“Indiana rapper Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs teams up with legendary hip hop producer Madlib for one of the most essential hip hop albums of the year.”
“The appreciation of Madlib and Freddie Gibbs' new collaboration Piñata depends on the range of your hip-hop tastes and your familiarity with both artists' deep cuts. Funk-fusion and soul jazz breaks bubble and blister in the heat and Gibbs states the facts as he sees them.”
“At the center of Freddie Gibbs’ $oul $old $eparately is “Rabbit Vision,” which finds him regretting moments in his life. “Me and Jeezy haven’t spoken in years, but I got love for him/Coulda talked it out, but I spoke out, I let it get to me,” he raps, offering an olive branch to the man who signed him in 2011 before the two had a very public falling-out. As a lush beat from Boi-1da, Jahaan Sweet, ”
“#88: Piñata by Freddie Gibbs Overall solid project, good production by Madlib and solid vocal work by Freddie. Good features too. I just didn’t have many songs stand out to me that much except Thuggin’, so I can’t say it had a huge impact on me”
“Very good production, Freddie Gibbs is a bit of a snoozer imo but the features are great. Shoutout Mac on the last track rip”
“love the beats, and the flow, it is just sooo good”
