Madlib jumps on Benji B’s show at BBC Radio 1 for a one-hour set of underground hip-hop, experimental beats and the heavily blunted soul and funk he’s well known for. The left field LA producer and wordsmith also plays a bunch of his instrumentals, as well as tracks from alter egos like Quasimoto. Collaborations like Madvillain […]

We all have a car nut in our lives. Gear-brains. Petrolheads. You know the deal. Guys who like to strap on a helmet every Saturday morning and spend the first couple hours of the weekend slicing up asphalt on a beautiful mountain road. Dudes who walk straight to the car section at the bookstore, and […]

Anybody who even moderately pays attention to music knows how difficult it is to survive as an independent label nowadays — the shit is brutal. What’s even harder is surviving when you’re uncompromising about your product, discriminating with your roster and meticulous about your craft. Such is the case with Los Angeles’ Stones Throw Records, […]

At the end of last year we posted Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s Thuggin’ EP, and previewed their much anticipated album together. Well now the duo are hitting Europe for a quick “Medicine Show 2012” Tour sponsored by Carhartt, which started last night in Frankfurt and continues with a show tonight in Berlin (peep the flyer […]

The pride of Gary, Indiana — Mr. Freddie Gibbs — just dropped his Baby Face Killa mixtape, the highly anticipated followup to his breakthrough Str8 Killa No Filla Mixtape. Hosted by the ubiquitous DJ Drama, the Baby Face Killa street album features guest vocals from the likes of Curren$y, Kirko Bangz, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss, Spaceghostpurrp, Z-Ro […]

It seems like every week another highly hyped collaboration is announced in the world of hip hop, most producing quality well below that of either artist. Unfortunately the sum is usually less than value of the parts. This upcoming collab, pairing Freddi Gibbs fast spitting tales of urban woe with the production genius of Madlib, […]

Our old friend/collaborator/feature subject Reggieknow just came out with a short film with UNION’s Chris Gibbs. You remember Reggieknow’s awesome Action Figure Stylist agency, FFINC? Well in this Mousetrap short he’s trying to convince Gibbs to get them involved in the store before Gibbs becomes distracted by some hotties. The rest is signature Reggiknow leftfield […]

Gary, Indiana’s great Freddi Gibbs returns with his latest video from the Str8 Killa No Filla album, “Rock Bottom”. Directed by the ICU. UPDATE: It was announced this morning that Freddie Gibbs just signed with Young Jeezy’s CTE Records. The Atlanta-based label will be releasing Gibb’s next mixtape, A Cold Day In Hell, later this […]