Freddie (Freddie Gibbs album)

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Freddie
Freddie (Freddie Gibbs album) Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Freddie Gibbs
ReleasedJune 22, 2018
Studio
  • Mount Kane
  • D.O.T.S.
Genre
Length25:01
Label
Producer
  • Freddie Gibbs (exec.)
  • Ben "Lambo" Lambert (also exec.)
  • A. Lau
  • Dupri
  • Enstrumentals
  • Freddie Kane
  • Kenny Beats
  • RichGains
  • Jones
  • Skinny
  • Tony Seltzer
Freddie Gibbs chronology
You Only Live 2wice
(2017)		Freddie
(2018)		 Fetti
(2018)

Freddie is the fourth studio album by American rapper Freddie Gibbs. [1] It was released on June 22, 2018, through ESGN and Empire Distribution. [2] The album features guest appearances from Gibbs' daughter Irie Jane Gibbs, alongside 03 Greedo and Cassie Jo Craig. It also includes production from Gibbs himself, credited as Freddie Kane, alongside Kenny Beats, Jones, A. Lau, RichGains and Tony Seltzer, among others. [3]

Contents

It succeeds the release of Gibbs' third studio album, You Only Live 2wice (2017).

Background

Hours before the album's release, Freddie Gibbs released an infomercial-style promo as a teaser for the album. [4]

Artwork

The album's artwork features Gibbs donning a beige suit with a pink backdrop. [1] The title and artwork of the album is inspired by Teddy Pendergrass' 1979 album Teddy . [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 9/10 [7]
HipHopDX 4.3/5 [8]
HotNewHipHop90% [9]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [10]
OOTM80/100 [11]

Freddie received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84.

Riley Wallace of HipHopDX praised the album, stating Gibbs has "enough fire here to remind fans that he’s able to compete in an era that has continuously boats of some insane releases." Wallace also commented that "the 10-song effort delivers an experience that fans of Gangsta Gibbs have come to expect after the last two projects: glimmering gems scattered among a curated blend of believable, high-quality gangsterism." [8] Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork wrote that Freddie "feels like a pure and reckless purge from Gibbs, a collection that finds him at his wildest and most essential." [10]

Critic A. Harmony of Exclaim! called Freddie "trolling-as-marketing done right: Gibbs juxtaposes the silky, colourful imagery of vintage R&B with crude beats and tight, blissfully vulgar verses that demand to be replayed at ignorant levels." [7] Online hip hop publication HotNewHipHop concluded that Freddie is Gibbs' "most sublime work yet; by opening with the plight of his youth and concluding with the sampled whispers of his three-year-old daughter, Freddie Gibbs manages to present a more vivid glimpse into the soul of his art than any other major rap artist this past month." [9] In the review for AllMusic, Paul Simpon called the album "a focused set of trap-influenced tracks, showcasing Gibbs' flow at its most energized." [6]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Freddie Gibbs' official Instagram. [12]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Weight"
  • Jones
  • Skinny
  • Dupri
  • RichGains
2:48
2."Automatic" Kenny Beats 2:32
3."Death Row" (featuring 03 Greedo)
  • Kenny Beats
  • Freddie Kane
2:23
4."Triple Threat"
  • Dupri
  • RichGains
  • Enstrumentals
2:58
5."2 Legit"Jones RichGains2:28
6."FLFM (Interlude)"
  • RichGains
  • Freddie Kane
1:30
7."Set Set"Kenny Beats2:29
8."Toe Tag"Kenny Beats2:13
9."FBC"
  • Kenny Beats
  • A. Lau
  • Tony Seltzer
2:04
10."Diamonds 2" (featuring Cassie Jo Craig and Irie Jane Gibbs)
  • Dupri
  • RichGains
3:36
Total length:25:01

Personnel

Credits adapted from Freddie Gibbs' official Instagram. [12]

Technical

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [13] 7
US Billboard 200 [14] 142
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 16

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  7. 1 2 Harmony, A. (June 26, 2018). "Freddie Gibbs Freddie". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
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  11. ↑ "Freddie Review". OOTM. July 2, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Freddie. Out now. Link in bio. #freddie". Instagram . Retrieved June 24, 2018.
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  14. ↑ "Freddie Gibbs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Freddie Gibbs Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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