Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana (Discussion Thread)

[The Midnight Marauder]

thought Jim&Heatmakerz had album of the summer locked up but now i dont know. this is just as good as Pinata:wowspur:

You really don't know????


It's a wrap for Capo. Gibbs locked up the summer with this one.

 

[The Midnight Marauder]

Any of y'all catch that the second beat on Fake Names and Palmolive sample the same song yet sound completely different???

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

After further review I still have to give the edge to Pinata. Both brothas still showed out though like I said before. Freddie was consistent if not better than before. However Madlib was a bit more impressive on Pinata imo.

Agree but Gibbs also pick the beats. Still a very close follow up. With yet more stellar songs.

Like others said bandana need to be on here. I'm putting it right after the 1 or 2 on my folder

 

[Fctftl]

You really don't know????


It's a wrap for Capo. Gibbs locked up the summer with this one.

Ross and Nas on the way tho, summer aint over yet!

 

[Ohene]

Pinata still better imo. But this is a nice follow up

its tough. to me pinata was 8.5/10 this is like a 8.8/10

Pinata had Bomb, shytsville, Uno and Real
this has Situations, Giannis, Palmolive and Fake names

its verry tough

for me Pinata had some songs that were tight but i didnt care to bump as much as the ones i mentioned above...songs like Lakers and Broken.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Agree but Gibbs also pick the beats. Still a very close follow up. With yet more stellar songs.

Like others said bandana need to be on here. I'm putting it right after the 1 or 2 on my folder

Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua, ie Kanye's former manager and the guy who picked Hov's beats for yeasr, helped select beats too. I've seen a small camp of criticism of the beats coming from SOME (not all or even a large portion) of white hip hop nerds, who feel the soul loops are too basic compared to the eclectic, more diverse samples on Pinata. The soul shyt makes a lot of sense when you factor in that Kyambo was picking beats...of course Hov's dude is gonna gravitate to soul shyt. And it makes sense Gibbs would gravitate to that, plus the harder drums on here vs Pinata.

Another factor could be sample clearances. Would a major label have been able to clear all of Pinata's samples? I doubt it lol.

 

[phrank kastle]

Listened to the Director's Cut

The very beginning of the album has some extra shyt, just some shyt talking from Gibbs

Also at the end of Half Manne Half Cocaine there's a callback to Cocaine Piñata (the same sample that was also used for "Breaking Bad" off Baby Face Killa)

The outro of Fake Names is different and I think it's better

Flat Tummy Tea has the extended intro from the 12"

The ending of Situations is different and has a better lead-in to Giannis

The end of the album is different too. It doesn't have that beat that takes the album out and there's a quick vocal sample about listening to music

That's it

I like it more than the regular version but it's not like it's different enough where it matters

Could you rip that by chance, bruh

 

[SEX!!]

need that directors cut ASAP

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

foh with this dum shyt

I’m sorry but I just don’t see how anyone can sit through a whole album of this hulk hogan macho man sounding ass nikka

 

[Arithmetic]

Giannis:damnanimated:

 

[onlylno]

Bruh what does it sound like?

Listened to the Director's Cut

The very beginning of the album has some extra shyt, just some shyt talking from Gibbs

Also at the end of Half Manne Half Cocaine there's a callback to Cocaine Piñata (the same sample that was also used for "Breaking Bad" off Baby Face Killa)

The outro of Fake Names is different and I think it's better

Flat Tummy Tea has the extended intro from the 12"

The ending of Situations is different and has a better lead-in to Giannis

The end of the album is different too. It doesn't have that beat that takes the album out and there's a quick vocal sample about listening to music

That's it

I like it more than the regular version but it's not like it's different enough where it matters

is it mixed differently?

 

[wenis]

Bruh what does it sound like?

Is it mixed differently?

It's definitely engineered and mastered for vinyl. It's quieter in the sense that I can turn the volume up and it doesn't sound like it's being crushed. I think it flows better with these longer intros/outros and switch ups on a few end samples. The throwback to Pinata is cool and gives the whole record this bigger scope to it. I think if someone already didn't like this album, it's not going to change their opinion, but the changes, as minor/major as you perceive them being are appreciated and I think make a slightly stronger project more cohesive.

 

[Arithmetic]

Practices

 

[areohbee824]

my copy of the 'directors cut' came in today. scanned the cover and did some re-touches with photo reference, paint and whatever needed to be done.

damn, that was quick, thought they were shipping these out after 07/26? Did you get it from RappCats?

 

[wenis]

damn, that was quick, thought they were shipping these out after 07/26? Did you get it from RappCats?

Yea, got a shipping notice last Wednesday/Thursday