Five years after Alfredo—an album that became an instant classic and redefined what a rapper-producer duo could sound like— Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist release their second collaborative album Alfredo 2 via Rabbit Vision/ALC Records/Virgin Music.
The long-awaited followup to Alfredo arrives after speculation began when cryptic signage went up earlier this month, stoking a frenzy for new music from Freddie and The Alchemist. The duo hosted a full album listening in support of their Babylon collaboration at hvw8 Gallery in LA last week, and a select number of lucky fans were invited to see a special advance screening of Alfredo: The Movie at Los Angeles’ Brain Dead Studios cinema. Directed by Nick Walker and shot on location in Japan, Alfredo: The Movie offers a cryptic glimpse into the Alfredo 2 world. Equal parts yakuza noir and Ghost Dog, the film casts Gibbs and The Alchemist as partners navigating a seedy, hyper-stylized version of the city’s criminal underground. They’ve traded pasta for noodles, operating out of a humble ramen shop while studying ancient methods of preparation, boiling bones by day and laundering money by night. Alleyway negotiations, back room deals in smoky izakayas, and warrior monk training montages––it’s a bold reintroduction to the duo’s creative universe steeped in noir aesthetics, shadowy criminal underworlds, and razor-sharp bars.
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