Freddie Gibbs is the product of violent, drug-laden streets but unlike most rappers with similar resumes, he brings the block to the booth without inhibition or an exaggerated rap persona. PINATA, a 17 track collaboration with producer Madlib, is the best distillation yet of his transparent approach to making music, combining an at times stark honesty with electrifying talent as a lyricist and performer. PINATA is 'a gangster Blaxploitation film on wax,' says Gibbs, who came up on the streets of Gary, Indiana, the disregarded city previously best known for producing Michael Jackson. Here he is joined by Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Raekwon, Scarface, Domo Genesis, Ab-Soul and a host of others in setting his soliloquies of the streets alongside film snippets and dusted Funk, Soul and Progressive musical tapestries.
Tracklist
- Supplier
- Scarface
- Deeper
- High Ft. Danny Brown
- Harold's
- Bomb Ft. Raekwon
- Shitsville
- Thuggin'
- Real
- Uno
- Robes Ft. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt
- Broken Ft. Scarface
- Lakers Ft. Ab-Soul & Polyester the Saint
- Knicks
- Shame Ft. BJ the Chicago Kid
- Watts Ft. Big Time Watts
- Piñata Ft. Domo Genesis, G-Wiz, Casey Veggies, Sulaiman, Meechy Darko, & Mac Miller
