Sure, he's released superior mixtape material recently, but that's to be expected. It's more telling that those tapes were also broader. Apart from the spillover mixtape hit "Wasted," the album lacks instant street anthems like "Photoshoot" or "I'm a Dog." As a mixtape rapper Gucci was scattershot, splashing a blur of concepts and personas and flows onto the protools. Here he's hyperfocused, apart from an uncomfortable middle album love/sex/girl diversion that starts with the atrocious Usher single "Spotlight.” These records are necessities in this market (women still buy records for some odd reason) and definitely not new terrain for Gucci. But they lack the relationship stressed nuance or playful arrogance displayed on undergrounds like “I Think I Love Her” and “Bachelor Pad,” respectively. Here he seems to be going through the motion, just waiting to get back to the punch you in the face type rapping. Strip the record of the four songs lover man stretch and you’re left with the least accessible Pop/Rap album of the decade.
But maybe this is purposeful. The State vs. Radric Davis is neither a grand statement nor an empty radio concession. It's just a solid collection of Rap songs.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.1333/title.gucci-mane-the-state-vs-radric-davis
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