{"id":1087,"date":"2014-03-21T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2014-03-27T10:48:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T14:48:55","slug":"freddie-gibbs-and-madlib-pinata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/freddie-gibbs-and-madlib-pinata\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Gibbs and Madlib <br>Pinata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/freddie_gibbs_madlib-pinata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1088\" alt=\"Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Pinata\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/freddie_gibbs_madlib-pinata.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/freddie_gibbs_madlib-pinata.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/freddie_gibbs_madlib-pinata-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>To the uninitiated, Madlib and Freddie Gibbs getting together to release <i>Pinata<\/i> via the former\u2019s Madlib Invazion label might seem out of character for both of them. Every backpacker\u2019s favorite DJ and an old-school gangsta getting together? But their fans know they have a couple of things in common, primarily an integrity of mission that\u2019s unusual among the decade\u2019s more prominent hip-hop artists. Secondly, they both make a habit of picking great dance partners. Madlib has made a career of providing the rock-solid foundation for a number of somewhat more well-known collaborators, and Gibbs is never afraid to try out new styles, stealing the show from artists as diverse as Young Jeezy, Statik Selektah, Danny Brown, and Flume.<\/p>\n<p>Madlib\u2019s work on this record is top-rate. The duo put almost four years of intermittent work in and it shows. It seems too easy to call it a classic, but I really don\u2019t think there&#8217;s a weak moment. Madlib\u2019s usual sense of humor is intact, matching Gibbs\u2019 knack for puns and dirty jokes. And every track retains the organic, human touch that makes Madlib\u2019s music unique. And like the best producers, he knows when to push and when to lay back and let Gibbs take over. Witness how he slows the tempo down in the middle of \u201cReal\u201d so Freddie can go double-time. Even their selection of guest spots\u2014Raekwon, Ab-Soul, Earl Sweatshirt, and Scarface(!)\u2014has been given exceptional scrutiny and extra emphasis; note how the beat subtlety gets harder when Danny Brown starts going off on \u201cHigh.\u201d These guys aren\u2019t just happy be on the record, they\u2019re placed with purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Take \u201cShitsville\u201d as another prime example. Madlib\u2019s choice of samples is evocative, with a minor key progression and a simple, steady beat creating forward momentum but leaving plenty of space for Gibbs to lay down a fast, wordy flow. Then there\u2019s the content. Each verse presents a new side of the narrator\u2019s down-on-his-luck life of sin in angry, vengeful detail. Add to that a catchy chorus and a sharp refrain (\u201cYou motherfuckers just like me\u201d) delivered with precision. At the end of the song, this line comes back in a new form, repeated with venom, turning into the kind of defiant invective you imagine fucking with in the car on your way to kick somebody\u2019s ass. But this isn\u2019t just loud, superficial posturing. Madlib\u2019s beats set a dangerously high bar and his accomplice\u2019s lyrics rise to the occasion. On every track, Freddie Gibbs shows you both the dirt in the cracks and the grit it takes to rise above it. For me, this is a match made in heaven, and at its best, it goes far beyond expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the uninitiated, Madlib and Freddie Gibbs getting together to release <i>Pinata<\/i> via the former\u2019s Madlib Invazion label might seem out of character<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,457,458],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-freddie-gibbs","tag-madlib"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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