Freddie Gibbs’ ongoing success earned him HipHopDX’s Album of the Year for Alfredo in 2020 — and he’s determined to keep up the work rate by releasing his first project since signing to Warner Records.
In a new interview with MixMag, the Gary, Indiana rapper spoke boldly about his next LP and named a number of the producers he’s collaborated with so far.
“It’s another album of the year,” he said. “I’m about to go and work with Pharrell next week. Madlib, Working On Dying, The Alchemist, Sevn Thomas, Hit-Boy, I just talked to [Mike WiLL Made-It]. It’s gonna be the best-produced album that I ever made.”
He also revealed SSS is the abbreviation for his upcoming album title but didn’t expand on the meaning behind it.
Elsewhere in the interview, Freddie Gibbs admitted he thinks he’s the best artist to spit over Madlib production but also paid tribute to the late MF DOOM and the duo’s classic Madvillainy album.
“I think I’m the best ever to rap on a Madlib beat,” he said. “Rest in peace to MF DOOM. I feel like he gave me the measuring stick. He set the tone. When I was making Piñata, everyone was talking about how he did the best shit and you know the competitor in me wanted to make the better album.”
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During a conversation with GQ in March, Gibbs talked about the benefits of owning all of his music while other rappers lost out to the major label system early in their careers.
“A lot of those guys are signed, and they’re my age, but they don’t own anything they did in their 20s,” he said. “When the system was done with them, they were done. When the system was done with me, I said, ‘Fuck you, I’m about to buck and keep going.’ I own all [my recordings], so that slow burn kind of turned into a big flame and now I’m at the most popular point I’ve been at in my career — with the ownership.”
Holy moley, this sounds like it’s gonna be some fire shit
Yeah, the Madlib part of it. Pharrell and Alchemist, though… Absolutely not.
Lmao Damn the disrespect. Alchemist’s production builds a better world for gibbs than Madlib does in madlib does in my opinion (still have lots of respect for Madlib though).
Shut ur stupid ass up why wouldn’t the Pharrell or alchemist produced tracks be good? Be happy when people succeed. Hip hop gained its hearing back, I thought most rap fans went deaf sleeping on Gibbs. This guy works hard at his craft and if u don’t like it put on some lil uzi vert or lil nas x
I never had an issue with Gibbs. I’ve been a fan ever since I heard that Str8 Killa project. He has absolutely made his best music whenever Madlib was involved. The whole Pinata album is damn near-perfect, from production to vocal performances. I have listened to Alfredo many times. Not exactly a bad album, but does it compare to Pinata in any way? Hell no, it lacks that magic that Madlib has. Fetti had surprisingly good production, though. So not absolutely everything Alchemist touches turns into crap, but that’s one quite possible scenario, due to his extremely inconsistent catalog.
There’s something about Alchemist’s beats that I generally seem to dislike. He can make a good beat, but mostly they just seem… Bland. I hate trap beats with those fucking annoying hihats and weird drums – that’s not what I want the beats to have. That still doesn’t mean I should automatically love Alchemist’s beats. Funny how it always gets mentioned whenever someone says they dislike his beats, “you must love trap then”. I don’t even listen to these new dudes, all these “Lil” guys.
Do remember Skateboard P (and Chad) gave us Grindin’, Suckas, Blue Magic, Superthug, Oh No. Pharrell is a master a tailor making beats to fit the artist’s musical style.
you’re either new or mentally off…Pharrell(The Neptunes)…nuff said, Alchemist, next to Madlib and Dilla…one of the best sample based producers EVER! Alfredo was proof of that! They’re music resumes speak for themselves!
One of the only real ones left lol
It’s a lot of real ones left they just don’t get the attention because they real. I just hope that signing with Warner means Gansta gibbs gonna to be working with young thug, lil nas x, etc.
Wha??
WOW my bad really I meant to say that I hope signing with Warner doesn’t mean
he will be doing tracks with rappers like young thug etc, usually when people sign to
majors that get forced to switch up
Pharrell and Mike Will??? Guys like Pharrell come around when you get hot, he no longer makes anybody hot anymore. Gibbs got nominated for a grammy and now all of sudden pharrell producing tracks for you. Sounds about right. Gibbs is #2 on my list right now next to Big Krit. Gibbs formula has been working for him for the last 8 years, but I guess he wants to get back to that mainstream rep. Could be a mistake for Gibbs, you sign to a major now so if it doesn’t go right you could get trap between mainstream and underground, not a good place to be when your on a Major, they can freeze you out. Hopefully it works out for Gibbs, wonder why him and Krit don’t do more together. Play the game was classic.
its about money, i think gibbs got a better budget and decided fuck it i made noise with this shit, im pissed im def. goin in.
Dope. Hitboy is doing his shit for real.
Gangsta Gibbs !!
We need grimey Pharrell for this one! Not pop Pharrell
Fact
this is the end of gibbs as we knew him, hes gonna sacrifice lambo