From the opening tick of “No one“, Freddie Gibbs makes it plain he is nonetheless operating circles round most everybody else on the block. Speaking slick over over a jazzed-out pocket of sound he maintains a chest-out-proud but nonetheless ice-cold demeanor with machine gun bursts of rhymes and traces. Gangsta Gibbs spells it out bluntly: “I performed seized the day, bitch, it is a simple play for me.” whereas an old-school songstress proclaims that there is simply ain’t no one just like the Midwest rap star.
A few of his traces stretche again in time and recollections, ensuring that the burden of how he got here up within the battle is not romanticized. “I keep in mind I used to be piss poor, lookin’ out my east facet window/ Neighbor broke up in my home and stole a nigga ten-speed and Nintendo.” Freddie lays the previous down rapid-fire, vivid recollections snapping into focus bar by bar.
Different bars step into the current, exhibiting the gap traveled and the way a lot larger his strikes are now. By means of all of it, the vibe stays measured, unshaken, and conscious of each hand within the sport. A lot in order that if all of it goes up in flames, it’ll be on his phrases alone. Merely put, “No one” is a few prime shelf hostile-gospel from Gibbs–cold move, heavy bars, and bravado cranked as much as eleven.
