Rappcats: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata (1964)

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata (1964) Posted: 22 Mar 2014 09:44 AM PDT 1964 original issue (imaginary) by Jeff Jank

Rappcats: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata – 3.18.14. Listen to “Robes” feat. Earl & Domo.

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata – 3.18.14. Listen to “Robes” feat. Earl & Domo. Posted: 29 Jan 2014 08:45 AM PST Photo by Peter Beste Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Piñata will be released on Madlib Invazion, March 18, 2014. Listen: “Robes” feat. Earl Sweatshirt & Domo Genesis, premiered last night on Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show. Freddie Gibbs is the product of violent, drug-laden streets, but unlike most rappers with similar resumes, he brings the block to the booth without inhibition or an exaggerated rap persona. Pinata, a 17-track collaboration with producer Madlib, is the best distillation yet of his transparent approach to making music, combining stark honesty with electrifying talent as a lyricist and performer. Pinata is "a gangster Blaxploitation film on wax," Gibbs says, and the full-length result of a process that began in 2009. It's an album with a sound that couldn't be any further from the radio, where, according to the Gibbs, every rapper is Superman, or the dope dealer of the century, who has grinded to the top, never made a mistake and has no chinks in his armor.