In a recent interview with Zane Lowe for New Music Daily, Gucci Mane discussed his upcoming album, Breath Of Fresh Air. Gucci Mane says he'd like to turn over a new leaf, claiming that the deaths of various peers inspired the change. He plans to explore a new, more vulnerable side of himself on the LP, showing others that there's more to rap than just "extravagance." Breath Of Fresh Air is slated for release on October 13, 2023. He dropped the album's first single, "Bluffin," today alongside Lil Baby.
“Ever since, I guess November of when Dolph passed away and my artist Scarr passing away and TakeOff passing away and Pooh locked up and Foo locked up, that’s why I kind of named my album a Breath of Fresh Air,” the rapper explained. He went on to describe how he plans to set a better example with his next release. “I just, like I said, let me just try to be the person … I’m just not in the mood to hear a whole bunch of drilling and killing and this and that and not saying that I haven’t did that before, but just right now, just let me just kind of lead by example and show people that it is more to rap about than my opps and all that.”
Gucci Mane Says "It's Okay To Be Happy"
“You can rap about going out to eat with your girl or your wife. And that’s what all the songs are about. I’m not saying all about the same thing, but that’s what I’m kind of trying to get off. And a lot of artists I see rap about the pain in they life, but me through my career a lot of times I do a lot of rapping about cars and jewelry and just extravagance," Gucci Mane explains.
“So I kind of wanted to let people know that I go through pain," he says, "Like I said, I didn’t want to have a such so much just superficial topics. I hit people and let them know, ‘Hey, this was going on,’ but it ain’t a bad thing. It’s okay to be happy. You know what I’m saying?”