He’s released innumerable self-released “mixtape” collections - usually recorded in two- to four-day sessions. Gotti - who’s reached a wider audience in his hometown via regular appearances at the University of Memphis basketball’s annual “Memphis Madness” event - wasn’t exactly without product in the multiyear wait for Live From the Kitchen. Swapping the songs out is not a thing to me.” But that’s not a problem with me because I record so much. That sent me back to the drawing board again. “The first set of songs I turned in leaked out, and that sent us back to the drawing board. “The first reason, I turned in the album maybe three times,” Gotti says, explaining the rolling delays. And, for Gotti, Live From the Kitchen arrives after literally years of delays. But being on a major label is, for most artists, not what it used to be.

You might think this would be a life-changing event for Gotti, who has ascended to the top of the Memphis rap scene in the years between official albums. Released by RCA, it’s Gotti’s first label-released album since 2006’s Back 2 Da Basics, for prominent national indie TVT. In January, Memphis rapper Yo Gotti - born Mario Mims - witnessed the release of his major-label debut, Live From the Kitchen.

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