Stereogum — Earlier this year, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib teamed up to release Piñata, their excellent collaborative album. One of the few album tracks that didn’t have any guest rappers was the floaty sneer “Knicks.” But now there’s a new version of the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @goldfrapp) Tickets for the Ariel Pink show at Baby's All Right go on sale today at 9 AM. If you missed out during the BrooklynVegan presale, tickets for the BrooklynVegan-presented 'Champagne Jam' at Webster Hall with The Front Bottoms,... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Freddie Gibbs is a rarity in hip-hop... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Freddie Gibbs goes hard... more info

Stereogum — When I write that YG’s My Krazy Life is, to my mind, easily the best rap album of 2014 thus far, someone will inevitably show up in the comments section and make a case for Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s Piñata. Well, sorry. YG may not be anywhere n... more info

Stereogum — Rap’s underground is in a fascinating place right now; all these weird-as-fuck voices from vastly different backgrounds, in the right situation, can come together and make really good music together. On the new posse cut “Old English,” for inst... more info

XLR8R — Considering that Manchester-based producer Lone (a.k.a. Matt Cutler) got his start crafting exploratory beats for labels like Werk Discs before moving into prismatic UK rave, it's not a total surprise that his freshly released Reality Testing LP... more info

Stereogum — The gifted Indiana rap knucklehead Freddie Gibbs and the head-blown Oxnard producer Madlib have been collaborating for a few years, and back in spring, they teamed up to release the collaborative album Piñata. Now, Gibbs stars in the video for the P... more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to say what’s going on with Raekwon right now. He doesn’t seem all that excited about either of the Wu-Tang Clan albums that are supposedly on the way. And while he’s got verses on two of this year’s best rap albums — Schoolboy ... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Freddie Gibbs finally released Piñata, his great collaborative album with the pioneering underground rap producer Madlib. But now, Gibbs is already back to making the sort of guttural street-rap that made him an internet sensation in the... more info