Thuggin’ is an EP by rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer Madlib. This is their official debut release, created specifically for Madlib’s Medicine Show Tour, late 2011. The Thuggin’ EP contains two main vocal tracks, instrumentals and two bonus beats. The record features a dual A-side cover with “Madlib” on one side, “Freddie Gibbs” on the other. It was released in November 2011 through Madlib Invazion. A full-length LP is also set to release sometime during 2012. At the Madlib Medicine Show tour stop in San Francisco, the producer announced a collaborative project with the rapper Freddie Gibbs (photos here). Gibbs also debuted “Thuggin’” and “Deep,” from their debut EP. The 6-track record is released on Madlib’s “Madlib Invazion” record label. The imprint the producer founded to release his 13 Madlib Medicine Show volumes. DD172 Films has put together a video for Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s track “Thuggin’” featuring Freddie with a cast of thugs, drugs and weapons. Good for the whole family. Check out the official music video below and enjoy the music…
The gangster rapper shows us that he’s very much connected to the streets, despite his buzzing rap career in the Jonah Schwartz directed video. The video begins with Freddie meeting up with one of his homies, before heading off into the night. While rocking black ski masks, so they can act slick while stealing from a local drug dealer. After getting the crack, they cook it up and put his ladies on the block to serve the clucker heads and dope fiends. To ensure his protection, he later cops some artillery, before heading home where he hops into the booth in his small apartment to knock out some music. Why? Because he’s thuggin’. Is there really any other reason. This video depicts the typical stereotypical gangster rap drug-fueled lifestyle, that some resent.
For Madlib, this marks another entry in an exciting series of collaborative albums that he has created with the likes of DOOM (Madvillainy), the late J Dilla (Jaylib) and Strong Arm Steady (In Search Of Stoney Jackson). For Gibbs, the album serves as somewhat of a departure: coming off the heels of his acclaimed Cold Day In Hell album, and before the release of the album he’s finishing for Young Jeezy’s CTE imprint, this project gives the Los Angeles based rapper a chance to stretch out over the Beat Konducta’s lush musical tapestry. If the first single is any indication, this collaboration will find Freddie rough raps landing atop smoldering soul and jagged psychedelia. There’s already a lot of debate around the video for Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s “Thuggin”. Let me know what you think about it his music below…
