National Anthem (F**k the World)Freddie Gibbs, Madlib & Alex Goose · 2010

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“L.A. Riots' beat for "National Anthem" is a pretty, string-drenched thing, one that subtly adds or subtracts another element every few measures. And great rapper that he is, Freddie Gibbs sees every one of those changes as a technical challenge. Every time the track switches up, so does his delivery. He'll speed up into a manic double-time, slow to a deliberate crawl, launch into an off-kilter tum”