Freddie Gibbs x The Alchemist - Alfredo 2 (JULY 25th) First Single "1995" Out Now

[The Jewnited States]

It's crazy. I'm only really seeing 2 themes on the complaints, and one of them is that it's literally too cohesive for some people. It's so consistent that some people think it runs together, but I actually think the beats sound very different from each other in terms of the drums, the sample choices, etc. But most of the beats have the same tempo, so I get why some people think that. The other complaint is just that Freddie's subject matter isn't deep.

But the rapping and the beats are both great on their own and mix great together. That pretty much can't be argued. It's one of the best projects either dude has done so far.

My top 4 this year is Alfredo 2, Clipse, Evidence, and 2Chainz/Larry June.

Not sure how someone could listen to Mar-a-lago then skip to Gold Feet and say that the beats sound similar.

Go from Ensalada to A Thousand Mountains and say "ahh man these songs sound the same "

I've been seeing this criticism online a lot. Absolutely ridiculous.

I drove around the city today doing errands and playing Alfredo 2 at borderline obnoxious levels of volume and idgaf more people need to be bumping this

Side note: lavish habits might be freddies best verse on the project

 

[The Jewnited States]

Also, I went back to Alfredo 1 today and I think I might be comfortable saying that overall Alfredo 2 is the better project. Part 1 has more of Gibbs best verses between these 2 projects but as a complete package I am gonna side with Alfredo 2.

Another opinion I saw a lot online in the early days of the release was that YOD1 is better than Alfredo 2. I can say with 100% certainty that people are allowed to hold that opinion if they choose, but they would be wrong and I would discount all of their future opinions on rap music

 

[The Jewnited States]

It's crazy. I'm only really seeing 2 themes on the complaints, and one of them is that it's literally too cohesive for some people. It's so consistent that some people think it runs together, but I actually think the beats sound very different from each other in terms of the drums, the sample choices, etc. But most of the beats have the same tempo, so I get why some people think that. The other complaint is just that Freddie's subject matter isn't deep.

But the rapping and the beats are both great on their own and mix great together. That pretty much can't be argued. It's one of the best projects either dude has done so far.

My top 4 this year is Alfredo 2, Clipse, Evidence, and 2Chainz/Larry June.

#5 might be the eXquire album if you listen to it. Oh you thought I forgot, that you forgot to listen to it?

 

[CaughtInTWebb]

Shangri La is just

 

[Xtz23]

Top 3 in order

Alfredo 2
Let god sort em out
Aon 3

I’m really liking that jid album too but I gotta let it play out for a couple weeks. All I know is Alfredo 2 sounds fresher each time I listen to it nothing really compares as a whole. The replay value and cohesiveness is off da chain. Every song literally gets played and I don’t think I’ve felt that about an album in a while. Shyts 5 mics for meonly thing I would add to the album is a hard banger like Frank Lucas obviously different sounding and unique but that type of joint. If we get a deluxe we’ll probably get that. Regardless it’s not needed but it would’ve been nice to have one more hard banger like that. Everytime I listen to this album I listen through it fully but at certain songs I’ll play them a bunch of times in a row and one other thing about this album is that favorites change as well some days. I can play this whole album without skipping shyt.


Alchemist one of the goats idc what no one says

 

[TheDarceKnight]

#5 might be the eXquire album if you listen to it. Oh you thought I forgot, that you forgot to listen to it?

I did listen, my bad. It's fire. I like the back half more than the first half, but the whole thing is solid. Favorites are it iz what it iz, Posilutely, Youtopia, Soloist, Side Fx, and Namaste.

 

[The Jewnited States]

I did listen, my bad. It's fire. I like the back half more than the first half, but the whole thing is solid. Favorites are it iz what it iz, Posilutely, Youtopia, Soloist, Side Fx, and Namaste.

Solid choices. Personally I played the magic IZ. Y.O.U to death, shyt is flames

 

[L $ C]

For me when you listen to JID or Malice rap, I dont understand how you want to hear freddie rap about whores 1000 times and say its as good or better. makes no sense to me. begining to just outgrow freddies subject matter

 

[The Jewnited States]

For me when you listen to JID or Malice rap, I dont understand how you want to hear freddie rap about whores 1000 times and say its as good or better. makes no sense to me. begining to just outgrow freddies subject matter

Theres a time and a place for it. He's granted more times and more places for it because of his godly flow and ability to use his voice as if it was another instrument meshing with the beat

I hear what you're saying, but if I wanna hear someone "rap about something else" or listen to some "knowledge rap" I'll go listen to KA or mach-hommy or exquire or Blu or jay electronica or mos def or billy woods or whatever

^ but sometimes while listening to those guys I'll be thinking to myself: "if only this dude had a better delivery and picked better beats to rap on...."

 

[L $ C]

Theres a time and a place for it. He's granted more times and more places for it because of his godly flow and ability to use his voice as if it was another instrument meshing with the beat

I hear what you're saying, but if I wanna hear someone "rap about something else" or listen to some "knowledge rap" I'll go listen to KA or mach-hommy or exquire or Blu or jay electronica or mos def or billy woods or whatever

^ but sometimes while listening to those guys I'll be thinking to myself: "if only this dude had a better delivery and picked better beats to rap on...."

its rare you see me on here really complain a lot about subject matter....idk im just sorta over freddie at this point, hes done the currency thing where hes rapped the same verse 100 times in 100 ways. hes got a real good catalog but im over it at this point mostly

with that said theres great songs on here, I just feel he gets a bit overrated

 

[The Jewnited States]

its rare you see me on here really complain a lot about subject matter....idk im just sorta over freddie at this point, hes done the currency thing where hes rapped the same verse 100 times in 100 ways. hes got a real good catalog but im over it at this point mostly

with that said theres great songs on here, I just feel he gets a bit overrated

It be like that sometimes. I've gone through all the phases of this rap shyt. Maybe a year of straight west coast gfunk, few years stuck on high level new York and East Coast lyricists, a canibus phase, an underground backpacker journey that saw me buying scribble jam dvds and listening to the rhymesayers and rawkus and stones throw shyt, then a good many years of the most ignorant ass trap music and just drug dealing music, getting back into underground shyt like Blu and cannibal ox, deltron, brother Ali and then pivoting to a lot of stoner/drug raps and on and on and on

I think the phases of interest is normal as a listener of this genre. Sometimes I I'd be in the mood for mos def - love , and if a bytch did me dirty then maybe it's time for some Lloyd Banks and too short and project pat.

Right now you're not into freddies love/hate relationship with whores and cocaine, escaping the street life, and ballin out cuz he finally made it




Give it a year or so, you might be back STR8 SLAMMIN

 

[TheJet]

That "Skinny Suge ii" beat dummy

 

[Cᵣₐₛₕ&ₜₕₑCₒᵤₚ]

Jean Claude this done grew on me. Probably in my top 5 on the project.​

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Jean Claude this done grew on me. Probably in my top 5 on the project.​

My favorite joint on the album at this point.

 

[TGainz]

Jean Claude this done grew on me. Probably in my top 5 on the project.​

My favorite joint on the album at this point.

Been bumping that pretty much every day since it dropped