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NOW Magazine

Mix this lovable simplicity with brilliant guest turns by Cam’ron, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross, amazing production by the Runners and Bangladesh, and Gucci’s exhilarating turns of phrase, blunt humour and excess charisma and you’ve got rap’s album of the year.

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All Music Guide

At the end of the day, The State vs. Radric Davis delivers the full spectrum of Gucci Mane, showing both the cash and yellow diamond-loving side, as well as his more reflective (or at least more self-aware) side.

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Pitchfork

Mostly, though, the LP does a good job keeping Gucci's culty selling points intact on a larger stage.

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cokemachineglow

It is High Profile rap music. He’s buttoned up here, ready for the cameras, and on occasion, things work ecstatically.

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Spin

Gucci is not always so reflective; sometimes he's as broad and bracing as a ball-peen hammer....But more often than not, the prolific MC (in 2009, he released more than 100 songs on mix tapes) limits his id, and emphasizes a surprisingly gripping superego. Case closed.

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Rolling Stone

The star is Gucci, with his deep grab bag of rhymes that aim at funny bones ("AK hit your dog, and you can't bring Old Yeller back"). It's a winning combination: a heavy ego and a light touch.

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Billboard.com

Like the singles "Spotlight" and "Wasted," the songs on the album that jump out most aren't the ones with creepy rhythms, but those with Gucci Mane's witty lyrical delivery.

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Prefix Magazine

To be certain, the push and pull is lost through most of The State vs. Radric Davis, replaced by a straddling of the line between commercial and street rap.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

He’s clearly made The State to a template, and it suffers as a result, particularly when he blatantly courts radio on the unimaginative, lifeless likes of “Sex In Crazy Places” and the Usher-assisted “Spotlight."

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The Guardian

His mumbling drawl is both obstacle and point of fascination; you're left cupping your ear trying to decipher his flow. You're engaged, but sadly everything else about the album is disappointing.

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New Musical Express (NME)

Radric Davis is deeply flawed, and ultimately Gucci has committed the worst crime in rap: he’s boring.

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