For Gary, Indiana lyricist Freddie Gibbs, the similarities between the cover art and release trailer for his You Only Live 2wice album and Logic’s newly announced Everybody project are more than just a coincidence.
In an Instagram post uploaded Wednesday (March 29), Gangsta Gibbs stated that the Maryland rapper “blatantly jocked” the inspiration for his album cover.
“Dear @logic301 I hope you purchase my album on Friday due to the fact that you just blatantly jocked my shit. Blessings. #ESGN #YOL2 3/31,” Gibbs wrote.
Compare the two trailers below:
A previous post from Sam Spratt, the New York-based artist responsible for Everybody‘s cover art, offered some insight into the piece.
According to the backstory Spratt shared, the idea for Logic’s cover art was in the works well before Gibbs dropped the artwork for You Only Live 2wice.
In his tweet, Spratt went on to explain that Logic crafted the idea for his cover art last year, during a visit to The Louvre museum in Paris, France.
“Last summer I got a call from Bob (Logic). I answer the phone: ‘Dude. Everything ok? It’s 3 in the morning’. He replies. ‘Bro. I’m in Paris. I’m at the Louvre. I know what the next album cover is gonna be…The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese,'” Sam Spratt wrote.
He then revealed that Logic, who has yet to respond to the cover art controversy, wanted his wife, family, friends, and people of all races depicted in the work of art.
Logic has previously shared an image of the painting on IG about six weeks ago.
Freddie Gibbs’ You Only Live 2wice album is scheduled to drop tomorrow (March 31), and Logic’s Everybody is expected on May 5.
Who is logic
Whoever he is he better tread lightly unless he wants his career ended before it starts
Freddie Gibbs is an idiot if he thinks because he used art for an album cover he’s an innovator…and he isn’t ending anyone’s career anytime soon he already tried and failed with Jeezy…Pinata was an amazing album though
Who is Logic? You live under a rock fam? GTFOH WTS. 44 bars…………Logic>Gibbs any day and twice on Sundays! BANK$
Maybe too coincidental for this period, but the last supper and related covers have been used previously in artistic ways
logic > freddie gibbs
I like both of them, but the trailer looks a bit similar.
I like both emcees.. It could just be pure coincidental that they picked a similar album cover. I dunno if every rapper is checking to see if another rapper is using the same theme for an album cover. They will be two different albums entirely.. Gangsta Gibbs should be flattered or vice versa. Last time I checked Logic been working on his album when Gibbs was locked up.
Lets be honest even if Logic “jocked his shit” Logic was 100x more creative with his in the future/ sci-fi theme. Just a coincidence and Logic will buy his album as a fan not because Gibbs is making an issue over nothing.
Freddie totalllyyyy robbed that shit from logic hahahahaha
Gibbs washed up garbage, know your role little one
buuuut cocaine pinata was ill and only 2 years ago. face it that mulatto agoraphob wants NO SMOKE!
Yea, Pinata was dope but that’s one album out of +10 projects this man has worked on that I can consider to be undeniably dope. Gibbs has some good lyrics and his flow is ok but more times than not the man is just straight up boring. At Logic’s production grabs your attention.
Who is logic??
Both Logic and Gibbs are dope. This could be just coincidence.
Ya guys i diddnt bite kendrick or krit ethier its all just a coincidence
White people always steal ideas from Black people lol … So I believe gibbs lol
gibbs is washed up garbage
logic is mixed and better than gibbs
I dont see any robots in Freddie’s or anyone floating in logics..or cops… this is ridiculous