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Five years ago, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib released Piñata, one of the best rap albums over the last decade. After a long wait — and a lot of pump fakes — MadGibbs has released the followup (this time under RCA and Sony Music.)

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The album is called Bandana and it features some of the best MCs in hip-hop going toe-to-toe with Freddie Gibbs. Features include Black Thought, Yaasin Bey, Anderson .Paak, Killer Mike, and Pusha-T.

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Bandana is supposed to be the second album in a trilogy (with the next one up allegedly being Montana.) Stream the album below.

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And after playing the album a few hundred times, cop the vinyl here.

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