Yes, the sixth studio LP from Indiana emcee Freddie Gibbs has lastly arrived. Blowing up initially over 2 many years in the past along with his debut mixtape Full Metal Jackit, he would signal to Interscope Records for a short time period till he left with out dropping an album with them. This was made up for with the mixtapes The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs & Str8 Killa No Filla, which might be a focus for Jeezy & land Freddie a contract with CTE World in 2011. However, Gibbs ultimately left CTE the next yr after releasing the tapes Cold Day in Hell & B.F.Ok. (BabyFace Killa). In 2013, he determined to kind his personal label E$GN Records & lastly dropped the full-length album E.$.G.N. (Evil $eeds Grow Naturally). He & iconic Oxnard producer Madlib would drop their MadGibbs debut Piñata the yr after that, which is EASILY one of many biggest hip hop albums of the earlier decade. Gibbs continued to develop his profile after that with Shadow of a Doubt, You Only Live 2wice, Freddie & the Curren$y collab EP Fetti & who can overlook MadGibbs’ sophomore effort Bandana or Alfredo produced by The Alchemist? $oul $old $eparately made for a valiant main label debut below Warner Records & You Only Die 1nce returned to his impartial hustle, recapturing the magic ofAlfredo for a sequel of it’s personal.

“1995” opens with a jazzy, drumless 2-parter selecting up precisely the place “1985” left off speaking about being okay no matter haters & bitches snaking whereas “Mar-a-Lago” swaps out the drumless parts in favor of growth bap making it clear that the feds ain’t gettin’ nothing after tryna hit his shit. “Lemon Pepper Steppers” turns the jazz influences up a bit speaking about individuals tryna block his blessings previous to the silky “Ensalada” pleading to get away from this place he’s in.

Gibbs advises for all these detectives who’ve been pissing him off to get a job on the FBI throughout “Empanadas” stripping the drums as soon as once more simply earlier than “Skinny Suge II” talks about being the final don & seeking to physique each final particular person each time he’s in the midst of a job. “Feeling” that includes Larry June chops up a soul pattern for each of them to maintain it trill main into “I Still Love H.E.R.” homaging the テリヤキ・ボーイズ single of the identical title that includes & produced by Ye or the Nazi previously referred to as Kanye West.

“Shangri La” soulfully airs his grievances in the direction of a lady that he deems to be “sneaky”making higher use of an unused verse recorded in the course of the Vultures periods when ¥$ was nonetheless collectively at first whereas “Gas Station Sushi” addresses his falling out with Curren$y not too lengthy after Fetti was launched. I discovered each the “Pee on city girls like P. Diddy” line & the DJ Akademiks diss not even a minute into “Lavish Habits” to be fairly humorous whereas “Gold Feet” that includes J.I.D. finds the pair getting collectively speaking about feeling nice.

The music “Jean Claude” will get the ultimate 7 & a half minutes of Alfredo II began with a drumless jazz rap observe evaluating life to the 1988 martial arts movie Bloodsport & recommending to take the function of Frank Dux in that scenario as a approach of survival whereas “1,000 Mountains” closes the album with 1 final growth bap lower arguing that the one one that he feels can outrap him is André 3000, taking it a step additional by considering taking a flute & hiding out equally to what the Prince of hip hop did.

Don’t wish to take away from the highlights $oul $outdated $eparately & You Only Die 1nce each have even when I lean extra $oul $outdated $eparately, however Freddie Gibbs reunites with one in all my high 10 producers of all-time for a successor to make an Alfredo successor that takes it again to what made that authentic LP probably the most beloved solo effort within the E$GN Records founder’s discography as he prepares for his subsequent undertaking totally produced by KAYTRANADA.

Score: 9/10