Key Takeaways:

• YFN Lucci’s new album marks a turning level after years of authorized and private challenges.
• The undertaking options standout verses from 21 Savage and Young Thug, together with a uncommon second of reconciliation.
• The album explores themes of freedom, resilience, and Lucci’s evolving position in Atlanta’s rap tradition.

It’s an enormous Friday for Atlanta. In addition to Young Thug’s UY SCUTI, YFN Lucci lastly launched his anticipated album, ALREADY LEGEND, right now (Sept. 26).

Nearly 5 years have handed since Lucci’s earlier undertaking, Wish Me Well 3, throughout which he fought a RICO case, misplaced buddies and family members, and weathered extra private trials. Needless to say, he had lots 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.

Though options are sparse, the few that do seem carry actual weight. Notably, 21 Savage and Young Thug contribute to a number of the undertaking’s strongest moments. On “PIECES ON MY NECK,” the London-born rapper matches Lucci’s vitality as they commerce bars about jewellery and ladies. Meanwhile, Thugger will get very reflective on “STILL WAITING,” during which he appears again on his jail stint: “Couldn’t breathe, yeah, sittin’ in the cell when they did wrong / Lucci told me play it safe, you know all of the pigs home.”

Take a take heed to ALREADY LEGEND beneath.

Ahead of his album, Lucci opened up about ending his years-long feud with Young Thug. “We been through a lot. Everybody lost people. We lost people,” he shared throughout Pandora’s “Play Back.” The rapper additionally mirrored on their time behind bars: “Most importantly, we lost our time. We had to be away from our family.”

“So, you know, coming home, it was like, ‘Damn, what the hell can a n**ga do to grow?’” he continued. “It’s like, we gon’ keep doing this and then end up back in jail or one of our homies [end up] dead — or one of us dead — or we gon’ fix this s**t and make this s**t look good for the A.”

“Some people gon’ be mad, some people gon’ be happy, but who cares? We gotta deal with the outcome,” the rapper added.