The aforementioned “McDuck” has Gibbs using the same singsong rap style that elevated 50 Cent to early-2000s superstardom. On “Careless,” the melodic Gibbs sounds like a perfectly executed Bone Thugs-Coolio hybrid.

However, it’s Gibbs’ ability to switch and experiment with styles that adds a standout factor to Shadow of a Doubt. on “Freddie Gordy”: “It’s Freddie Kane, Freddie Corleone, Freddie Gordy/ Just left the studio and served a birdie for the 40/ I bet my n-– kill the witness if I get reported/ The shit I spit is so realistic shouldn’t be recorded.”ĭope-dealing, coke-slanging, thug-life anthems like these are what Gibbs fans have come to crave, as rap’s Tony Montana delivers the purest of product. Both tracks feature gloriously gritty hooks accompanied by deepened Gibbs vocals, with “Narcos” including the rapper’s explanation for how his flow seems so effortless: “Dope game hard/ Rap game, rap game easy than a motherf-–.” The album’s fire is fueled by these prolific hooks, and an aura of chill-inducing greatness arises as Gibbs chants his M.O. The album’s first two tracks, “Rearview” and “Narcos,” have Gibbs staying true to the badass persona he’s built for himself. With a Doggfather blessing and Snoop’s anointment of Gibbs as his own second coming, Shadow of a Doubt is 17 tracks of Gangsta Gibbs at his hard-hitting finest. Dre’s iconic “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” in 1992. That second man? Well, he’s none other than the S-N-to-the-double-O-P, the gangsta rap pioneer who has blazed his fair share of trails and California’s finest crop since he featured as Snoop Doggy Dogg on Dr. “Yeah, n-, this is what it’s gonna be,” the other man says after singing Gibbs’ praises for creating a wholly original style.

So it’s like, you know, I kind of created … I created this sound.” “Yeah, you gotta think about, what do a Gary n- sound like,” Gibbs comments on his Gary, Indiana, origins. On “McDuck,” the sixth track off Freddie Gibbs’ latest album, Shadow of a Doubt, a conversation occurs between Gibbs and another man that cements Gibbs’ legacy as a modern-day gangsta rap revivalist.

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