![]() Bandana was great and concise on the other hand, but when you cycle through Pinata and Cold Day in Hell, Bandana leaves you kinda wanting a bit more somehow. If you take that into consideration and tolerate the closing out track (Lambo was trying to subvert our expectations of what a closing track should be), then you've got an almost perfect hype record IMO. He always has a track where he's fucking around straight up. If yall notice too, Basketball Wives is a misstep but is really in line with FLFM on Freddie and Gat Damn on Bandana, the skit on the end of Robes. I think Shadow of a Doubt is also the reason we have Gang Signs. Shadow of a Doubt helped Gibbs perfect his hooks and bridges so we could have Cataracts on Bandana imo. And Black Thought's first verse on Extradite is too cold ("ever see a body dead in the streets then eat breakfast, swallow false beliefs like police justice?"). Bandana is technically the more consistent project, but Shadow of a Doubt has more bangers IMO. Add in Heaven Can Wait, Neighborhood Hoez with 2 Chainz, BANned? Man this shit an overlooked classic A lot of folks were talking about how Alfredo was the pinnacle of his story telling, but I really encourage yall to listen to My Homeboy's Girlfriend and name a better story telling track of his. ![]() Cold Day in Hell (tbh this one is WAY overlooked.Talking projects here, regardless of mixtape status: One half of the duo MadGibbs with producer Madlib.Īnybody interested in Freddie Gibbs, where he came from, and his inspirations read this article and this article. Freddie Gibbs (Fredrick Tipton) is a gangsta rapper from the city of Gary, Indiana.
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