Freddie Gibbs and Big Sean, collaborators on 4 Thangs
Basking in his personal success and the recent Lakers championship, Gibbs takes a victory lap with heavyweight assists from rapper Big Sean and producer Hit-Boy. â4 Thangsâ is likely a reference to his last four albums, all of which were released to critical acclaim and are now considered classics. The track debuted with an NBA-themed music video that features Gibbs, Sean, and Hit-Boy in Lakers gear participating in post-championship celebrations.
All three members of the â4 Thangsâ team are powerhouse artists with West Coast ties. Gibbs, originally from Gary, Indiana, has made Los Angeles his second home. He affirmed his allegiance to the West Coast on âLakers,â the thirteenth track off his 2014 album âPiñataâ which was produced by Madlib. Earlier this year, Gibbs released an album with legendary LA producer The Alchemist. Like Alchemist, Hit-Boy is one of the pre-eminent West Coast
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December 22, 2020
Rapper Westside Gunn arriving to the Palm Angels Fashion Show in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Tuesday, December 22.
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Gallery Asks Collectors to Give Their Discounts to Artists – The Los Angeles gallery Commonwealth & Council has launched an innovative initiative to help get their artists through lockdown and beyond. The gallery is asking its patrons to consider contributing all or part of their typical discounts to the Council Fund, which helps support artists’ financial needs that are often beyond
Hip-hop, like other musical genres and art forms, has had no choice but to grapple with the coronavirus. Back in March, tours froze and venues shut their doors, but recording studios stayed open. Throughout the pandemic, rappers have taken to the booth to assess the new normal â empty grocery shelves, PPE, and the NBA bubble. Hereâs a list of the top five rap songs about COVID-19.
5. âQuarantine Cleanâ by Turbo, Gunna, & Young Thug
Released in April, âQuarantine Clean,â by Atlanta artists Turbo, Gunna, and Young Thug, is a response to the stay-at-home orders issued in March. On the cover art for the track, the trio makes self-quarantine look cool â sporting hazmat suits and face masks. The track features Thug and Gunnaâs trademark slick and melodic lyricism aided by solid production from Turbo. The song was one of the first to address COVID in the rap genre. On the second verse of the song, Thug raps: âI skate off to the house and I lock
Atlanta, GA – TIDAL has a history of giving their fans access to special concerts, and their back at it again, virtually. On Friday (December 18), the streaming platform began its Christmas celebration early by gifting users and non-users with an exclusive virtual concert live stream of
Griselda Presents:
The Machine and The Butcher.
The show featured Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine from the Griselda Records collective performing together. It was the first time they were on stage together since March 2020 when they were on tour for the latest Griselda album,
WWCD.
Westside Gunn played host for the night via satellite as his brother Conway and his cousin Benny tore up the TIDAL X stage. Their sets were some of the clearest and cleanest performances ever put on by TIDAL. On top of performing tracks off WWCD, both rappers ran through a selection of songs off their respective catalogs like “Dough & Damani,” “Front Lines,” “97 Hov” and “One Way Flight.�
Conway The Machine has this weekend released the Deluxe Edition to his very well-received
From King To A God originally a 14-track, 50-minute album on Griselda Records. The album went No. 1 on the
US Heatseekers Albums charts upon release three months ago in mid-September in association with Drumwork and EMPIRE Distribution and now five brand new tracks. The lead single to his album was the excellent ‘Lemon’ featuring Method Man produced by both Beat Butcha and Daringer – watch the visuals below.
The now 19-track album features the likes of Freddie Gibbs, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Method Man of the Wu-Tang Clan, Jae Skeese, Lloyd Banks formerly of G-Unit, Griselda Records’ labelmates Benny The Butcher and Westside Gunn, Armani Caesar amongst others on the mic. The album also features a wealth of production credits from the likes of DJ Premier of Gang Starr, 9