FREDDIE GIBBS x MADLIB x GUNS..LOTS OF GUNS “THUGGIN”

A couple nights ago, I had a nightmare that Freddie Gibbs robbed and killed me.

The next day, I saw this video, and realized why.

Funny story:

Illogic and I had a show with Gibbs last Spring, afterI interviewed him for Citybeat a month earlier. Gibbs and I were sitting right next to each other at the Merch Table. Illogic told me I should introduce myself and tell him that I had just interviewed him a few weeks back. Since we just rocked a pretty big show with him, I though “Ok, cool, I can do that.”

So I introduced myself to him. And then he looked at me the same way he looks at the camera in this video. Then I went back to my seat. So that was that.

The End.

Enjoy the video. This song is amazing.

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3/25 @ Earlham College – Gza x Brother Ali x Freddie Gibbs x Illogic (w/ Ill Poetic)

On March 25, I’ll be headed out to Earlham College with Illogic and the amazing Don Carlos of Ill Atmospherics.

If you’re in the area head out.

Great Line-Up

Gza
Brother Ali
Freddie Gibbs (check my interview with him HERE)
Illogic (and myself)

Shuckman Court, Athletics and Wellness Center
Earlham College
Richmond, IN
March 25th, 2011
7:30 PM

$15, $10 with valid student ID
One free ticket with Earlham I.D. available at Runyan Center Desk.
For Credit Card Purchases and Reservations call (765).983-1373

PS — Peep the Coffee and Cigarettes Pic up top.
Couldn’t find one with Bill Murray in there, but picture him to the right of Rza with a paper chef hat on and a pot of coffee.
“Hey, You’re Bill Murray” – Rza

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Ill Poetic Interview with Freddie Gibbs

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NO BULLSHIT

They say when times get lean, it’s best to reel it in and stick together. Born and raised in post-industrial, Reagan-approved Crack Era Gary, Indiana, Freddie Gibbs gets that. This would explain his grassroots approach to re-inventing a once promising major label-approved career into an independent DIY movement. In 2004, Gibbs signed with Interscope, but not one for the politic game, he grew tired of waiting for Jimmy Iovine to friend him on Facebook, built a team and a sound and began dropping heat himself. Following two underground classic mixtapes, “The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs”, and “Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik” (personal favorite), Gibbs returned in 2010 with “Str8 Killa No Filla” and a co-starring role on XXL’s esteemed “Freshman 10” list. A true representation of recession era hip-hop, Gibbs reels it in and hits the Midwest for a thorough run in promotion of the “Str8 Killa” record. Think back to the classic Midwest and Southern folks we used to watch on Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps in the 90’s. Now fast-forward it 20 years into the future. This is Freddie Gibbs. No Bullshit.

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