Released: March 18, 2014

Songwriter: Freddie Gibbs Madlib

Producer: Madlib

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They're supplying dope to the Black and Mexican communities

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Yeah, the thing that I was taught that only the strong survives"
You know meaning with, meaning that whether you had to, you know
Scrape, bait, or whatever you had to do, man
The thing was to get it, it really didn't matter what the means was
Or how you had to go and get it
That'd mean you had to, step on 10 people to get a dollar
Then you step on 10 people
And you know that this is what I'd heard constantly, only the strong survive

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

MC Freddie Gibbs and classic producer Madlib got together in 2014 and added Piñata to the long list of the latter’s stellar collaborative albums.

After years of rumors and teasing, the second installment of their collaboration, Bandana, released on June 28, 2019.

Asked by Pitchfork what a fan of his might think of his collaboration with Madlib at first, Gibbs said,