Gucci Mane
Evil Genius
Release Date: Dec 7, 2018
Genre(s): Rap
Record label: Atlantic
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Album Review: Evil Genius by Gucci Mane
Great, Based on 4 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
Few artists are able to blend themselves with their art as perfectly as Gucci Mane. This tendency is present on what seems like his billionth release, Evil Genius. The 18-track album comes about a year after Guwop's last record El Gato: The Human Glacier. On it, we see the changes in our singer-rapper-kingpin extraordinaire. There's a little less bravado for its own sake; instead, we are offered reflections on the differences in the man's life since his last release from jail. He's married, off of drugs and, as the album's cover shows ….
Based on rating 8/10
2018 was a relatively quiet year for prolific rapper Gucci Mane, considering the flurry of output following the trap veteran's 2016 release from prison. With almost a year between releases, Gucci issued his 13th official full-length, Evil Genius. While there are few surprises to add to the Gucci equation -- fame, sex, hedonism, and a smidgen of inspirational positivity remain common themes -- Evil Genius is another satisfying batch of trap gems that should sate fans in search of comfort and familiarity.
Based on rating 3.6/5
HipHopDX's Hardest Working Rapper of 2017 had a noticeably quiet 2018 on the music front. After leaving prison in 2016, Gucci Mane released a batch of top-notch mixtapes and albums. Though the quality of the projects gradually dipped, they cemented his status. Evil Genius, the Atlanta veteran’s 13th studio album and first project of the year, suggests that a legend might be in decline.
Based on rating 6.5/10
Evil Genius might be the first album in Gucci Mane's enormous discography that he took his time on. It follows his last project, El Gato: The Human Glacier, by a full year, a gap that would hardly be worth mentioning for some artists but is unprecedented for Gucci, a rapper who spent three years in prison and still averaged about a mixtape a month. So Evil Genius answers a question that even the most diehard Gucci fans must have wondered by the third or fourth time he dropped a trilogy of mixtapes on the same day: What would he be capable of if he were a little more selective? After months of big talk from Gucci about his newfound high standards--"I'm trying to make this project one of my best projects ever," he told Billboard--is Evil Genius any better than the average Gucci Mane album? Not really.
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