Last month, we gave a Mixtape Of The Week to Baby Face Killa, the new one from the gravelly fast-flowing Midwestern tough-talker Freddie Gibbs. And now Gibbs aims to win back his Gangsta Gibbs…   Read Story »

Next week, the RZA will release the shockingly strong soundtrack to his new martial arts film The Man With The Iron Fists, and the whole thing is already streaming. Now there's a video for album…   Read Story »

When Freddie Gibbs first arrived on the mixtape and blog scene a few years ago, he had a couple of big selling points. There was the staggering technical mastery, of course, the fluidity and speed…   Read Story »

Gary, Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs broke a long quiet streak with "Kush Cloud" and "Go For It," two hard-nosed cuts from the new Baby Face Killa. Now, Freddie's got the whole tape up online, a tape…   Read Story »

A few days after Gangster Gibbs dropped the Krayzie Bone/SpaceGhostPurrp collab "Kush Cloud," he's back with another hard-nosed banger called "Go For It" featuring his CTE label boss Young Jeezy.…   Read Story »

Here's a smoky peek at Freddie Gibbs' new mixtape, a low-key weed ode called "Kush Cloud" that features a sharp verse from Krayzie Bone as well as some bars from Memphis-style-rap revivalist…   Read Story »

In this space, I usually try to write something about whatever connecting threats might run through the five videos I pick for the week. That's not happening this week. I absolutely cannot think of a…   Read Story »

In the video for their team-up "Thuggin'," motormouthed Indiana street-rapper Freddie Gibbs and esoteric California producer Madlib showed us a pretty hellacious vision of criminal life. The new…   Read Story »

Producer Madlib and Gary, IN rapper Freddie Gibbs have been collaborating, and the result of that partnership is two currently available EPs -- Shame and Thuggin -- and a yet-to-be-released full…   Read Story »

As someone who's been watching fast-rapping Indiana street-rap hope Freddie Gibbs for the fast few years, it's great to see him reach the point of his career where he's teaming up with actual rap…   Read Story »