Magnet Magazine — MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Clipse Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)2) Earl Sweatshirt Live Laugh Love (Tan Cressida/Warner Bros.)3) Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Alfredo 2 (ESGN/ALC/Virgin)4) PremRock Did Y... more info

Stereogum — North Carolina rapper MAVI has lately been touring with people like Earl Sweatshirt and Freddie Gibbs, and he’s collaborated with tons of people across the underground rap landscape. In the past few months, MAVI has released singles like “Landgra... more info

Stereogum — Five years ago, a stressed-out pandemic-summer world got a brief reprieve in the form of Alfredo , the excellent collaborative album from underground rap greats Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist. The two made for an ideal pairing, just like Gibbs a... more info

Stereogum — Freddie Gibbs and Michael Jackson might not have had much in common musically, but the two both came from the city of Gary, Indiana. Years ago, Gibbs told the story of the one time that he ever saw Jackson in person, and Pitchfork turned it into a... more info

Stereogum — For a while now, Indiana rap great Freddie Gibbs has been engaged in messy, extremely-online feuds with JPEGMAFIA and Benny The Butcher. It’s hard to keep up with everything that they’ve got going on, since it includes things like arcane chall... more info

Antimusic Rock — Freddie Gibbs shares a brand new music video for album track 'Cosmo Freestyle' directed by Jonah Schwartz more info

Stereogum — In the history of annoying journalism clichés, no one’s ever embodied a “rapper’s rapper” as much as Freddie Gibbs. When he’s not sharing vivid D-Boy recollections or laughing at fallen enemies, he’ll make time to own it. Otherwise, c... more info

Stereogum — I saw the announcement on the Fake Shore Drive Twitter last night, and I almost threw my phone up in the air in celebration: “Freddie Gibbs. You Only Die 1nce. New album. Halloween night.” All true! It’s been two year since the consistently ... more info

Stereogum — Aside from leading his funk group El Michels Affair, Leon Michels is a pretty prolific producer who recently worked on Clairo’s new album Charm . Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, El Michels Affair also opened for Freddie Gibbs an... more info

Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hit... more info