![]() ![]() is back with his third full-length studio album. Shadow of a Doubt is the perfect example of Gibbs’s hard work and a refusal to rest on his laurels.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. Through his ESGN label, Gibbs continues to be self-supporting, self-ruling and self-reliant. Very few hip-hop artists are as fortunate as Gibbs in being independent from major labels and sustaining themselves without any corporate interference. McDuck, Lately and Basketball Wives, on the other hand, offer a momentary relief as Gibbs croons boorishly, reminding us that he’s ‘always got that pussy’ on his mind. Extradite, Packages and 10 Times are all forcibly menacing yet pertain a bounce that jumps like the rev of a motor. Gibbs’s flow here is by no means dissimilar to last year’s Madlib collaboration Piñata, his gutsy delivery joyriding over urgently aggressive hip-hop percussion and woozy vocal samples. It’s the perfect pigeon-chested gangster behaviour to accompany an album that is equally as outrageous, stimulating and crass. “Once Snoop Dogg gave me the plug, the stamp, it’s all love,” Gibbs said. ![]() Much to Gibbs’ benefit, even the certified Doggfather himself, Snoop, weighed in with his own appraisal. ![]() “Potent” and “Tranquillising” were among the comments. The chronic, labelled Freddie Kane OG, has received multiple reviews and ‘user’ ratings. Through a PR endorsement for Shadow of a Doubt, Freddie Gibbs’s third studio album, the rapper concocted his own premium cannabis strain in collaboration with marketing agency The Grow Division. ![]()
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