Piñata
by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-03-18
Overall rank: 487th   
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 499 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2014 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (68th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (487th)

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib bestography

Piñata is ranked as the best album by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib.

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Piñata track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Piñata rankings

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Overall rank: 487th | 2010s rank: 68th | 2014 rank: 6th

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 499 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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Piñata comments

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90/100
From 12/26/2022 13:01 | #292227
Album Rating: 83.50
(1,336/16)

1.Supplier. 88
2.Scarface. 85
3.Deeper. 81
4.High (Feat. Danny Brown). 86
5.Harold's. 89
6.Bomb (Feat. Raekwon). 91
7. Shitsville. 94
8. Thuggin'. 84
9.Real. 76
10.Uno. 74
11.Robes (Feat. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt). 81
12.Broken (Feat. Scarface). 83
13.Lakers (Feat. Ab-Soul & Polyester The Saint). 76
14.Knicks. 78
15.Shame (Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid). 78
16.Watts (Feat. Big Time Watts). N/A
17.Pinata (Feat. Domo Genesis, G-Wiz, Casey Veggies, Sulaiman, Meechy Darko & Mac Miller). 90
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85/100
From 07/28/2022 00:45 | #287897
Deu muita liga!!!
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Rating:  
80/100
From 12/01/2021 18:09 | #276955
This album is really good. The flow, charisma, and beats all go together real well. Doesn't disappoint. I don't know if it's as good as Madvillainy but its good.
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80/100
From 06/12/2021 00:36 | #270559
Great album with incredible chemistry between Gibbs and Madlib. There is some fillers toward the end but still a great album.
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100/100
From 07/02/2020 22:37 | #254960
Perfect album. One of the best collaborations between 2 of the most amazing artists in their field. Legitimately couldn't find anything bad about this album.
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90/100
From 06/27/2020 23:32 | #254641
Piñata's got that old school vibe. Love it. Production is really dynamic.
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90/100
From 07/10/2019 23:08 | #239291
Awesome album.

Favorites: High, Bomb, Shitsville, Thuggin'
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90/100
From 07/02/2019 01:09 | #238775
Starts to drag on, but the closer brings it back. Awesome way to end an album
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90/100
From 04/06/2019 16:07 | #234581
One of my favorite producers, Madlib, and one of the best gangsta rappers of his generation, Freddie Gibbs, collaborate on one of the best old school albums of the decade. We agree, "Piñata" does not represent a revolution in rap, we can even call this album nostalgic. Nostalgic of the time when we wore a pair of Jordans, where we did not have a cell phone and where Biggie was alive. But "Piñata" remains a very successful record, both in terms of production and performance of Freddie Gibbs. The duo works very well, even if listening to Piñata does not manage to forget the association of Madlib with DOOM on "Madvillainy", or Jaylib and his "Champion Sound". This album is perfect for fans of Madlib (like me) who will have the opportunity to put in the mouth of all new beats of the Loopdigga, but it will also satisfy listeners looking for a gangsta rap quality. As Gibbs himself says in opening of "Thuggin": "Niggas be like" Fred, you're not never lied ", Fuck the rap shit my gangsta been solidified, Still do my business on the side".
 
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Best track: "Deeper"
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Rating:  
80/100
From 05/14/2018 23:01 | #214819
Kinda a dope album. It seems to flow a lot better than Madvilliany
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