Tuesday, December 8, 2009

how remixable is gucci mane?

It's a question that's lingered the music community for about the latter half of 2009.
Gucci mane's origins start in Atlanta and he's gone to jail a couple of times.
He's definitely one of my favorite southern rappers based on pure skill (if by skill, I mean pure-ridiculousness).
He's become somewhat of an oddity in the indie community, becoming kinda ironic, I guess? He would get a lot of press on Pitchfork's pages and then started getting remixed by a ton of weird-abstract electronic artists.
It started with SALEM.



Gucci Mane - Bird Flu (Salem Remix)



Then with HEALTH/Flying Lotus on that new ATL RMX mixtape released by Adult Swim. That mixtape in itself exemplifies this indie infatuation with Southern Rappers. Call it ironic, or whatever-- the heart of the matter is that most of the stuff is good, and that a bulk of these rappers (Gucci Mane not being mutually exclusive-- we're talking Dem Franchize Boyz, Young Jeezy, and OJ Da Juiceman) have the grime appeal... and appeal that works well with the abstract electronic/dubtsteppy/sampladelic stuff.




Even Diplo and his label Mad Decent are releasing a mixtape revolving around Diplo beats and Gucci's rough 'n' tumble lyrics. And on top of that, M.I.A. went out and said her new Diplo-produced album will sound like "Gucci Mane meets Animal Collective". Uhhh does that not sound like the best combination ever?
Diplo released a track yesterday sampling Mariah Carey with Gucci on the mic. And it sounds awesome.

Gucci Mane - Danger Not A Stranger (Diplo Remix)

So I guess this seems to be my prediction for what will be hot in 2010: the rise of indie credibility in the southern rap community.




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