Since his release a couple of months ago, Gucci Mane has had our undivided attention. And with his new album, Everybody Looking, the ATL rapper has a lot to celebrate.
Gucci recently sat down with The FADER magazine and goes into details about being behind bars, his new music, and much more.
Check out excerpts below:
On him being an inspiration for many young rappers.
“I like that the kids embrace me. I feel proud, I’m flattered….I think I’m the easiest to imitate. I can’t imitate Eminem. And they can’t imitate Eminem, but they can imitate Gucci. Is Eminem good? Yes. Do I recognize he’s super talented? Hell yeah! But do I want to play that when I jump in my Maybach?”
On his lyrical style.
“Braggadocio…That’s what I like — I’m doper than everybody, I’m fresher than everybody, I’m the illest. That’s really me. I never really made music to make people try to feel sad. I don’t want people to feel sorry for me. I want them to feel powerful, I want them to feel aggressive, I want them to feel invincible. I want to hear the f*ckery. I want to hear the sh*t that people probably think, ‘This ain’t good to be played around kids.’”
On him being a clone.
“I am hearing that Gucci is a clone … I will neither support nor deny those accusations.” He elaborated later, “It’s funny to me. I guess people ain’t used to me being healthy and taking care of myself and being happy, so I can understand why they shocked… I embrace it. A clone is like perfection. If I look like a machine or a robot then I’m doing something well.”
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