“I dropped my biggest album in jail. That’s the story of my life: money problems, haters, liars, lawsuits…” says Gucci Mane on the recorded-by-phone introduction to the DJ Holiday-hosted Burrrprint (2) HD. As a snack to the second album in his trilogy, The Appeal, the Atlanta trap star speaks the truth. With his greatest chart success, a slew of late ’09 features and a seeming truce in a once near-fatal feud between him and Young Jeezy, Gucci’s destiny correlates his rap sheet. With presumed State vs. Radric Davis leftovers produced by Drumma Boy and Fatboi, this release has album potential, marred by its defiantly mixtape treatment.
A decade ago, labels did everything in their power to stop the mixtape. By the midpoint of those last 10 years, the labels used the mixtapes as a promotional tool for buzzing artists, and pre-album marketing. Burrrprint (2) HD marks the full change, as a major label with their flagship Rap artist goes and releases a Top 20-selling retail mixtape as a nationally-distributed product, complete with annoying drops, distractions and non-HD quality.
Some of Burrrprint (2) has the polish of The State vs. Radric Davis. While this material is geared towards a core fan-base, “Coca Cola” 
has single appeal, as the Brick Squad posse cut also includes Nicki Minaj, Yo Gotti and fellow ATL native Rocko. At just under nine minutes, Gucci’s signature vocal timing and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor drives the track, as he chronicles money laundering and how Atlanta’s other coke bought him all his toys. Minaj book-ends the track, with one of her harder 2010 verses, taking it back the days of D in her knapsack. The Trey Songz-assisted “Beat It Up” is another album-worthy record, largely due to Drumma’s eerie production and Songz’ accents to the beat. DJ Holiday however, won’t let it breathe, and the record is choked by ad-libs and self-promotion. Some of these inconsiderate actions to the listener force one to ponder how much of a last minute decision it was to make this mixtape retail?
Countless Gucci answering machine drops and artist testimony does not help the cause. Despite a revealing intro, this collection of songs is frequently arrested by fanfare and the kinds of things heard on the tapes that made Gucci famous, but seem extra by now. “Gucci On The Rise” is a rushed cover of Young Jeezy’s 2006 cut “J.E.E.Z.Y.” combined with non-stop Paper Trail “yeah, boy!” ad-libs, confusing any believer in Gucci’s lyrical identity. Records like “911 Emergency” and “Shining For No Apparent Reason” lack the show-stealing production heard in a handful of other songs, and merely feel like Gucci verses rubber-cemented onto predictable trap-house beats. Much of Burrrprint‘s sequel makes use of what was available, but one has to question if keeping audio updates on Gucci’s catalog was worth compromising quality and brushing aside, what many believe to be his 2009 mainstream breakthrough.
Fifteen years since Slick Rick released his aptly-titled Behind Bars, the label strategy remains the same, but the presentation paradigm sure has shifted. Whether X-Raided, Shyne or MC Ricky D, no artist has been able to make a classic album while in prison, or with pre-jail leftovers. “Classic” was hardly the intention here, but as Gucci Mane’s brand reverts back to the mixtape methods that made him a star, he departs from the kind of quality, dominance and lyrical nuance that it will take to keep him there. The enduring material here is muddied by the interludes, the hosting and the lack of quality. However, from the extensive guest-list and impressive production contribution, the incarcerated Gucci takes a page from Shawshank Redemption, as the trap star is “a man who knows how to get things.”
fuck gucci
gucciiiiiiiiiiii
Wow, all the middle schoolers are pumped-up today.
Gucci Mane sucks
only thing gucci be sucking is a delicious mountain dew slushie from 7-11
go fuck your boyfriend
This cd is hard as fuck. Any nigga that puts a cd out in jail and is on the top charts is a real mother fucker and speaks the truth. This nigga has done so much in this rap game and is taken over.1017 gonna blow up and show these other shitty rap groups what’s really up. Gucci all day. Listen to him closely before you say he sucks.
listening…. listening… no, he’s still shit
why yall doing write ups on this retards mixtapes?
why hasnt chief kamachi – clock of destiny been reviewed?
why hasnt roc marciano – marceberg been reviewed?
if yall are running thin, let me know. plenty of dope albums dropping, and youre not reviewing them. id do it for free. step your game up review squad. yall probably getting paid to sleep.
totally agree with you mr kush nap this dude is a waste of space!!!
“Marcberg” is dropping until May 18, so reviewing it now would be stupid for promo purposes.
go back to your kush nap
go back to sleepin on gucci
wake up dead
This street album is off the chain. No bullshit yo, this is the bee’s knees, the whole enchilada, da creme de la creme. Every track on this cut go ham! Gucci on the rise no doubt. All u lames talking shit on my nigga Gucci can eat a fat dick! 1017 brick squad bitch,burrrr burrrrr burrrrrrr!!!!
This street album is off the chain. No bullshit yo, this is the bee’s knees, the whole enchilada, da creme de la creme. Every track on this cut go ham! Gucci on the rise no doubt. All u lames talking shit on my nigga Gucci can eat a fat dick! 1017 brick squad bitch,burrrr burrrrr burrrrrrr!!!! This album deserve a 5 star or atleast a 4.5 star cuz it’s way better than that ho ass blueprint 3. Fuck ho ass Sean Knowles, Gucci would merk that nigga
This is the greatest mixtape of all time…if you exclude every other mixtape ever recorded.
hahaha, cosign
hahaha, cosign, some people need to step back and listen to themselves and how terrible their music is…
nigga look at the food gucci eatin – IN JAIL
bet it looks good to a nigga eatin off the $ menu every night
Haha, I hope you realise that all that food is Photoshopped in… Seriously, that dude will be eating the same shit everyone else eats.
Dude can’t rap for shit
gucci mane’s newest frisbee!!!
thank god its broken so when u throw it, it doesn’t come back.
Cooni Mane is trash, and Burr is the worst ad-lib i’ve ever heard. If you guys wanna review a good mixtape check out Talib Kweli’s new Early Mourning Signs Mixtape instead of wasting space with Gucci.
I do like the fact that you actually reviewed the garbage however and didn’t just slap a 3.5 on it.
BRRRRRRR motherfucker
Almost as bad as Nicki Minaj’s “Massive Attack”
I WISH A NIGGA WOULD
This street album is off the chain. No bullshit yo, this is the bee’s knees, the whole enchilada, da creme de la creme. Every track on this cut go ham! Gucci on the rise no doubt. All u lames talking shit on my nigga Gucci can eat a fat dick! 1017 brick squad bitch,burrrr burrrrr burrrrrrr!!!! This album deserve a 5 star or atleast a 4.5 star cuz it’s way better than that ho ass Sean Knowles and the blueprint 3, no doubt. Word is bon mothafucca
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you beat stealin niggas
gucci’s armed and dangerous
cocaine codeine and angel dust
Ooh scary…
2 stars! another classic by gucci
nigga gucci just too intelligent for you
go kick your dumb shit in your raggedy ass whip that impresses no one
hahahahaha
hardest shit i heard all week
GUCCI
STFU FAGGOT, STAY OFF COOCH’s DICK
i don’t even know why these other bitch ass rappers try
gucci’s got the top spot and he’s holdin it down from jail
that’s JAIL, fags. last rapper to do that = pac.
speaking of pac, gucci could DIE and still be #1 for a good three years
1. 2PAC
2. GUCCI MANE
3. EMINEM
4. I DON’T GIVE A FUCK EVERYONE ELSE IS GARBAGE
Wtf? Is this guy serious
you’re just as mentally retard like gucci if you think he belongs up there with pac and em. that nigga is at the dead bottom like hell.
your retarded for dissing the nigga for stating his opinion. go suck a big Guru dick.
hahaha. i actually gave this a try but na, i’m not ignorant enough to enjoy. i guess everyone is a rapper these days…….look out for my mixtape
LMFAO!!!!! oh shit
terrible
I Lost respect for HipHopDX For even reviewing this album. Whoever gave this a listen is either an ignorant gang banging Laimo.. Or sum cat bored and was looking for a good laugh…
PeaCe!
its GUCCI so you know what its is
fuck this fuckin farthead!!
its rare that you hear rap music at this high of quality…like i have said many times before beauty is in the eye of the beholder and you dumb ass critics don’t know what the fuck your talking about…
FREE GUCCI
FREE GUCXI!!11!1!!!
fuckin right
FREE GUCCCCI
malcolm x. mlk. gucci.
I know your joking about this shit being high quality. Rarely do I hear shittier rap music then this. I’ve got some kids CD in my car that they recorded in the basement of there house that is 100 times better then this garbage.
How dare you put Gucci in the same line as Malcolm and Dr. King? He’s the complete opposite of those two.
u see how fucked waka was in the video man he must be going hard on the X
how are you real if you get caught and go to jail.your real dumb to get caught and go to jail.
realer than you bitch ass nigga
I will never understand this dude’s appeal, at all. He funny, but a better feature than a album-maker.
HAVE YOU HEARD HIS BEATS NIGGA???
HOTTEST SHIT SINCE EVER
Brrrr:
Try listening to beats from DJ Premier or Dr. Dre.
A THIRD OF GUCCI’S FANS SMOKE SHERM.
wait is that when you mix crack with weed
nah it’s angel dust
damn yall hatin but dont know shit
Whack
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in 20 years all you hatin ass niggas will WISH new gucci shit was droppin like its been the last couple years … he’s solely responsible for a new golden age in hip hop
in 20 years gucci will be considered a legend … in 20 years you might be considered for night manager at the fuckin wendy’s you workin at now …
ahaha. In 20 years Gucci Mane will be begging for a spot on the surreal life. He, along with Waka Flocka Flame, Oj juiceman, Plies, and several others are responsible for degrading hip-hop. Im guessing in 20 years you’ll be about 30 years old, because no grown-up would ever make a ridiculous statement like you did.
In 20 years, Gucci will be 50 years old and still making weak records.
so wack. so, so wack.
gucci has a HHDX account and his name is brrr….
this shit is bad really bad
uhhhhhhhh…..this looks like a mixtape to me……either way not gettin it. just too damn ignant for me haha
This dude goin’ hard for that worst rapper ever spot.
NIggas like him, lil geezei, or whatever the fuck his name is,and all these other poor assed material niggas are missing the whole point. No sense of self. I’ll tell you boy, niggahs do fucked up thangs for some fame and a little bit of what the people in power call pocket change!
dude, wtf are you talkin’ about?
no. just no.
ima gucci fan but i must say this some weat shit, i liked the beginning but you can tell this is jus shit he had lying around so he can keep himself relevant. but when he comes outta jail its gunna be a cold summer BURRR
Hello folks,my name is guci mane and i am a dumb illiterate mumblin’ bumblin’ retarded fuckbag who can’t rap and is killing hip hop.Me and my stupidass mindnumbingly dumb country southern garbage shit music inbred crack babies like killing hip hop and eating laffy taffy like a bunch of homos.These cats need a quick bulle tto the head and get the fuck outta ruining the culture.REAL talented southern artists stand up and get these fuckers out of hip hop PLEASE!….they due NO justice to Luda,T.I.,Outkast,The Geto Boys,UGK,or any other cat from the dirty with real talent who put it down….numb nigga rap is what it should be called genre-wise…you’re rap gets the gun clap…fool!
I dont even know the name to your brand new game, gucci.
$$$, Chains, Cars, Half naked hoes, Jewelry….what more can you ask for?
Gucci always got the beats but he needs to get back to his old style, Like the Drama movie mixtape that shit is a banga, ill give this 3 stars for the beats but its kinda whack
is this dude serious? is this wut rap has come to?
Idk what happened. I expected more from Gucci, his album was nice and the other mixtapes were real nice compared to this. This mixtape was ok, i’ll wait 4 the next one
-9,000,000,000,000,000,000 rating, i didn’t even listen to it and i KNOW its GARBAGE. People need to realize that this isnt hip-hop, it has its own genre, its called… SHIT. throw lil wayne and all those other cocksuckers in there too. Peace!
haha yeah dude .. SHIT.. is what this is
Tried n tested in the hottest clubs in Georgia and Florida. The people have spoken.
that wat these ppl dont under stand bout gucci mane and waka the shit they put out aint for something to listen to and chill …….the shit like HARD IN THE PAINT GOING STRAIGHT TO THE CLUBS OF ATLANTA AND FLORIDA………..
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i’M A GUCCI FAN BUT DAT BURRPRINT 2hd AIN HITTEN ON SHIT NUN BUT BULLSHIT i DIDN’T LIKE NUN OF DA BEATS OR DA HOOKS
THIS IS NOT HIP HOP.. GUCCI A WACK ASS NIKKA
songs like every body looking ……i mean how can u give this album 2 Xs classical
stop
Its really pretty decent. Niggas be exaggerating. Its not terrible.