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Gucci Mane is renowned for the volume and quality of his output, and with his upcoming album Everybody Looking, he’s looking to create a modern classic. Speaking to The Fader, producer Mike Will Made-It gave a behind-the scenes look at the recording of Gucci’s first post-prison album, and said they drew inspiration from some iconic records:
This is a classic hip-hop album. I haven’t really [heard] an album that felt this good since Get Rich Or Die Trying. That’s what everybody searching for. Me and Gucci had certain references that we were talking about with this album: All Eyez On Me, The Chronic. He mentioned Layin Da Smack Down by Project Pat. We were just talking about different, solid albums. And we was like, ‘We gotta bring that solid album of today.’ It has to be somebody that’s gon elevate this trap sound, this down South rap shit right now. Everybody’s doing their thing, but elevate it in a different way.
Mike Will also talked about how he and Gucci worked on the album while Guwop was in prison, saying he’d describe beats to him via inmate texting service CorrLinks.
Read the entire interview here.
