A few months ago, the masterful rapper/producer team of Freddie Gibbs and Madlib released their ridiculously good album Bandana, the long-awaited follow-up to 2014's Piñata. Madlib, mercurial as ever, has not been showing up in the videos for the new Bandana songs. But Gibbs has been using those videos to flex his underrated comedy chops.

The project was initially announced early last yearTalib Kweli performs live with Black StarBlack Star’s Talib Kweli has confirmed that their long-awaited reunion album is finished – check out the clip below. Yasiin Bey – aka Mos Def – first announced that the hip-hop duo would be returning with a Madlib-produced new record back...

Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs and California producer Madlib reunited a few months ago on Bandana, the long-awaited sequel to their excellent 2014 album Piñata. They teamed up again last month on an Oh No-featuring follow-up single called "The Next Day" for the Adult Swim Singles Series. And now they're back with a new music video…

Last month, tough-talking Indiana rap artisan Freddie Gibbs and experimental California producer Madlib released the excellent Bandana. The two teamed up five years ago to make their collaborative album Piñata, and this new LP finds them delving deeper into their strange, evolving joint style. "Giannis" — a Bollywood-sampling, Anderson .Paak-...

The combination of Freddie Gibbs and Madlib makes no sense, which is why it makes the most sense. Gibbs comes from the burned-out and forgotten city of Gary, Indiana, and he makes snarling, unpretentious, head-down gangsta rap music. He talks about growing up amidst violence and poverty with a rare gravity, and he brings granular…