Yo Gotti - CM10: Free Game (Deluxe Edition) (2022)

CM10: Free Game isn’t your typical Yo Gotti record. Sure, there are the constants of trunk-rattling production, appearances from the rapidly ascending stars Gotti has had a hand in launching (Moneybagg Yo, 42 Dugg, EST Gee), and enough cash talk to short-circuit an ATM machine, but when the MC was putting together the body of work that became Free Game, his main focus was inspiring the flock. “You always want a hit record,” Gotti tells Apple Music. “I didn't try to make a hit record on this album. I didn't try to make one record that I thought would play on the radio, that I thought would be a 'Rake It Up' or a 'Down in the DM.' It was all about the message and saying the things that I want to say and just rapping.”

Memphis (and Gotti’s hopes for its residents) is the unifying thread here, the MC impressing upon his followers not just how far he's come as one of their own, but also how far he has to go. “I may be out in the club and a guy walks up to me putting emphasis on how real he is or how street he is or what he doing in whatever city it is,” Gotti explains. “And he don't know that I'm trying to figure out how to be the next Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos. Bro, I don't care nothing ’bout that shit. I'm not trying to be the biggest street n***a in the world. My mind is on becoming a billionaire and building a legacy.” Below, Yo Gotti talks us through some of the tracks on CM10: Free Game that show us exactly where his mind is.