Watch Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Tiny Desk Concert [Video]
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib perform a “Bandana” medley of “Education”, “Gat Damn”, “Soul Right” and “Freestyle Shit”.
This Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Tiny Desk performance was a year in the making, largely because Madlib insisted on playing with El Michels Affair, a vintage funk and soul band based out of New York. But it was worth the wait. When pianist Marco Benevento opened with a delicate, almost jazzy run, it created the perfect opening — and juxtaposition — for hard-hitting emcee, Gibbs to jump in and ride the hell out of that beat.
Watch below.