10 years ago, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib teamed up for the release of their pivotal joint album Piñata, a project that changed the trajectory of Gibbs’ career and returned Madlib to the mainstream rap ...

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib‘s critically acclaimed Piñata is the culmination of nearly three years of recording sessions. Its frisson of delightfully obscure soul and rock samples and hardcore street ...

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The collaboration between Freddie Gibbs and Madlib doesn’t seem natural at first—the hardest rapper out of Gary, IN. working with a notoriously reclusive producer who invented his own jazz group? But ...

Gibbs' grizzled street style works well with Madlib's penchant for loops with quirks, if it feels a little low-key at times Freddie Gibbs is a native of gritty Gary, Indiana, Madlib hails from sunny ...

(L-R) American rapper Freddie Gibbs and Madlib perform live on stage during a concert at the Astra on November 1, 2019 in Berlin, Germany (CREDIT: Frank Hoensch/Redferns) Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have ...

Sometimes infinitesimal changes to proven formulas still create innovative and remarkably unique works. The fourth song off of Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs’s and producer Madlib’s first full-length ...

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album Piñata with a few special “Teñata” shows that will find them backed by retro-soul/hip hop group El Michels Affair. There are ...

What do you do after you break a pinata open? You go through all of the stuff inside right? Well it’s the end of the year and it’s time for me to take Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s “Pinata” album and ...

When did you get started working on it? JB: About March 2012. We had our first cut done in May of last year, so we turned something around pretty quickly. And obviously there was a bunch of archival ...