Gibbs and GZA played the Echoplex last Tuesday, and though Liquid Swords is officially my second favorite rap album of all-time (ATliens will always own the top spot), I think Freddie may have won the duel of the iron mic. Granted, I only caught the latter half of his set thanks to a fracas with security goons concerning an ill-advised attempt to bring in some prescribed medicine. Such is life. But I will say that proscribing weed from Gibbs shows is like banning Faygo root beer at a ICP concert. I digress.
There are a dozen new relatively anonymous groups who could use the attention, and hopefully I will write about them sooner than later. But Gibbs continues to massacre every track he raps on, so I feel compelled to share. I hear no one else this consistently excellent. Plus, Labor Day bonus — a Curren$y and Killa Kyleon track that proves that more producers should sample the tuba. At least, I believe that’s a tuba. Band was not my thing.
Download:
MP3: Freddie Gibbs ft. YP-”Something New”
MP3: Push Montana ft. Freddie Gibbs & Killa Kyleon-”Fa Sho”
MP3: Curren$y ft. Killa Kyleon-”4 Hours & 20 Minutes (Ride to H-Town)”
8 comments
douglas martin says:
September 1, 2010 at 4:39 pm (UTC -7)
that’s more like the “tuba” setting on a casio. still a pretty excellent beat, though.
Ray Jackson says:
September 1, 2010 at 6:55 pm (UTC -7)
Atliens is #1 and Liquid Swords is #2…so what’s your full top ten Jeff?
CD says:
September 2, 2010 at 8:25 am (UTC -7)
OK, Jeff, i didn’t think it was possible for me to hold you in higher esteem as a writer, but then you go and drop a Faygo mention.
i bow to the Master.
Passion of the Weiss says:
September 2, 2010 at 9:25 am (UTC -7)
CD :If loving a root beer manufactured by a bunch of white rappers dressed up as killer klowns is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Ray: The usual suspects. In no order: “Supreme Clientele” (or “Ironman” depending on the day of the week and time of day), Illmatic, Only Built 4 Cuban linx, It Takes a Nation of Millions, Ready to Die, Doggystyle, The Chronic, Low End Theory, Criminal Minded.
Cale says:
September 4, 2010 at 10:59 pm (UTC -7)
at the risk of sounding like a nah right? commenter…..
midnight marauders > low end theory haha
though for me thats prolly based on hearing marauders first
Ray Jackson says:
September 6, 2010 at 1:44 pm (UTC -7)
That’s a pretty good list Jeff…not so different from mine.
But no 36 Chambers?!
And personally, I’d take Aquemini over Atliens…but they’re both sic records.
Passion of the Weiss says:
September 6, 2010 at 6:22 pm (UTC -7)
36 belongs for sure. I think when we voted on actual lists, I placed it third or fourth. I suppose I prefer the solo records to the collected Clan records. Lately, I’ve actually come to prefer “Forever” to “36″, even though the latter is obviously more consistent and more important.
Dan says:
September 11, 2010 at 8:19 am (UTC -7)
This song’s beat is remarkably similar to Dr. Dre’s “Xxplosive.”