Freddie Gibbs - Cataracts (Live Session) | Vevo Ctrl

Freddie Gibbs - Cataracts (Vevo Ctrl) Wanna know where the hotness is? Go to the fans. The hip-hop outlet Ambrosia For Heads did just that when they asked people to assess last year’s best hip-hop discs. The results rang out: Freddie Gibbs’ album with Madlib, ‘Bandana,’ ruled. The Midwest rapper’s collab with the SoCal producer is a great mix of perspectives. Gibbs’ street attitude and natural grit meshes well with Mad’s cinematic sounds (check “Massage Seats”) and deep beats. A followup to 2014’s acclaimed ‘Piñata’ disc, ‘Bandana’ is a powerhouse that swerves from lane to lane without fretting about its exact location at any given moment. “I’m not no boom-bap rapper or whatever the fuck that shit is,” Freddie recently told GQ. “I’m not a trap rapper. You can’t really put me in a box, man.” ’Cept for that one in our Brooklyn studio. Gibbs said yes to Vevo’s Ctrl invite, and came to crush “Cataracts” and “Soul Right,” two of ‘Bandana’’s hottest tracks. Feel free to share ’em. Watch Freddie Gibbs music video