I dont claim to be logical. As much as Gibbs revealed glimpses of his personality and family life via social media, none of his fans could claim to know the real him. Sound quality aside, the production choices include the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. The songs on this tape are not as polished as they could be, and listening to it evokes the uncanny valley: Freddie Gibbs is not Young Jeezy, but hes good enough that he could be. Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date indicated and are subject to change. [7] He played American football at Ball State University on an athletic scholarship but was eventually expelled from college. 4 Shadow of a Doubt. Piata was an instant classic to a certain subset of music fans, and the albums reception justly granted Gibbs the legendary status he long deserved. Anderson .Paak & Raekwon), Anything 2 Survive (Feat. Dont ask why. His earliest mixtape (that's on streaming at least) is very consistent all the way through. His most recent album, 2019s Bandana, is his second full-length collaboration with the producer Madlib. With many of its most promising prospects having suffered due to regional biases, Freddie Gibbs is one who has been able to transcend the crevices of regional obscurity. The direction Gibbs took Shadow of a Doubt, like so many other ventures in his career, didnt turn out to be his final form. Show track credits 1 Weight 2:48 2 Automatic 2:32 3 Death Row 2:23 feat. Is it the collaborative efforts like Alfredo, Piata, or the Statik Selektah one? Gibbs' rapping is as great as always and the production GODDAMN! From Bon Iver to J Dilla to Beyonc, these are the musicians who made the biggest impact across Pitchforks lifetime so far. What has changed are the superfluous elements surrounding his writing and delivery, like song construction and melodic experimentation. After being signed to Interscope Records in 2006, Freddie recorded his debut studio album under the label. The ease with which they were able to pump this out, even if it took a few years since the last one, at first seemed like a detriment. When is enough enough? He was always ready to rap on any beat, but on Shadow of a Doubt he developed into a songwriter more comfortable with exploring the limits of his own range. Could be better if it wasn't for the lacklustre features, Freddie and Statik had both very good performances on the mic and on the production, respectively. Krayzie Bone on Kush Cloud legitimizes and provides a direct connection to a throughline of Gibbs work: including at least one track on every album thats inspired by Bone Thugs (and/or Twista and/or Do or Die). A gallery highlighting the best of this years fest including Robyn, Haim, the Isley Brothers, and more. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 file . Pain and Strife is the obligatory Bone Thugs/Do or Die speed-rap track with a harmonized chorus. Piata - The amount of depth this album contains and the fluidity of it does deserve the Uno spot; but it just falls short for me due to some of the interludes prolonging at times and Watts interlude, idk its still his peak and defining moment as a rapper but i choose Alfredo as my first love for gibbs. ago Bitch he might be Scothead180 6 mo. Gibbs escaped unharmed and two members of his entourage received non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Positioning himself as the standalone star he would soon become. Eternal man of the people, Gibbs spent hours chain smoking blunts in a circle of iPhone 6s Plus-flashing fans. Produced entirely by The Alchemist, Fetti is the Alfredo predecessor. List Order. Be the first to add a comment for this artist - add your comment! Rating Num. Madlib was the key that unlocked Gibbs key-flipping tales for the masses, but Speakerbomb is the locksmith with an ear tailor-made for Freddie like his monochrome Adidas tracksuits. It was released on May 29, 2020, through Gibbs' own 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart", "Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist 'Alfredo' Interview", "Freddie Gibbs Signs to Warner Records: Exclusive", "Freddie Gibbs Connects With Big Sean and Hit-Boy on "4 Thangs", "Freddie Gibbs & ScHoolboy Q Share New Song "Gang Signs": Watch the Video", "Freddie Gibbs flips Nas classic for new track 'Big Boss Rabbit', "Freddie Gibbs Drops 'Soul Sold Separately' LP With Pusha T, Offset & More", "Freddie Gibbs Debuts As Cross-Eyed Cousin Buddy In "Power Book IV", "With '$oul $old $eparately,' Freddie Gibbs cashes in on his cachet", "Rap powerhouse Freddie Gibbs: 'I was always the weird kid a lot of people don't like that', "Grand Theft Auto V Reveals Expanded Radio Station Tracklists for Game Relaunch", "Freddie Gibbs Describes His Partnerships With Madlib And Young Jeezy", "Freddie Gibbs Allegedly Targeted in Shooting Outside Rough Trade in Brooklyn", "Freddie Gibbs Launches GoFundMe for Gary, Indiana School Supplies", "Gibbs arrested before performing at a concert", "Freddie Gibbs Acquitted Of Sexual Assault", "Freddie Gibbs Acquitted in Austrian Sexual Abuse Trial [UPDATE]", "Freddie Gibbs Might Blow Up, But He Won't Go Pop", "Freddie Gibbs and Fiancee Erica Dickerson Welcome Baby Daughter", "Freddie Gibbs Gets Restraining Order After Mother of His Son Allegedly Vandalized Car", "Alleged Mother of One of Freddie Gibbs' Children Claims He Sent People to Kill Her and Their Son", "Freddie Gibbs Drops "Freddie Gordy" Video, Announces Shadow of a Doubt Tour", "Freddie Gibbs Announces 'You Only Live 2wice' Tour", "Freddie Gibbs announces North American "Freddie Tour", "Freddie Gibbs Closes 'The Album of the Year Tour' at Cervantes in Denver", "Freddie Gibbs' Space Rabbit tour 2022: Dates, locations and acts revealed", "TECH N9NE ANNOUNCES "INDEPENDENT GRIND TOUR 2014" DATES", "Young Jeezy Sets 'TM103' Tour Dates, Announces New Single", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freddie_Gibbs&oldid=1152641266, Wikipedia pending changes protected pages, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 13:01. Daz Dillinger, Spice-1, Problem, and Jay Rock all provide guest verses. 3 Fetti. Calling it almost boring is almost insulting. [15], He would continue self-releasing mixtapes until 2011, when he signed to Young Jeezy's record label CTE World. There is no one else in his category. [44][45] It was critically praised, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards,[6], In June 2020, Gibbs signed to Warner Records. With this tape in heavy rotation, my friends and I loved referencing a now-deleted YouTube video from backstage at Pitchfork, where Gibbs and Best Coast talked about their smoking habits. This brief stint with the bureaucracy and red tape of the official music industry prepared Gibbs for what would come later with CTE, and would emphasize the importance of dictating control over ones own career path. When Gibbs should have been focusing on refining his voice, and ducking the traditionalist labels that dogged him, he was still trying to conform to a contemporary sound that was already becoming outdated. Tylers verse is exquisite in its vivid imagery. Please keep arguments in the comment section uncivil. League karaoke: type beat mp3s downloaded from whatever the BeatStars predecessor was back then. Connecting with CTE was a learning experience that could have, but didnt, shake him out of his throwback sensibilities. Watch popular content from the following creators: Slater(@jaydotbell), printedraps(@printedraps), jackson w(@feliciaaaathegoat), Oh My, Dis Side(@ohmydisside__), JayT(@jay_tock), plainrap (@plainrap), Gucci Mane's Child(@camerajohnson2), Good Rap On Baby Face Killa, deep into the race, when nobody expected it, Gibbs lapped everybody. The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list. WM0002. The end of that song finds Gibbs shouting out multiple sets before concluding, were all the same gang. Back then, before embracing the Vice Lord imagery of Soul Sold Separately, his social media presence and the rabbit furry that dances around at his shows, Gibbs was a rare gangsta rapper who prioritized lyrical ability over specific loyalty. League but evoke J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Freddie had no option but to prove himself again on Freddie. SPOILER ALERT: my #3 pick on this list might insinuate that I mean The Alchemist is that producer, but thats not the case either. Billed at the time as his debut studio LP, ESGN did not live up to its potential. Bandana succeeded because of how effortless it was for them to run back 15 tracks. If the criticisms of Gibbs in his early career were that he was too one-note, Cold Day in Hell is too wrong-note. [36], After the success of Piata, Gibbs and Madlib announced in May 2016 that they were developing a second collaborative album. Bandana - Think these 3 albums are majoritys top 3 due to the style of rapping he offers on it is all similar, some would put Alfredo here, i do love Bandana cause it feels like the continuation of Piata and half the album contains a lot of switches that I adore about it but at times listening through can be a hamper, does feel like it was plucked straight from the 90s and i love that vibe, a personal record just as much as its prequel, You Only Live Twice - This may be a hot take, but this album is full of fucking BANGERS. Gibbs can rap over anything, but he didnt belong to this moment of musical time. I've honestly only listened to five all the way All rights reserved. The fierce freestyles and verses make up for it though. More concise than Piata, more cohesive than Shadow of a Doubt, Alfredo might be Gibbs only actual project that is straight killer, no filler. [9], He then began working at a Gary mall, where he met local hip hop producer Finger Roll, who, according to Gibbs, was "the only guy [in Gary] that had a studio." Some amazing moments of honesty in here. By publicly identifying and discussing unlicensed samples, hip-hop fans on websites like WhoSampled and YouTube may be unwittingly putting their favorite producers at risk. It might be a simple matter of engineering: the beats are blown out and Gibbs vocals arent properly mixed. [16] In October, he released the mixtape Cold Day in Hell, which featured guest appearances from Young Jeezy, Juicy J, and 2 Chainz, among others. [57][58], In May 2015, Gibbs launched a GoFundMe to help School Supply Giveaway of Gary purchase school supplies for children in Gary, Indiana. [41][42] Alfredo was preceded a day earlier by its lead single, "1985", as well as an accompanying music video directed by Nick Walker. This project has never been a pleasant listen for the ears, even if my 2011 ears listened to it incessantly. WebFreddie Gibbs Discography Ranked (2009-) AZIZ. But he never stopped betting on himself. He represented the resistance to this time. The resulting project was the album Bandana, which was released in June 2019. Web2014 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib +2 3.27 3,031 11 Shadow of a Doubt 2015 +1 3.18 3,203 17 You Only Live 2wice 2017 +3 3.43 4,438 17 Fetti 2018 Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs & The 9. Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. However, while rap may be an international pastime and sport at this juncture, all of the genre's breeding grounds and playing fields are not evenly matched. A feature list featuring a mix of contemporary stars (Moneybagg Yo), unexpectedly sensical producers (James Blake), and under-appreciated legends (DJ Paul). My misguided perception of Freddie back then may be misleading my low ranking of Freddie now. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window), A (Semi) Definitive Ranking of Every Freddie Gibbs Album. Didnt Mexico kind of sound like Ace Hoods Bugatti? Anyway, by this time it was evident that he needed to work on beat selection and songwriting but it's still a good tape. The beats dont spurt back up at him better than they do on this album. A street tale like Knicks is more refined than on Gibbs earlier work. WebBandana - Think these 3 albums are majoritys top 3 due to the style of rapping he offers on it is all similar, some would put Alfredo here, i do love Bandana cause it feels like the continuation of Piata and half the album contains a lot of switches that I adore about it but at times listening through can be a hamper, does feel like it was WebThe discography of American rapper Freddie Gibbs consists of five solo studio albums, four collaborative studio albums, twenty-two singles, eight extended plays, twenty mixtapes, and one compilation mixtape. Updated 1y ago 17 albums Ranked 2. Time will tell if this holds true, but Soul Sold Separately is in a weird way reminiscent of Baby Face Killa. After he first blew up, around 2009s Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and Midwestboxframecadillacmuzik, some incorrect skeptics designated Gibbs as a throwback gangster rapper living and recording in the wrong era. There are omissions. Thuggin' - Freddie Gibbs / Madlib. Rapping over new production from established beatmakers also differentiated Gibbs from the outpouring of mixtapes from lesser MCs recycling the same underlying songs around this era. 11. It was released on September 25, 2012 and featured guest appearances from Pharrell Williams, Jadakiss, Jay Rock, Currensy, YG, and others. After a series of 10 mixtapes, self-released between 2004 and 2009, Freddie Gibbs music career began in earnest with this seminal mixtape. Updated 5mo ago 15 albums Ranked 3. I am not gonna rank the more older projects cause I havent listened to em much but when I have given them a play through i find bits and pieces of the project i like more so than the project itself. This project was a needed link between a low period of Gibbs life and the resurgence that would follow. [13][14] Gibbs released his first extended play Str8 Killa in August 2010. CN Entertainment. The only proper reaction to a song as strong as Fuckin Up The Count is a re-enactment of that scene from The Wire where they say shit a lot. Will Hagle knows that Hot Girl Summer may be over, but hes looking forward to the start of ugly grown man who cares too much about college football season. WebEvery Album/EP of the 2010s RANKED andiov1 Another day, another list redux, this time I'm gonna be ranking everything from 2010-2019 with >200 user ratings (1396 albums/EPs in Interscope be damned, the independent hustle was moving forward in full force. Cassie Jo Craig & Total length: 25:01 Discussion Subscribe to see similar release suggestions ADVERTISEMENT Contributions [22][23], Shortly after the release of Cold Day in Hell, Gibbs announced that his next mixtape would be a Gangsta Grillz mixtape titled Baby Face Killa. In this article, Gibbs is going up against himself. Before he could get toFreddie, Gibbs had to release this redemptive effort. Songs like these emphasized the lesser-celebrated attributes of Gibbs craft. Perhaps just a reminder that this period is when the relatable quirks of his infectious personality were starting to seep through, slipping past a lyrical output devoid of levity or humor. The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list. Freddie Kane sounds pretty good but Madlib's beats are, more often than not, rather underwhelming. by Salva & Nick Hook)", "Freddie Gibbs & Madlib KNICKS REMIX EP with Bronson, Bada$$ & Ransom", "Freddie Gibbs Announces New Release Shadow of A Doubt, Shares "Fuckin' Up The Count" Video", "Freddie Gibbs Announces "You Only Live 2wice" Album", "Freddie Gibbs Drops New Video "Crushed Glass," Announces 'You Only Live 2wice' Project", "Freddie Gibbs drops surprise mixtape, Freddie", "Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Share 'Bandana' Project's Title Track", "Freddie Gibbs and Madlib reunite on "Flat Tummy Tea", "Freddie Gibbs & Currensy to Drop 'Fetti' Album on Halloween", "Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist Break Down New Album 'Alfredo', "Stream Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist's Latest Project 'Alfredo', "Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist Lay Waste To "1985", "Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' on Course for No. Its been over a year so this is not recency bias. Again, that album never came. However, he was eventually dropped and the album was cancelled. The promotional event for Shadow of a Doubt coincided with a free giveaway of Gibbs cannabis strain, a lowkey affair at Los Globos that contrasts with the high-stakes, high-profile two-day first come first served Soul Sold Separately listening party at Hollywoods Dolby Theater. Fred has been creating an enviable catalog over the years. Delivered to the world a year after The Life of Pablo, You Only Live 2wice accomplished a similar feat as Kanye. This album caught on with outlets like this here POW, which published post after post declaring Gibbs greatness, and XXL, who named him a 2010 Freshman, and Pitchfork, which gave The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs a 7.8. Be the first one to write a review. The result, like much of his work in the CTE era, is suspended in that ill-fated middle ground: much farther than it should be from the true Gibbs voice that would come to define him. Space Rabbit also dips into self-contextualization of the rappers past, with Gibbs admitting he once wanted to sound like G-Unit. On the cover he floats in heaven, decked out in flowing robes. Inviting producers like Kaytranada, James Blake, and DJ Paul into the fold offers a refreshing canvas for a rapper whose technical prowess and stark songwriting deserve a varied landscape to thrive in. WebRanking Rapper's Discographies #11: Freddie Gibbs A list by BRRM [List566977] | +6 Tweet 1 1. Always in the wrong era, it was the current era that caught up to Gibbs. Bandana 5. That one still goes. It came out a few months after Freddie, and was a tonal shift in the opposite direction. The Me Too movement had swept the world in the lead up to the albums release, and the full extent of what actually occurred in Austria wasnt entirely clear to those who werent paying close attention. Music Reviews: Full Metal Jackit: Vol. By the time this album came out in summer 2018, Gibbs had been home for a while. The list of featured artists was an instantaneous wet dream for underground hip-hop fans in 2014. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [27] The album ended up being released on June 20, three weeks before the planned release date, due to a leak. He fashioned his sound after his heroes, but his background and approach separate him from everybody. Jeezy popped up from under the table, yelled, Yeaaaaaah! and almost burned all Gibbs chips with his bad energy. Alfredolandis at #3 for reasons that arent objective, but its worth noting that this was, until the last second, my #1 pick. [32], In March 2015, Gibbs released a three-track EP titled Pronto, which was followed up by his second solo studio album, Shadow of a Doubt, released on November 20, 2015. [2] The following year, Gibbs released his second solo album, Shadow of a Doubt. Gibbs then joined Finger Roll's No Tamin Entertainment crew and began pursuing a rap career. Extremely consistent from start to finish, definitely a great tribute to OutKast's debut. Seb_Harris. Short and phenomenal. GI Pride is a necessary explanation of where Gibbs came from: the overlooked city across the border from Chicago where poverty and sadness reigns but Kings of Pop sometimes rise up out of the trash heap (which Gibbs literally raps in front of in the video for What It Be Like).