Kevin Gates remains a pioneering figure in the South, even though his antics often outshine his music. Nonetheless, he blessed fans with classics throughout his career, largely from his mixtape run. Even though it’s been a decade since it dropped, it still sounds as good now as it did back then.
2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of The Luca Brasi Story. Though Gates isn’t necessarily the type to boast about each milestone he reaches in his career, The Luca Brasi Story undoubtedly played a pivotal role in his success. Today, he blessed fans with the project in its entirety on streaming services, titled, The Luca Brasi Story (A Decade Of Brasi). For the first time ever, the mixtape is available with all 22 songs on streaming services. Prior to this, the project was available on DSPs, though it only boasted 9 songs from the project. Since it arrived for free on platforms like DatPiff, it clearly took a bit more work to clear samples and clean up the administrative part before fans could enjoy The Luca Brasi Story on Spotify and Apple Music.
Around the time he released the sequel, he explained that The Luca Brasi Story was inspired by friends who gave him the nickname of The Godfather enforcer. He said that he resonated with the character. Not only because of the aggression but Brasi’s passion for protecting his family.
“It was a nickname given to me so I wouldn’t say Luca Brasi is my series or my alter ego or anything like that. It’s just a character that I identify with,” he said. “He was the enforcer for the Corleone family. The protector, so to say and I protect the people I love so to say. If I love ‘em. But I don’t want to take that and make it one of my attributes.”
Last year, Kevin Gates released his last studio album Khaza. Since then, Gates delivered more music and had his first TikTok record with “Thinkin With My D.” Revisit The Luca Brasi Story in its entirety below and sound off in the comments with your thoughts.