Bandana
by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Bandana by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Year: 2019
Release date: 2019-06-28
Overall rank: 1,723rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 247 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2019 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (274th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,723rd)

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib bestography

Bandana is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib is Piñata which is ranked number 482 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,509.

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib album bestography « Higher ranked (482nd)
Piñata
This album (1,723rd)
Bandana
Lower ranked (59,220th) »
Bandana Beats

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Bandana track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,723rd | 2010s rank: 274th | 2019 rank: 19th

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 247 votes)
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75/100
 
03/25/2026 10:32 drmicksweeney  Ratings distribution  1890/100
 
90/100
 
02/25/2026 09:35 Kettwig  Ratings distribution  1,32490/100
 
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02/05/2026 01:48 smrtboi21202  Ratings distribution  390/100
 
75/100
 
01/14/2026 15:16 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,07670/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:04 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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70/100
From 06/02/2020 12:24 | #252719
Good album, but not special.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 12/12/2019 16:03 | #245576
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib fit together so perfectly. This album is very good without any standout track.
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70/100
From 11/27/2019 05:12 | #245213
Lacks the impact of Pinata. That's not an insult to Bandana; more of a statement of how good Pinata was.
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Rating:  
60/100
From 09/16/2019 15:08 | #242677
Madlib is a production legend and continues to show off his skills on this album. As a lyricist, Freddie Gibbs is an impressive rapper but his voice or his character lacks something. The music doesn't resonate with me as much as other projects. I couldn't really find a song that I loved. It's not a bad album by any means, it just didn't mean that much to me.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 09/11/2019 13:54 | #242461
Rap is clearly today's pop. Sometimes it's time to stop listening to Future, Travis Scott and Cardi B, who dominate streaming platforms and listen to the songs of more demanding rap artists such as Freddie Gangsta Gibbs and producer Madlib. "Bandana" is the second album of their trilogy started with "Piñata" in 2014 which is considered a hip-hop classic. The formula has been improved: Gibbs' prosody is more inventive than ever, his rhymes kicks with humor, bravado and political awareness, while veteran Madlib shines as in the 2000s with "Jaylib" and "Madvillain". I want say that "Bandana" is one of the best albums of the year (probably the best), and I think it deserves its place among the best rap albums of the 2010's. Madlib and Gibbs have clearly designed the perfect project, proving to what point they complement each other very well.

9/10

Best track: "Palmolive (feat. Pusha T & Killer Mike)"
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From 08/10/2019 17:52 | #241035
Good album.

Favorite tracks: Half Manner Half Cocaine

B+
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From 07/03/2019 15:38 | #238872
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75/100
From 07/01/2019 02:19 | #238704
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From 06/28/2019 21:04 | #238588
Crackers came to Africa, ravaged, raffled and rummaged me, America was the name of their fucking company.
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