The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted [Parental Advisory] by Gucci Mane boutiques NEUF

Tracks:
Little Friend - (featuring Bun B)
Trap Talk
Missing
What Its Gonna Be
Making Love to the Money
Gucci Time - (featuring Swizz Beatz)
Party Animal
Remember When - (featuring Ray J)
Haterade - (featuring Nicki Minaj/Pharrell Williams)
Its Alive - (featuring Swizz Beatz)
Odog - (featuring Wyclef Jean)
Dollar Sign
Brand New
Weirdo
Grown Man

Performer Notes:

• Recording information: Be@t Be@ngerz Studios, Atlanta, GA; Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Patchwerk Recordings, Atlanta, GA; Platinum Sound Recording Studio, New York, NY; Plush Studios, Winter Springs, FL; Rodney Jerkins Studio; Setai Studios, Miami, FL; Silent Sound; Takeover Studio, Houston, TX.
• Photographer: Jonathan Mannion.
• The questionable consensus on mushed-mouth party rapper Gucci Mane is that his mixtapes beat his official albums by a mile, but The Appeal is another worthy, aboveground effort, holding more highlights than your everyday release while broadening the mans horizons (something that certainly needed to happen). With ethereal production from the Neptunes and rapper Nicki Minaj delivering lines that are much more nimble than naughty ("Im all that I can be/And Ill admit, Im appalled when you envy/Cause you can do it too/I just happen to be the girl that they threw it to"), "Haterade" is like nothing in Guccis earlier catalog, and when the closing "Grown Man" finds the usually sloth-like rapper rapidly explaining his family tree -- and all the bad apples that fell from it -- its downright shocking and solid. On the other hand, hes lost none of his steadily stoned and constantly throwed appeal as he makes his somewhat slow guest Bun B sound like Twista on the opening "Little Friend." Better still is when he confuses women and cash on the entirely Gucci "Making Love to the Money," or gets ridiculous and between the beats on the decent roller "Gucci Time" ("White boy wasted, frat boy wasted/ Amazin like my bracelet Im flossin/R.I.P. the mic, the ice got my chest moon walkin"). If theres a problem, its that mass appeal isnt even considered and there are no grand singles for the radio heads to savor. This one is for those who would still love The State vs. Radric Davis even if the breakthrough hits "Lemonade" and "Wasted" werent included. ~ David Jeffries

Professional Reviews: Billboard (p.60) - "The set -- which features guest appearances by Bun B, Swizz Beatz, Ray J, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell, Wyclef Jean and Estelle -- finds Gucci unapologetically laying claim to his undying ties to the streets..."

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Bun B; Swizz Beatz; Ray J; Nicki Minaj; Pharrell Williams; Wyclef Jean; Estelle

Release Date: 1 September, 2010

Label: Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corp

Dimensions: 12.7 x 14.4 x 0.9 centimeters (0.09 kg)