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Gangsta Gibbs talks with Elliott Wilson about "Piñata," working with Madlib and his beef with Jeezy.

A female fan got on stage at a Freddie Gibbs concert to attempt a stage dive, only to fall flat on her face.

When hip-hop began, samples were all that DJs and producers had to construct instrumental tracks with. They'd dig through crates of vinyl trying to find isolated drum breaks, melodies or vocals that they could repurpose for use in hip-hop music.

On paper, stone cold gangster Freddie Gibbs and alt-hop producer Madlib have little in common. But after releasing several highly enjoyable EPs beginning in 2011, it quickly became apparent that the duo were capable of vibing off one another.

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib's collaborative album has been in the works for some time. Originally titled Cocaine Piñata, The album eventually lost the more controversial part of its name, and was released as simply Piñata today. Along with its release 

With his dusty, warped, sample-heavy sound almost instantly recognizable at this point, Madlib has carved out quite a niche for himself in the underground hip-hop world.

Gangsta Gibbs didn't hold back when he first parted way with Jeezy's CTE label and went on to do his own thing. The rapper called out Jeezy multiple times for being a fake industry cat.

Snoop Dogg is getting ready to drop his new mixtape, That's My Work Vol. 3 later today, but has decided to release a leak from the DJ Drama-hosted project a few hours ahead.

The other day Freddie Gibbs almost pulled one over on us when he revealed what many deemed to be the cover art to his joint effort with Madlib, Pinata, on Instagram. He quickly clarified that it was not the official art, rather, just a poster to keep the word circulating.

When hip-hop began, samples were all that DJs and producers had to construct instrumental tracks with. They'd dig through crates of vinyl trying to find isolated drum breaks, melodies or vocals that they could repurpose for use in hip-hop music.

As we do every week, we're bringing you some dope records that dropped in the last seven days, each of which deserve more views.

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib have become frequent collaborators, and their joint output is not coming to a halt anytime soon. The duo have two projects in the works, and have now revealed the release dates for both.

Freddie Gibbs is finally planning to release Piñata, his long overdue collaborative project with Madlib, on March 18th. In anticipation of the new drop date, Gibbs premiered a new track Benji B's BBC Radio 1 show.

Freddie Gibbs has been one of the most consistent artists in the game over the last few years, but he's never had the break he really deserved. Much of this was caused by his public fallout with Young Jeezy, whose CTE imprint was originally set to house Gibb's major label debut.

A new reveal from veteran L.A. emcee/producer Madlib's upcoming 30-track "Rock Konducta Vol. 1-2" project, the latest instalment in his ongoing Beat Konducta series, inspired by international kraut, prog and psych rock from the 60s-80s.

West Coast duo TiRon & Ayomari take on Madlib's "America's Most Blunted" instrumental, from his essential 2004 project "Madvillainy" with MF DOOM. This is definitely a departure from the "The Wonderful Prelude" EPs they dropped recently (cop them in our mixtape section). How'd they handle it?