After a weekend of listening tracks like “Shame”, “Deeper” and “Thuggin” all weekend, I’m pretty happy to announce a new leak off of the Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ep, coming out tomorrow. “Harold’s” named after the famous Southside Chicago chicken chain, will be on the EP and may appear on the long-overdue full length MadGibbs album Cocaine Piñata, coming out February 4th.
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Taken from the Deeper EP.

On the Deeper EP, Gibbs showcases the yin and yang of heartbreak and anger on the title track, in a lovelorn narrative that meshes perfectly with the weepy strings and insistent rhythm of Madlib’s beat. We haven’t heard something like this in rap music since Nas’ “One Love,” nearly twenty years ago. The b-side, “Harolds” – exclusive to this EP – gives Gibbs a chance to ride some low down Beat Konducta-fueled funk in a nostalgic ode to the Chicago chicken-shack that served as the backdrop to many of his seminal life experiences.