gibbs trades verses with black thought, beat keeps flipping, sunny part comes back occasionally, darker piano part bounces off of itself at times, drums drop out for stretches. serious classic 90s NYC feel on the beat. birds chirping and soft wordless female backup vox, sunny rising piano loop over swirling synth trill over undulating bassline and sparse kicks cracking snares and ticky cymbals. gibbs' flow flips all over, just a bit sung at moments, occasional dips into double time, interleaves w/ churchy soulful male and female backup vox. a brief sample of a chat w/ snoop at the end as the drums drop out and synth swirl takes over. sinister growling undulating bass tone, spikey syncopated 808, very sparse kick (or maybe just a ton of attack on some of the bass notes). a touch of moog, synth fog with a bit of hushed choral flavor. another summary statement of identity like the first one, but less sure, more remorseful. * there's some buried sampled dialogue at the beginning. i've listened a bunch with it turned way up, and got the one FCC i found, but warning just in case. ** there's a 'fuck' that's in the sample at the end, and it's def edited (to 'kcuf'), but the 'u' still pops out a little and you know what it is from the surrounding context, so it might raise some eybrows.Limited double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2015 album from critically acclaimed rapper, Freddie Gibbs. Fresh off the heels of his successful album, Pinata with prolific producer, Madlib, Freddie returns with Shadow of A Doubt. The album has received critical acclaim from music critics. Michael Madden of Consequence of Sound said, 'Even with all its different sounds, Shadow Of A Doubt leaves one clear impression: Freddie Gibbs is a restless artist who continues to find meaning in his Gary story and beyond, knowing that the details can prepare him for whatever comes next.' Keith Nelson Jr.

Of HipHopDX said, 'When he ends the album with “Cold Ass Nigga,” the most demonstrably aggressive verse on the album, you realize Shadow Of A Doubt isn’t Gibbs flipping to go pop, but a man secure enough in the foundation he has laid to take a leap of faith.

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