In short, Gangsta Gibbs pistol whips you and takes your wallet with SOD. That lick became a pound, as Shadow of a Doubt is unquestionably Freddie's hardest release to date. Leading into 2015, we got a glimpse of things to come with the production behemoth Pronto EP (seriously, listen to 'Diamonds') and the Kaytranda collab 'Dopehouse.' Both of those releases revealed that Freddie Gibbs was still Freddie Cane Freddie Corleone at heart, but now is more of a father of the game (whilst giving birth to his first child, Irie.) But us junkies were still knockin on Gibbs' multi lock door, beggin for a new lick. A classic collaboration with one of hip hops behind the boards legend Madlib not only drew critical acclaim, but truly showed just how versatile he is. ** there's a 'fuck' that's in the sample at the end, and it's def edited (to 'kcuf'), but the 'u' still pops out a little and you know what it is from the surrounding context, so it might raise some eybrows.Review Summary: Gangsta Gibbs leaves no Shadow of a Doubt.Дў014 was a huge year for Gary, Indiana's own Freddie Gibbs. i've listened a bunch with it turned way up, and got the one FCC i found, but warning just in case.

* there's some buried sampled dialogue at the beginning. another summary statement of identity like the first one, but less sure, more remorseful. a touch of moog, synth fog with a bit of hushed choral flavor. sinister growling undulating bass tone, spikey syncopated 808, very sparse kick (or maybe just a ton of attack on some of the bass notes). a brief sample of a chat w/ snoop at the end as the drums drop out and synth swirl takes over. gibbs' flow flips all over, just a bit sung at moments, occasional dips into double time, interleaves w/ churchy soulful male and female backup vox. birds chirping and soft wordless female backup vox, sunny rising piano loop over swirling synth trill over undulating bassline and sparse kicks cracking snares and ticky cymbals. serious classic 90s NYC feel on the beat.

gibbs trades verses with black thought, beat keeps flipping, sunny part comes back occasionally, darker piano part bounces off of itself at times, drums drop out for stretches. piano goes dark and thins a bit, rich low steady bassline over fast hectic acoustic drum shuffle. opens w/ an excellent sample about homework from 'the wire', closes with another good one about forensic accounting. pained slightly sung delivery, the things a person needs to do to survive in the drug game. steady trappy snare and cymbal runs over slow stuttery kicks. (FCC?**) very chilly electric piano that occasionally dips into a bit of warm rhodes-y fuzz. lines crowd to the start of the bar, delivery veering between just a bit slurred and just a bit sung.

(FCC?*) ghostly not-quite-choir-like haunting synth echoes/ripples over heavy growl that serves double duty as kick and bassline, both really punchy and really squelchy. casual shit talking reintroduction, old demons, new demons, not sweating either too much. dark bassline, growling but deep, sparse 808 thumps, big but not much decay, rattling stuttering cymbals/snares/etc. sinister bass drone and airport welcome sample give way to slow rolling trunk rattler. RIYL: Clipse/Pusha T, Killer Mike, Bun B/UGK, ScarfaceДЎ. Sound design is great, rattles the trunk, but also rewards paying attention in headphones.ДЇCCs: edited for radio, with possible exceptions noted. Beats are way more on the synthy southern rap side than Madlib's sampledelic 'PiГ±ata' beats, except for 'Extradite'. But the shit talking is sharp, and the delivery and musicality of Gibbs' flow are probably more varied and fluid than ever. All the usual grim nuanced picture painting, a bit heavier on the rapper braggadocio and reminiscing, less of the specific storytelling and character creation of the Madlib collab. Top notch grimy gangsta rap from Gary, Indiana's Freddie Gibbs.

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