After serving 6 months in jail for violating his probation, Gucci Mane is finally speaking out about how his recent jail bid has changed his life. During the taping of the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards, on the red carpet, Gucci spoke about his new album, and how prison is a REAL problem in hip .
LA Times caught up with Gucci Mane and he spoke about how prison has affected his new music.
“I changed a lot in there. I know this is serious now and I have a lot to get off my chest. This record is painful and gothic and epic, but it’s the soundtrack of my past.”
We know that Gucci is no stranger to being in a 6 by 6 (served jail time from 2006 to 2009), he says he had to get used to a life outside the prison walls.
“It’s strange to go from being locked up to a month later everyone saying, ‘Gucci, let’s party!’But I lost so much in there that I came out with a much sharper focus.”
It seems like every week you h ear about some of Hip Hop’s BIGGEST stars going to jail, Gucci admits that is truly a problem in hip hop.
“(Prison) is a real problem in hip-hop — it’s a struggle to let that culture go. You can’t let the ideology of the street get you in trouble. I just wish I didn’t have to go to jail to learn that. But sometimes we have to sacrifice and be responsible.”
Gucci’s latest album, The Appeal, he says is a “candid expression” of his life.
“The Appeal, I think, is my best album to date. I had a great time making the album,” Gucci said. “It’s my last five months recorded of my life. My take on things, my principles, my morals. That’s all it is. I just spoke it on 15 tracks, so I think people are gonna love it. If they ain’t got it, they need to get it, or they’ll hear about it.”
