This Is My Hustle

Hip-Hop · 2005 · 24 tracks · 1h 16m

This Is My Hustle

Twenty-four tracks of unrefined Gary, Indiana grit. A high-speed, lo-fi document of a master technician finding his voice in the mid-2000s mixtape circuit.

April 11, 2005

A relentless and hungry display of technical skill set against a backdrop of unpolished street narratives.

Tracklist · 24 Tracks · 1h 16m

01

Intro

0:40

02

I'm A Hustla

4:22

03

Definition of "Muthafucka"

1:42

04

Cleaner Than A Muthafucka

4:36

05

Yeah That's Me

3:16

06

No Beef

4:39

07

Choice Words From Mr. Gibbs

1:48

08

Public Service Announcement

2:37

09

Steel City Stick Up Kid (freestyle)

2:14

10

Finger Roll Speaks

0:16

11

Don't Play No Games

3:00

12

Gibbs Exclusive

2:38

13

Stomp With it

3:33

14

Say No To Drugs

1:26

15

Get Blowed

4:00

16

Do That Dance

4:12

17

Get Gorilla

5:07

18

DJ Smalls (freestyle)

2:08

19

Amerikan Idol

5:20

20

In The Zone

3:44

21

Freestyle #3

3:16

22

Talkin' Greasy

2:28

23

Playing 4 Keeps

4:51

24

Never Can Say Goodbye

4:29

Moments Worth Listening For

The relentless double-time delivery on Steel City Stick Up Kid that proves his technical ceiling early on

The somber soul-sampling shift on Never Can Say Goodbye that hints at his future melodic sensibilities

The raw, unmixed vocal bleed on the freestyles that captures the urgency of a 2005 street mixtape

Where This Album Departs

How does This Is My Hustle sound next to the rest of Freddie Gibbs's catalogue?

Lo Fi+1.8σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

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