With so much material rushing into the void, it was almost like he never left. When Gucci was finally released from prison in 2016 he didn’t waste a second, releasing two albums in the first three months following his release. They exchange knowing looks, but never miss a beat.
Gucci has a broad smile and sways as he transmits “Scccoooochie” to both sides of the room. Zaytoven arches and bows his wrists while looking at the audience and at Gucci, but never at the keys. The songs have an instrumental backing track with beats that add a slight edge to the otherwise disarming piano melodies. There are moments of blistering shine from Gucci’s medallion necklace and wrist watch that seem to direct all the light in the room. Zaytoven and Gucci Mane both wear shades and jeans, looking completely civilian-were it not for their diamonds on diamonds on diamonds. Brick Intro”, “Guwop Home”, and “Waybach” are all from 2016 albums Everybody Looking and The Return of East Atlanta Santa.
The first three songs they perform, “ St. The 11 songs they perform illustrate the evolution of their careers, and collaboration at it’s finest. On this night in May, a small group of people are witness to the Godfathers of Southern Rap as they perform a stripped down set as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival. It’s ornate but worn-in, and it has the feel of a sultry New Orleans burlesque show. Somehow this is happening at a piano bar in the Lower East Side with a capacity of just under 400. Several feet over his shoulder, Zaytoven sits at a grand piano leaning back as his fingers hustle across the keys. “I feel like one of the Temptations,” he says with a coy laugh. He stands in front of a red velvet curtain draped so finely it looks a baroque painting, and he raps into a 1950s style broadcast microphone with a long stem. Gucci Mane smiles a lot for a man who has been arrested six times, served numerous jail sentences, and spent two years in a maximum security prison.
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