Gucci Mane – My Own Worst Enemy
The latest leak off The State vs. Radric Davis is “My Own Worst Enemy,” produced by Drumma Boy. Gucci gives us a rare glimpse into his serious side while speaking about his Young Jeezy beef and commenting on both Tiny and T.I.
Miss Info recently sat down with Gucci Mane to speak about his comments on “My Own Worst Enemy.” Click here to watch the conversation.
It was exciting to hear Gucci tell Miss Info that the upcoming album will help fans understand what’s been going on behind the scenes. However, his comment on being too busy to beef with Young Jeezy is hard to believe. The beef goes back a few years, but Gucci miraculously finds time to comment on the situation just weeks before his album release date?
Regardless of the reason, Gucci decided to speak on Jeezy in “My Own Worst Enemy.”
“That day they tried to murder me,
That day I can’t forget about,
And I don’t wish no death on homie,
Just want him to hear me out,
Think about the past and all the many things we talked about,
Think of all the people influenced by what comes out our mouths.”
As stated in the interview, this verse is not solely directed at Young Jeezy, who Gucci doesn’t believe will hear the meaning anyway. Gucci Mane uses those lines to show his fans how he’s grown and that he understands the power behind words. Other verses have Gucci apologizing to Tiny and showing respect to T.I.
Gucci really is his own worst enemy, like the title of this single suggests, as his choices have led him back to jail. This time the rapper is going behind bars at the height of his career!
Wale – Beautiful Bliss (featuring J.Cole & Melanie Fiona)
Wale’s Attention Deficit dropped on Tuesday, and word is it’s selling well. My favorite track off Wale’s debut is the smooth “Beautiful Bliss,” featuring a verse from J.Cole and Melanie Fiona on the hook.
If you’ve been following J.Cole’s rise to hip hop greatness, you know that he’s currently working on his label debut. The rising star took a break from his own album to record a standout verse on “A Star Is Born,” off of Jay-z’s The Blueprint 3.
Recently, J.Cole has been touring the United States with Jay-z and Wale, and it looks like somewhere along the tour he decided to kill another guest spot.
J.Cole’s verse on “Beautiful Bliss” in its entirety:
“I phone home to the real, they wanna know just how it feel,
Who woulda thought a lil nigga from the ville could get a deal,
And tell them niggas at the top we want yo spot we are for real,
And yet we heard you got it locked but like them socks we on your heels,
So you best be on your toes, nigga,
‘Specially on your flows, nigga,
Cause man they keep on checking for me, especially all your hoes nigga,
Catch me on your doorstep, you see me let me in,
All I wanna do is eat, I’m like a freaky lesbian,
No all I wanna do ball on TV, me ESPN,
They heard I’m bout to blow so all my enemies say, let’s be friends,
And all these rappers know just know where I’m bout to go so catch me then,
Where all the girls that we knew scream fuck you, gone let me in,
I’m definitely in a class of my own,
At dinner with Hov, hoping that he pass the baton,
He just pass the Patron,
Ain’t nothin’ given dog, it’s earned,
If you just livin’ dog you learn,
I let you niggas see the light,
I’m like the prison yard,
I yearn for that living large,
But Mama I ain’t done yet,
Sit back and watch your son rise,
Kick back and know your son’s set,
Forever I ain’t run yet, and never will,
Nas told me “Life’s A Bitch”,
Pac said “Fuck The World” and I ain’t cum yet,
You up yet?,
My punchlines like gut checks, I’m raw dog,
I’m rough sex, I’m on deck, I’m up next,
I’m God Blessed, I’m success so fuck stress,
You can get the fuck from around me,
And if you listening, know you wondering where the fuck they found me,
I’m from the ville boy.”
J.Cole bodied that beat!
I hope the Fayetteville hero gets a guest spot on every album that drops before his debut.
Chiddy Bang – All Things Go
Xaphoon Jones, one half of Chiddy Bang, did an impressive job creating the ridiculously catchy beat on “All Things Go,” out of a Sufjan Stevens sample.
Chiddy Bang dropped their most recent mixtape, The Swelly Express, on October 29th, amidst a handful of other notable tape releases that same weekend (Lil Wayne – No Ceilings, Travis Porter & Waka Flocka – Streets R Us, Wiz Khalifa – B.A.R., etc). Despite having been released next to such highly anticipated projects, the group’s mixtape was not overshadowed and continues to gain recognition.
The Swelly Express follows the duo through their college experiences and breaking into the music industry. Proto exercises his storytelling ability in”All Things Go” with:
“It started off with a rhyme and a dream,
Made it the greatest and the latest,
Now we fresh on the scene,
Got the sample for the kids, won’t you ever grow up?
Went to Drexel and had classes, but I never showed up,
I was writing all day, til my hands would hurt,
Professors didn’t appreciate it, called me a jerk,
New boy need to learn, but I never would,
Pay attention in school is something that I never could.
And over the beat gotta be steamin,
And we could work wonders over Logic and Reason.”
I especially like the line about Logic and Reason, as I use both those programs to create beats myself!
It seems like more and more people get put on to the group everyday. For example, just yesterday Mike Posner tweeted about how he couldn’t stop listening to “All Things Go.” This will definitely get the group a lot of followers, as they share a similar fan base.
Chiddy Bang is a group to keep an eye on, as they have a number of impressive shows lined up. The group is performing in NYC tonight, alongside Goodie Mob, Scarface and Slick Rick, and again on November 24th as a part of SOB’s Who’s Next concert series.
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Johnny Jetston
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uristocrat
