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phase had whetted listeners’ appetites, and the album debuted in the number-two slot on the Billboard 200. He continued creating at a frenetic pace, following up that studio release with a tenth studio album, Woptober, a mere five months later. After recording it with super producer Rick Ross, Travis Scott, and Young Dolph, Gucci Mane scored his first Billboard number one with his version of the Rae Sremmurd hit “Black Beatles.”Toward the end of 2016, he released a third album, Return of the East Atlanta Santa . That release debuted in the Billboard Top 20. With no plans to slow down, the artist recorded and released the Shawty Redd collaborative extended play 3 for Free in 2017. His next project, a collaboration with producer Metro Boomin, Drop Top Wop , he released on the one- year anniversary of his prison release. It featured collaborations with 2 Chainz, Offset, Rick Ross, and Young Dolph. He followed the collaborations with another studio album, Mr. Davis , which debuted in the second slot on the Billboard 200. It offered fans a plethora of guests, including Migos on “I Get the Bag,”Monica on “We Ride,”Nicki Minaj on “Make Love,” and the Weeknd on “Curve.”With music seemingly welling up inside him, Davis continued his creative run, releasing a third album in 2017, El Gato: The Human Glacier, produced by the

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