New band of the day – No 855: Freddie Gibbs

Mellifluous and menacing, is this midwestern rapper one of hip-hop's last great hopes?Hometown: Gary, Indiana.The lineup: Freddie Tipton (vocals, music).The background: Freddie Gibbs is a 28-year-old rapper from Michael Jackson's hometown of Gary, Indiana who has for the last few years been living in LA. It may be coincidence, we may be imposing an aesthetic on him, or some of his new locale's flavour may have seeped into what he does, but he does appear to have some of west coast gangsta's lang...

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