Make Love (Gucci Mane song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Make Love
| cover = Make Love (Gucci Mane song) cover.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Gucci Mane
and Nicki Minaj
| album = Mr. Davis
| released = {{Start date|2017|2|23}}
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| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{duration|m=5|s=00}}
| label = *Atlantic
| writer = *Radric Davis
| producer = Southside
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Gucci Mane
| type = Single
| prev_title = Perfect Pint
| prev_year = 2017
| title = Make Love
| year = 2017
| next_title = Down
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Nicki Minaj
| type = Single
| prev_title = Swalla
| prev_year = 2017
| title = Make Love
| year = 2017
| next_title = Changed It
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|vSZ78KaaAyo|"Gucci Mane & Nicki Minaj - Make Love [Official Music Video]"}}}}
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"Make Love" is a hip hop song by rappers Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj. It was released as a single on February 23, 2017, by Young Money Entertainment and Atlantic Records as the first single from Mane's eleventh studio album Mr. Davis.{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/02/nicki-minaj-make-love-gucci-mane|title=Gucci Mane Taps Nicki Minaj For "Make Love"|date= February 24, 2017|website=Vibe}}
It debuted and peaked at number 78 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On April 19, Mane released the music video for "Make Love". Following the release of the track, critics suggested that the track may have contained attacks directed at Minaj's enemies, most notably Remy Ma,{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/article/kowmad/nicki-minaj-brings-remy-ma-diss-to-life-on-a-blow-up-unicorn|title=Nicki Minaj Brings Her Remy Ma Diss to Life on a Blow-Up Unicorn for 'Make Love'|website=BET.com}} who released the diss track, "Shether", aimed at Minaj, two days after "Make Love" was released.{{Cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/02/history-of-the-beef-between-remy-ma-and-nicki-minaj|title=A Prelude to "ShETHER": The History of Beef Between Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj|work=Complex|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}
Background
The collaboration marks the first time after seven years Mane and Minaj were on a song together.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-reteam-for-feisty-make-love-114785/|title=Hear Gucci Mane, Nicki Minaj Reteam for Feisty 'Make Love'|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 24, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/02/gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-make-love/|title=Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj Team Up on 'Make Love' - XXL|first=Max|last=Weinstein|website=XXL Mag|date=24 February 2017 }} The song also marks the first time the pair worked together since they exchanged heated words on Twitter in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/02/gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-reunite/|title=Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj Reunite - XXL|first=Eli|last=Schwadron|website=XXL Mag|date=8 February 2017 }}
On February 23, 2017, Mane announced on his Twitter that he was dropping the "hardest song of the year" at midnight. A music video soon followed.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/03/gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-make-love-video/|title=Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj's Awkward "Make Love" Video Doesn't Need to Exist|date= March 29, 2017|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/03/29/gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-make-love-video|title=Watch Gucci Mane And Nicki Minaj's Fun "Make Love" Video|website=The FADER}}
On the track, Minaj takes shots at Remy Ma, who previously released "Money Showers" which was allegedly aimed at Minaj.{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2017/02/24/nicki-minaj-remy-ma-diss-swalla-make-love/|title=Is Nicki Minaj Dissing Remy Ma On 'Swalla' & 'Make Love?'|website=Rap-Up}}
Critical reception
The song received highly positive reviews from critics, most comparing Minaj's verse to her "Monster" verse. Vanessa Okoth-Obbo of Pitchfork praised the song, saying "Gucci's already claiming this is the 'hardest song of the year', and his swaggering verses find him extolling his fame, wealth, and finer things in life".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/18808-gucci-mane-make-love-ft-nicki-minaj/|title=Listen to "Make Love" [ft. Nicki Minaj] by Gucci Mane|last=|first=|date=February 24, 2017|website=Pitchfork|publisher=|via=|access-date=}} Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone wrote "Minaj appears on the second half of 'Make Love' to deliver a feisty verse that takes aim at an unnamed challenger to her throne: 'You see, silly rabbit / To be the queen of rap / You gotta sell records / You gotta get plaques / S, plural / Like the S on my chest / Now sit your dumb ass down / You got an 'F' on your test', she says on the track." The Musical Hype gave the track a three and half star rating, stating "'Make Love' truly has little to do with sex… Gucci flexes ('Damn, who colder than me?'). Nicki shuts it down ('I rep Queens where they listen to a bunch of Nas / I'm a yes and these b*tches is a bunch of nahs'). This isn't totally new from the ATL rapper or his partner-in-crime, but it works out sensationally all in all."{{cite web|url=https://themusicalhype.com/track-review-gucci-mane-make-love/|title=Track Review: Gucci Mane ft. Nicki Minaj, 'Make Love'|last=Hype|first=The Musical|date=February 28, 2017|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} The Fader
Music video
The music video was directed by Eif Rivera.{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/03/gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-make-love-video|title=Watch Gucci Mane And Nicki Minaj's "Make Love" Video|date=29 March 2017|website=Vibe}} On March 27, 2017, Minaj surprised her fanbase with the "Make Love" visual release date on Twitter. The following day, the video was uploaded on Mane's Vevo.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2017/03/gucci-mane-nicki-minaj-make-love-video|title=Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj Drop Video for "Make Love"|website=Complex}} The video primarily shows Mane and Minaj, with Minaj seen delivering her verse seated on an oversized pool float unicorn. Meanwhile, Gucci is shown driving around his mansion, relaxed, listening to his music.
Charts
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| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|78|artist=Gucci Mane|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|33|artist=Gucci Mane|rowheader=true}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Gucci Mane
|title=Make Love|relyear=2017|certyear=2021|date=June 24, 2021}}
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References
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{{Gucci Mane}}
{{Nicki Minaj singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Gucci Mane