Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "GUCCI MANE - NOW IT'S REAL"

Episode Date: August 11, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, host Analytic Dreamz discusses the impact of Gucci Mane's 2009 mixtape, Now It's Real. Dreamz explores how the mixtape helped to define the sound of Southern hip hop in the late 2000s, and how it influenced a generation of rappers. He also talks about Gucci Mane's personal struggles with addiction and incarceration, and how he overcame them to become one of the most successful rappers of all time.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

At this point in time, I believe Gucci-Man can probably give NBA young boy. Yes, why be better himself a run for his money? As the amount of music that Gucci-Main has dropped has been very interesting to say to least because some people will say quality over quantity, but Gucci-Man would say he wants both. as I do believe he gives serviceable music from time to time with all of the releases in the frequent amount of releases with his singles. I think there's enough tracks that actually is good to make fans keep wanting more.

So this man is back again coming off of his last track, which I believe was called Wappenheimer, which was literally taken. well not like in a bad way but gucumay had a fan kind of say that he is the next project or whatever or his cover title for his album should be uh inspired off a hopenheimer and it should be titled wapenheimer i know right it's just hey got to stay with me but of course gucchumay took that idea ran with it so he has a track out literally titled woppenheimer and i guess that didn't stick shockingly and he's back again with a new track titled Now It's Real, which I don't know what that means.

They're saying that this is the latest single for the rollout for his upcoming album. I don't even know what his upcoming album is even called. But the main thing you need to know with this whole release is that Gucci Man is celebrating something that I think really does need to be celebrated for the most part. As, you know, a lot of different people has trouble with mental health and the factors to the trouble with mental health is a variety of topics, of course, and a variety of things. But what I would say is what Gucci-Mae is celebrating a life of sobriety, which is basically

no alcohol, I believe, or maybe just no drugs in general, but it's a positive message that Gucci-Mane is pushing that should be applauded, I believe. and the amount of success that Gucci Maine has made him focusing on these life changes. I mean, a lot of people call this man a clone when he came back out of prison. And I know people are going to kill me for this comparison,

but it kind of reminds me of when Gunna first came out of jail and when he was in jail going through that transformation, what's it called, the transformative period where he was, basically having withdrawals from the different drugs he was taking when he was out in the free world. So he went to prison because of the YSL Rico trial came out a completely different person as far as being skinny. And now you have a completely different gunner talking about he don't want to go back to the drugs because he's been off of it for so long. Like he doesn't want to get hooked back on it.

And with Gutsu Mane talking about celebrating a life of sobriety, it kind of highlights the fact of prison reform and just a positive. effects it can have for criminals and i know that may sound harsh but gucci main even himself says in the chorus of the track quote i could have been in prison with a hundred years yet i woke up in a mansion with 200 mil how to let go of the lean and get off the pills used to dream used to dream of living like that but now it's real so of course go gucgcgcgmyne is stamping something that should be highlighted the i believe should be highlighted more in society with him just being sober and celebrating that lifestyle as it's always looked at in hip-hop as being uncool when you don't do certain drugs if that makes sense so for gucci may out of all people to come out and stamp and celebrate

and highlight his life of sobriety is just one of the highlights and popularly is just one of the highlights and positive messages being pushed that I did not see coming. So anyways, click my link to you in my bio, let me know in one of my social medias. What do you think about Gucci-Main just highlighting the fact of him being sober with his new single titled Now Is Real? And do you, after listening to the track,

actually, I just wanna ask a different question. What do y'all think about Gucci-May pushing this message of him being sober? And what do you think is the overall impact of that message on the hip hop culture.