Like he says on “Nonchalant,” “All the young n*ggas call me a OG / But I don’t reminisce about the old days.” Everybody Looking was enough prison and Promethazine reflection for Guwop right now, he’s more concerned with reinstating himself as the rightful Trap God-vicious, vulgar and unapologetic as ever. You can tell The Return of East Atlanta is the first album Gucci has written as a fully free man in 2016. Brick Intro,” “Stutter” and the Bryson Tiller-assisted “Drove U Crazy.” But the album seems to fizzle out towards the second half, with only “Last Time” and “No Smoke” offering much replay value. The project gets off to a strong start thanks to previously released singles like “St. Like most Gucci Mane albums, The Return of East Atlanta Santa is a mixed bag.
Only a rapper who’s actually killed someone can come up with lines like, “You ain’t made your enemy had to buy his homeboy momma no black roses.” Instead, the Honorable C.N.O.T.E.-produced “No Smoke” finds Guwop raining down on all the fake thugs and Instagram flexers with the realness-specifically, his MAK-90 with a telescope. We already know Gucci Mane doesn’t smoke a pound a day anymore, but don’t worry, this isn’t another anti-drug anthem.
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