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YFN Lucci performs throughout YFN LUCCI & Associates Welcome Residence Live performance at State Farm Enviornment
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Key Takeaways:
- YFN Lucci’s new album marks a turning level after years of authorized and private challenges.
- The venture options standout verses from 21 Savage and Younger Thug, together with a uncommon second of reconciliation.
- The album explores themes of freedom, resilience, and Lucci’s evolving function in Atlanta’s rap tradition.
It’s a giant Friday for Atlanta. Along with Younger Thug’s UY SCUTI, YFN Lucci lastly launched his anticipated album, ALREADY LEGEND, on Friday (Sept. 26).
Practically 5 years have handed since Lucci’s earlier venture, Want Me Nicely 3, throughout which he fought a RICO case, misplaced mates and family members, and weathered extra private trials. For sure, he has a lot to unpack. On “LOOK WHAT I DID,” Lucci displays on having wealth however being caught in a cell, whereas on “COSTLY,” he embraces his newfound perspective as a free man.
Although options are sparse, the few that do seem carry actual weight. Notably, 21 Savage and Younger Thug contribute to a number of the venture’s strongest moments. On “PIECES ON MY NECK,” the London-born rapper matches Lucci’s power as they commerce bars about jewellery and ladies. In the meantime, Thugger will get actually reflective on “STILL WAITING,” by which he appears to be like again on his jail stint: “Could not breathe, yeah, sittin’ within the cell once they did incorrect / Lucci informed me play it secure, you realize the entire pigs residence.”
Take a take heed to ALREADY LEGEND beneath.
Forward of his album, Lucci opened up about ending his years-long feud with Younger Thug. “We been by means of so much. Everyone misplaced individuals. We misplaced individuals,” he shared throughout Pandora’s “Play Again.” The rapper additionally mirrored on their time behind bars: “Most significantly, we misplaced our time. We needed to be away from our household.”
“So, you realize, coming residence, it was like, ‘Rattling, what the hell can a n**ga do to develop?’” he continued. “It’s like, we gon’ maintain doing this after which find yourself again in jail or one in every of our homies [end up] useless — or one in every of us useless — or we gon’ repair this s**t and make this s**t look good for the A.”
“Some individuals gon’ be mad, some individuals gon’ be blissful, however who cares? We gotta take care of the result,” the rapper added.