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Gucci Mane & Nicki Minaj - Make Love

I'm pretty sure you can write a compelling essay about the comparison between Gucci Mane's "Vette Pass By" video from 2009 and his 2017 "Make Love" video. Both vids are basically saying "look at what I own", showing a fleet of cars, women and diamonds. The difference is that 2017 Gucci has crossed over to the grass on the other side of musical culture, trading his underground status for million dollar sales. And although the grass is literally greener, the cars are more expensive and the women and diamonds are filmed in High Def, it's the contrast in the lyrics that deserves a deeper dip. While 2009 Gucci is naming everything you see in the video, 2017 Gucci, post-incarceration and sober, is now saying he's "about to take a swim and meditate". Anyway, you don't HAVE to think about this. You can also just look at Nicki Minaj bouncing on a giant inflatable unicorn.