I have an unhealthy obsession with Gucci Mane. I don't really know why. It's not even that he has any songs that are particularly outstanding. Sure, I admire his galactic ego, but it's probably more the way that he goes about his trade. He doesn't seem to be bothered with highlighting his punchlines. Or anything, really. Everything, and I mean everything, falls out of his heavily sedated mouth in the exact same monotone pitch. Finding his best lines are kind of like finding the Where's Wally of rap.
And pretty much everything that comes out is about what happens to be on his wrist, how swell his car is, degrading bitches, shooting people, getting shot, how large and phallic his chain is etc. He just does it better than most. He also only changes the tempo of his rhymes in very subtle ways, depending on the beat (which is always cheap and tinny sounding for some reason). Yet, somehow, you never get bored of it. It lulls you in. Gucci Mane is the Medusa of southern rap.
And pretty much everything that comes out is about what happens to be on his wrist, how swell his car is, degrading bitches, shooting people, getting shot, how large and phallic his chain is etc. He just does it better than most. He also only changes the tempo of his rhymes in very subtle ways, depending on the beat (which is always cheap and tinny sounding for some reason). Yet, somehow, you never get bored of it. It lulls you in. Gucci Mane is the Medusa of southern rap.