It’s nothing like anything else in Gibbs’ vast catalogue (its closest spiritual companion might be "Old English", his 2014 track with A$AP Ferg and Young Thug) and it’s proof that the 33 year old is still more than willing to push himself out of his sonic comfort zone. In contrast, "Cold Ass Nigga" sees Gibbs with two feet on the gas, with frequent Kanye West collaborator Mike Dean providing a suitably urgent, glitchy trap beat. The sparse, atmospheric "Rearview", which opens with a "Welcome to Los Angeles International Airport" P.A., sees the rapper offer up a bullet point summary of his career to date before dismissing would-be copycats with trademark precision. If there’s any question as to whether or not acclaim has mellowed the man who frequently refers to himself as both "Gangsta Gibbs" and "Freddie Corleone", look no further than the two tracks that bookend the record. While the final result is less cohesive, and could benefit from trimming two or three songs, there’s no denying Gibbs’ versatility. A quick scan of the credits reveals the biggest difference between Shadow of a Doubt and his last LP-instead of one singular producer, there’s over a dozen wide-ranging names contributing beats here from Canadian hitmaker Boi-1da to 808 Mafia’s Tarentino. is back with his third full-length studio album. Overall I enjoyed this album.Now with little advance notice, and a raised middle finger to Q4 release schedules and anyone foolish enough to be making their best-of year-end lists early, the pride of Gary, Ind. It's less cohesive and organized than Pinata, but the varying production doesn't take too much away from this record since the production is still mostly great. Shadow of a Doubt has many producers, which takes away from the cohesiveness of the project. His lyricism doesn't disappoint, but my main issue with the album is the production. Rapping about drugs and bloodshed, he makes it clear that his ambition is unbreakable. As usual, Gibbs delivers with hard-hitting and fast paced lyrics. Shadow of a Doubt has many producers, Freddie Gibbs gives us a dark record with Shadow of a Doubt, illustrating the rough pursuit of glory in the streets. Better Than Previous Project?: No Try This If You Like: 90059 by Jay Rock … Expandįreddie Gibbs gives us a dark record with Shadow of a Doubt, illustrating the rough pursuit of glory in the streets. The album is not as good in terms of production as 'Piñata' because it's not done by Madlib the legendary hip hop producer but a lot of the trap beats from the first half of the album really got me pumped. One was the hook on 'Mexico' and that was actually a pretty good hook (future level) and the other was on 'Packages' which I didn't like so much because the guy on it just sounded like a bad future rip-off. Anyway back to the song I should be talking about **** Up the Count', it made me kind of worried when it was released as the first single because there was a bit of auto-tune at the end and I didn't know if the rest of the album would be heavily auto tuned but there was really only 2 bits on the album from what I can remember. **** Up the Count' has a great beat based off, I think, Nine Inch Nails' 'Right Where It Belongs' ending piano notes which makes me love it even more because NINE INCH NAILS and 'With Teeth' is one of my favourite albums of the 21st century so any samples of it are gonna be appealing to me. I'm not discrediting it but as a white middle class English male I find it completely unrelatable and that applies to a lot of hip hop releases, I'm only mentioning it here because I've seen more of an emphasise put on it by critics. His flow, in my opinion, is perfect on every single song here- that's probably the reason I could never dislike a Freddie Gibbs project- and he portrays a pretty good image of growing up in the hood with his lyrics but I've heard most of it before so it's not really the main reason I return to the album. Although it's not as good as I'd hoped I still like a good portion of it. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.įavourite Songs: Narcos, **** Up the Count, Rearview, Careless, Forever and a Day Least Favourite Songs: Basketball Wives, Lately, Packages After the 'Pronto' EP came out in February I became extremely excited for this album by October I'd pretty much given up hope on hearing it before 2016 but thankfully he finished it and here it is.
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