After spending two decades in the rap game, is experiencing another career surge after the release Untrapped. The veteran Memphis rapper , including the end his deal with Epic Records and the acquisition all his master recordings. As a recording artist, purchasing your master catalogue is one the greatest investments you can make but, unfortunately, it never becomes a feasible option for most rappers. Running press for the album, Yo Gotti stopped by The Breakfast Club to chat with Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee about how he’s freed himself mentally in the last year, flaunting his freshly-inspired untrapped mindset and speaking on the central themes to the album.

We all know that, when he wants to, Yo Gotti can make a banger. If he goes into the studio with the intention creating a strip club anthem, a radio hit, or a cut that’ll shoot up the charts, he can do it. With Untrapped, Big Gotti employed a different approach to music creation. He tells the hosts The Breakfast Club that his intention was to focus on telling stories. Commencing the album with “Trapped” and ending it with “Untrapped” wasn’t just a conscious decision; it detailed his mental activity while putting together the body work. It also symbolically spells out the end his deal with Epic.

Speaking about the final record on the project with , the Memphis spitter says that “Untrapped” was inspired heavily by the attitude kept. “That’s one my favorite records,” said Gotti, referring to his Estelle collab. “I recorded that the day after the thing happened with Nipsey Hussle] too. I think a lot the Nipsey energy was what inspired me to write that record from a more mature level.”

Many are hailing this version Yo Gotti as a return to the “old Gotti.” For the Nipsey Hussle comments, watch below at the 18-minute mark.