Review: Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection with DJ Holiday (2010, Mixtape)
Man, it's been a cold summer. Following July's fantastic Mr. Zone 6, Jewelry Selection allegedly serves as a prequel to Gucci Mane's upcoming studio album, the alleged sequel to 2009's The State vs. Radric Davis. Hopefully Gucc passes some of the new tape's elements on to The Appeal in September - a short and selective guest roster, booming trap beats and competent mixing. In fact, Jewelry Selection's blemishes are mainly the host's; aside from coating the LP in annoyingly loud drops, Holiday headscratchingly includes Mr. Zone 6's lone, braindead misstep "Makin' Love to the Money" alongside silly, infectious Appeal single "Gucci Time" and rewinds enough to increase the album's length by a good 5 minutes. Despite these unsurprising Aphiliates shenanigans, there's plenty of originality here - "Gross" finds Gucci disgusted with his arctic surroundings behind ad-libbed vomiting sounds while the brilliant horrortrap of "Poltergeist" and "Vampires" (which manages to put a dozen clever spins on the motif) is sure to slay sub-par (or sub-lacking) car stereos. If his recent activity is any indication, Gucci's already made his appeal - all he's gonna do in September is wink at the jury. Burr!
Bump this: Trap Talk, Gross, Vampires
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