mane feat. Ludacris “Atlanta Zoo” (Dirty, CDQ)(thanks to the homie JGrand)
Mikey: In an effort to raise awareness for the fight against diabetes, Hip-Hop legends KRS-One, Dres (Black Sheep), Greg Nice, and few a more performed for a benefit concert last night at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. Hosted by Michael Rappaport, Phife Dawg, and Okayplayer, the event had a line wrapped around the block all night long. But around midnight it was pretty clear who the folks came to see… minutes later Jay Electhanukkah crept out from the clusterf*ck going on backstage, that’s when I opted to climb back into the crowd for a better shot. It’s only just begun…
MissInfo: First off, big up to all the folks who performed because the threat of diabetes is such a scary thing, and it’s great to see Phife back in action. I’m not sure what makes people all mash up on a tiny stage, but big up to Mikey for thugging it out, lol. Now I heard Mel D Cole was there so I’m sure some dope images are soon to come, but I also got an email from the Keap Hope blog with their show post link. (Is this blog a Williamsburg blog? because there’s both a Keap St. and a Hope St. in the area. Hmm). Also big up to my Mighty Healthy family who were there: Denis, Drew, Damian and John.
Mikey: Alright it’s 4:45 am, so I gotta keep it short and simple… Jay Electronica x Diddy x Talib Kweli x Mos Def on stage together @ the Highline Ballroom, New York City 1/17/10. Epic !!!
“Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin “when you gon drop that verse n***a you takin long”
Also earlier today Cons sent over his Bad Boy team remix, and Trey ripped Rihanna’s song….I’m still rockin to Boss of All Bosses and Bun B….today was a great day for new music.
(Bun B, the homie Eskay, and me, but please ignore my doofy face and tourist peace sign)
Bun B has been on fire this past week. fire! He set off the new year with a bunch of new freestyles and yesterday Bun sent over his freestyle over Chris Brown x Swizz x Wayne’s “I Can Transform Ya” beat…exclusively for us to enjoy on missinfo.tv : )
Love this guy. No seriously, one of the few artists that you actually enjoy talking to and don’t feel like it’s “polly-ing.” Bun’s album Trill OG will be out in April. Mark it down!
So, Gucci explained that we were sitting in front of the 2 bedroom apartment where he grew up, below the window where he watched the trap unfold every day, and by the bus stop where he (and OJ da Juiceman) eventually worked his own hustle (away from the watchful eyes of his mother).
While I’ve heard a similar story many times before, in my own interviews, in music, in movies (and the scene definitely reminded me of The Wire)…what surprised me was Gucci telling me that he and his older brother balanced their drug hustle with their high school studies (both eventually being offered scholarships to college!?!) out of sheer respect for their mom.
Now, what’s missing in this edit is where Gucci expands on that respect, saying that he grew up in a supportive household, and that “even though we were poor, I never knew we were poor as a kid,” because his parents (including his namesake, dad Big Goochie) worked constantly to provide for them.
Definitely a side of the man that was interesting to see.
(PS: elsewhere in the interview Gucci tells the story about when and how his double life came to an abrupt end, and his rap career began…maybe that will be the final clip)
UPDATE: Wow. Diplo (”Paper Planes”) is going to remix Gucci’s Cold War mixtape? That should be interesting….I’ve heard Diplo is a big trap music fan.
“Gucci Mane is an underdog, and a divisive artist. I thought it would be cool to have a bunch of kids and weirdos do some mixes of his songs. We all are fans and we are from different scenes. Gucci is a rapper that doesn’t try and be anything he is not; he’s straight up. Maybe it’s ironic and all, but I’m just a fan and have been since day one. Gucci Mane is the cool uncle I never had even though I’m pretty sure I am older than him.” -Diplo
LOL!!
After the jump…there is another short clip that came out last week on Global Grind, of Gucci talking about when he was blacklisted in the rap game (more…)
It’s been a hotly debated topic in the comments section every time we’ve had a Gucci Mane-related post, drawing lines in the sand between fans claiming regional prefs, or fans fighting about the merits of high-brow vs low-brow raps, or even the Team Jeezy fans vs. the Team Gucci splits. But one thing that keeps coming up again and again is the recognition of this widespread Gucci-Mania that has gone from “the Trap,” to pop radio to indie hipster to music-tv takeover, and more.
Well I got to see what the mania was all about when I was down in Atlanta….Gucci has very limited free time, but in between shooting multiple videos, eating lunch at the scripclub (lol), dropping 3 mixtapes at once, and holding court with his rabid fans, Gucci took me to the very housing complex where he grew up and admittedly screwed up in Zone 6/East Atlanta….to chat about many things (his history with T.I., being blacklisted in ATL, his childhood,etc). But in this clip, we talked about the song that surprised me the most.
Far from a diss song, is “My Own Worst Enemy” an “at-peace” song?
UPDATE: Just about an hour ago, a judge sentenced Gucci Mane to 12 months in Fulton County jail for probation violations. He was then taken into custody. He will most likely to do 6 months at minimum. (BET’s Carl Chery just posted this report)
After the jump….Meka/2DopeBoyz produced this Digiwaxx sit-down with Gucci’s labelmate and buddy, OJ da Juuman
Beans is making alot of accusations here (B? BP3 show? No jail mail? Feds?)….I know one of y’all will post a transcript soon. Don’t forget the rant at the end too, when you do.
“3:35-4:00 I love the way 50 did with his dawgs. If you look at it, them dudes got more money and more bread than anybody in State Property. Cuz 50 made sure of that. 50 went on tour AND paid them. Not tell them it was a good look for them to be on the tour and things like that. True story, I’m sitting on house arrest and the Young Gunz call my phone cuz Jay-Z is only paying them $1200 a show. And they had to split it.”
