Since
the early 2000s, Gucci has been a festive, unpredictable and wildly
prolific street rapper. His music kept pouring out even while he was
serving time, stockpiled in advance for constant supply, full of his
stretchy, mumbly voice.
He’s
a big part of the story of change in Southern hip-hop, including being
an inspiration for the move toward Internet-aesthetics rap — the extreme
reaches of absurdism and grimness achieved by Lil Yachty and 21 Savage
on their new mixtapes, “Summer Songs 2” and “Savage Mode.”
They’re
three very different artists. But Jon Caramanica — who visited Gucci at
home in Atlanta recently, and wrote about Lil Yachty and 21 Savage this
week — explains how they’re all part of the same long line
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