Yo Gotti Album: “Life [PA]”

A banging joint,do your ears a favor and get this cd.

I remember when this dropped back in 03 and no one knew who he was. But now he's 1 of the most up and comin artist in the south. This is his best album as of the date of my review cause he is just gettin started. This album is so great from the production which is by Kia Shine to the lyrics to who he features. It's up there with other Memphis classics like Movin On, Getty Green, Doubt Me Now, and Chpt. 2 World Domination. If u like what Gotti is becomin then u have to have this album in your collection. Also 2 other albums I recommend by Gotti is I Told U So which is produced by D.J. Drama which is almost a classic and Feed The Streets is 1 of his best even though the songs are short.

In the past few years, Memphis rap has really been hurting, as many of the hard hitters of the Memphis rap game have either been locked up or disappeared. Yo Gotti has stepped up to claim his place as the #1 local rap act in Memphis.

The production on the album is light years ahead of the beats on "Self Explanatory", but the rhymes on his previous album were much rawer to me, which is why I give it a slight edge over this one. This album was arguably the best Memphis rap album of 2003 though & was right up there with Da Unbreakables.

For the most part, ALMOST every track is some bump. My personal favorites are All I Ever Wanted to Do, Pop Kone, Mr Tell It, 9 to 5, Sell My Dope, and Get Down. The only track on this album that I tend to skip is After I F*** Ya B***. The original was a classic track & it was basically the same lyrics, but the beat was TERRIBLE. It didn't do the OG justice at all. Nakia Shine's wack rappin couldn't even ruin this CD for me. If you can't even manage to stay on beat, then you need to put the mic down playa.

Nobody's callin Gotti a lyrical giant, & just because you're not broadcasting some political or socioeconomical message in your music that doesn't mean you can't rap. Gotti made his connection with Memphis rap fans because he speaks TRUTH. He raps about everyday stuff that the average Memphian can relate to. This is REAL Memphis rap....not somethin designed to please the kids at 106 & Park or the biased hip hop magazine editors. Pick this up fa sho.

I own over a thousand CDs and this is one of my favorite. I would even go as far as putting this on underground classic status. Ol' boy is on a serious come up and I hope he blows up like some of these non-deserving stars out here today. Them Rap Hustlaz got some serious heat wit em. Get that Kingpin Skinny Pimp joint too if you liked this one. I've been waiting for them Kinfolks too from this camp. I think they picked up La Chat too. gotta get my hands on that asap. Let that Yo Gotti do what it do. Turn your system up in your joint and let it wang!

My favorite group is 3-6 mafia from the memphis ten. On a 3-6 cd they had sample songs and yo gottis "reppin north memphis" was on it for like 30 seconds. I ordered the cd online cause they didnt have that in sacramento at the time. It was worth the $17 to me just to hear the rest of that song. You couldnt belive my happiness when I listened to the whole thing. This is just an incredible cd. The beats are Great and go great with the lyrics. I havent even listened to the cd for over a year just cause I dont think my stereo is good enough to play it. Thats not a joke either. Once my car stereo is On the same level as this cd then everyone is sacramento will know who YO GOTTI is weather they want to or not.