(Alfredo 2)

2025 seems to be the year of the returning OG’s. We’ve already had new albums by

-Clipse

-LL Cool J

-Ice Cube

-Xzibit

-Raekwon

-Snoop Dogg

-KRS One and more.

Now we have this legendary duo back. A sequel to their 2020 classic, they are headstrong in making sure the magic hasn’t faded across this one, and I’m happy to announce that this record is a hell of a ride! Let’s talk about it!

This is the brand new album/sequel by the combination of MC Freddie Gibbs and legendary producer The Alchemist to give you ‘Alfredo 2’ with the likes of 

-Anderson Paak

-Larry June

-JID contributing to the record!

Right off the fucking bat, we gotta mention Alchemist’s production because although he’s had a tailored career already and a few years back had an insane run trying to make an album a month (if I remember correctly?) with a variety of different artists, and now he’s focused on the sole purpose of elevating the sequel to just as good if not better than the original, which is never easy to do!

BUT I feel if anyone made a better sequel, it’s him! This thing is incredible! I’m talking about the smoothest beats you’ve heard of with

-Jazz

-Ambient

-Soul

-RnB

-Lo Fi

-Trap

-Boom Bap

And when he fuses these elements together, he creates sonic bliss. Not many producers can blend that many elements so smoothly and organically the way he can. Everything sounds crisp, mastered, and yet raw and rugged to create a true authentic ‘Hip Hop’ sound for the ages.

The whole album blends in fluently with the rest of the tracks. There’s never an awakes break or moment on the album. Again, he’s found a way to blend all the various characteristics from each song and make it so that they stand out individually but also speak as a team across the record! 

On the first few listens, I’d honestly rank this production not only better than the first but on the same level of Freddie’s record with Madlib (Piñata), it’s that good! 

Freddie Gibbs: The man who was on my radar since his ‘Piñata’ album and the run of records post that one within a few-year span, he was owning everyone in the game, and now he’s back to take back his crown!

I will admit, I felt like his last handful of records felt stale and repetitive. Which made me sad because, as I said, for a moment he was at the top of my list, but with this new one, he sounds gritty, hungry, and cold as he used to in his former years, and his bars and flow haven’t sounded better!

He brings his trademark slick and sharp swagger-filled performances with his unmatched street poetry, incredible vocabulary, and unfiltered bars and verses that don’t give a fuck who he offends or upsets! He’s speaking HIS truth on this record and doing so over some of the most ridiculous beats I’ve heard in a minute!

His fluent flow across this album is divine! He doesn’t miss a beat (literally), every breath lands exactly where it’s supposed to. The amount of words he can fit within a bar is insane, and he sounds calm and collected while also giving off the ‘savage/untamed’ aura at the same time, like a lion in the jungle unphased  by the lower animals, knowing he’s king.

Between that phenomenal production and Freddie regaining his ‘prime’ performances, this could easily be ‘AOTY’ contender. It’s fluent, infectious, raw, and memorable! If you ain’t checking this one out, you’re tripping! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5WrpCQmbTUZuzNxGCPUFSV?si=u838udyfT36pACaxQdwbrA