![]() Gangsta Gibbs is very politely handling business with the construction workers redoing his clifftop aerie in the hills, overlooking the smoggy tureen of the 818. On a Wednesday afternoon in the west San Fernando Valley, Freddie Soprano’s domestic life isn’t entirely dissimilar from Tony’s. Maybe the decadence is just a weekend thing. And the view … well, it’s one of those views you procure only through inheritance, running a criminal syndicate, or being one of the best rappers alive. Wearing a psychedelic Versace smoking robe, Gibbs, nominated for this year’s Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, struts around the palace like a cross between a Han emperor and Hugh Hefner. ![]() Harem girls in mink lounge on divans, devouring chocolate shrooms. An English butler proffers a silver tray full of blunts, filled with Freddie Kane’s strain of indica. As it exists in the Olympian imagination, the Los Angeles abode of Freddie Gibbs has faucets that flow with Hennessy and a freezer packed with the purest white powder north of Panama. Need we say more? Load up on your personal OG and support our Gary neighbor, Gangsta Gibbs.Behold Mount Kane. The usual Gary route isn’t a pretty one, but no doubt Freddie Gibb's pained honesty pouring out through the mic is a beautiful thing.īesides "Freddie Gordy" and the track's visual, lyrical dopeness, there's another reason to be excited Freddie Gibb's Shadow Of A Doubt Tour, dropping into Chicago for what is sure to be a very lit 4/20 show. ![]() ![]() It seems that Freddie Gibbs may be drinking from the fountain of youth, considering his ongoing relevance and approach to the game that transcends external trappings for a focus on bars, music, life and truth. Like the best Freddie Gibbs, “Freddie Gordy” is reflective, a still pool produced by Blair Norf that pieces together images of the paths that Gibbs used to walk. Freddie Gibbs brings the heat with “Freddie Gordy”, an ode to longevity and a credo for lapping your opponents. While your realness may be recognized in the present, the trick is to stay in the race long-term. ![]()
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