There are the obvious hot spots for rap: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, L.A. After those you have the areas with promise: Detroit, Boston, Seattle. And then there is Indiana. Well, here is Freddie Gibbs who is repping Gary, Indiana to the fullest (though I don't think he will ever reach Michael Jackson popularity). On his mixtape (which is more an album than mixtape) Freddie viciously raps about the gangster life of Gary making it sound like a nightmare-ish hybrid of St. Louis and Detroit. Basically, somewhere you would not want to visit. But he does it with an air of pride and toughness that you listen and believe what he has to say. His flow and content is reminiscent of Soul Food era Goodie Mob but instead of four toughass street kids, you just get one: Freddie Gibbs. This Indiana gangster rap album (weird, huh) is a promising release from a voice that will hopefully get recognized and, in the future, put out more material reminding us just how hard life can be on those Indiana streets.
***"Summa Dis" is especially worth checking out.***
Great find. Reminds me of some of the old underground guys of Detroit and Flint.
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