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Seeming a natural fit after years of creating together leading up to their 2019 album Bandana, at first glance rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer Madlib seemed like an unlikely combination.

Madlib is the professional name of Otis Jackson Jr. of Oxnard, California, and is widely considered one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time, alongside such legends as J Dilla, Pete Rock, and others. An eclectic and quirky individual, his trademark productions take obscure soul, jazz, and funk recordings and alters and warps them to an almost psychedelic, drugged-out degree, all without the use of computers, utilizing only old school recording and sampling equipment. This style has made him a frequently sought-after and valued producer, and revered in the underground rap world. His works as Madlib and his numerous aliases and side-projects (Quasimoto, Yesterday’s New Quintet, Young Jazz Rebels, an