Chicken Talk
by DJ Burn One & Gucci Mane

When I found out that there are 25 tracks in this, I thought "oh, man, here we go again". But it actually turned out much better than my initial reaction would suggest. Gucci Mane has been involved in so many projects that you never know what to expect, but this has to be one of his best - not that I know all of them inside out, more in the lines of making an educated guess based on what I've heard from him so far and some reviews I checked about his stuff I am not familiar with. Keeping the listener's attention for 100 minutes is no small feat. This doesn't mean that it couldn't be shorter, though (nothing crazy, maybe omitting five or six tracks and it would be huge). It's not clear if the production or Gucci Mane's performance is the deciding factor, as both reach absurd levels of greatness. The production is as innovative and genre-defining as it gets in 21st century, combining variety and cohesion. How many modern albums -hip hop or anything else, doesn't really matter - can claim to have been so influential? Gucci Mane also manages to sound fresh and comes with a style of his own, while showcasing great flexibility and adapting ideally to the different directions the beats take. The lyrics have many great rhymes ("Every time my phone ring, dog, it's eighteen-five Only problem that I have is what car I'm gon' drive Im a real street nigga, I ain't never had shit Man, this chain 'round my neck cost four or five bricks", or "I can't neva count my stash 'cause I always loose count I can't neva keep no bitch 'cause I put them hoes out I was corner store and in the motel in it, selling it You can check my rap sheet, its numerous felonies I took twenty-three stacks, and bought some jet skis") that provide tons of fun, but I 'd say they are not the strongest part of the album. Regarding the standout moments, except for the last part of the album, where I admittedly did lose focus, everything else is a highlight, my favorite would be the three songs sequence of Alligators, Iced Up and Swing My Door.