Summary
- Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist have released the long-awaited follow-up project to 2020’s Alfredo, aptly entitled Alfredo 2
- Featuring JID, Anderson .Paak, and Larry June, Alfredo 2 also arrives alongside a film counterpart – Alfredo 2, the Tokyo crime saga
- The 14-track project includes lead single “1995”
When Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist dropped Alfredo back in May of 2020, it fed the entire music community – and even converted some non-rap listeners into top-line hip-hop heads – for months, years even, essentially setting the contemporary precedent for what defines a “successful” collaborative rap project between a producer and an artist.
With the album leaving the impact that it did, the duo knew they couldn’t rush Alfredo 2. Still as locked in as they were five years ago, it’s clear Gibbs and Alc cooked Alfredo 2 with lots of love, spending ample time behind the multi-medium follow-up project, infusing it with the same spice, flavor, and collaborative finesse of the first course.
Clocking in at 14 tracks, Alfredo 2 kicks off with lead single “1995,” and features Anderson .Paak on “Ensalada,” Larry June on “Feeling,” and JID on “Gold Feet.”
1. 1995
2. Mar-a-Lago
3. Lemon Pepper Steppers
4. Ensalada (feat. Anderson .Paak)
5. Empanadas
6. Skinny Suge II
7. Feeling (feat. Larry June)
8. I Still Love H.E.R.
9. Shangri-La
10. Gas Station Sushi
11. Lavish Habits
12. Gold Feet (feat. JID)
13. Jean Claude
14. A Thousand Mountains
Though the album is just one component of the three-course offering. Alfredo 2 was preceded by its companion short film, a Tokyo crime saga directed by Nick Walker. Following the film, a lineup of limited-edition merchandise capsules also landed in support of the long-awaited album.
While Alfredo 2 is a masterful ode to the pair’s boundless artistic synergy and, on a larger scale, undoubtedly one of the most poignant and pioneering hip hop projects we’ve yet to receive this year, Gibbs and Alc’s collaborative pair of projects was almost served in a reverse order; Alfredo was the main course, Alfredo 2 is the appetizer. Impressive, introspective, and an overall highly enticing listen, Alfredo 2 is ultimately no match for its predecessor, but it’s noticeably tossed with the same ingredients.
Stream Alfredo 2 – fresh out of the kitchen – now, on all major streaming services.
