Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist Boss Up With Rick Ross On “Scottie Beam”
Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist’s “Alfredo” includes an ode to media host Scottie Beam alongside Rick Ross.
This was another a major collab for Freddie but Scottie Beam hit the ‘Gram revealing that she can check something off of her bucket list. “Welp looks like i can cross off “songs named after me by a insanely respectable lyricist and producer” off my list. Still can’t believe it.
Thank you for the shout out @freddiegibbs. Now to listen to all of #Alfredo on all streaming platforms,” she wrote.
More importantly, the song’s release feels incredibly timely given the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. The references to Queen & Slim as well as Gil Scott Heron tie into each other over the course of the track. Gibbs opens up his verse flipping the famous words of Gil Scott Heron, “the revolution is the genocide/ Yeah, you execution will be televised.” There’s a revolution going on that we can’t ignore. Even if the verse was written before the tragic events in the past few weeks that have garnered international attention, it reflects the terrifying realities Black Americans face regularly.
Check out the rest of Alfredo here.
Quotable Lyrics
He pulled me over, I asked him, “Yo, what’s the problem sir?”
I swerved to duck the potholes, man, I had no option, sir
Just let me go because my license, insurance proper, sir
I’d hate to be on the run for smokin’ an officer
We were bustin’ at police before Queen & Slim, that’s on the Fin
Let off fifty shots at the squad car and get in the wind
Told the Gary Police in ’05 that I got more guns than them
Get the feds if you want a war, and they sent them bitches in














































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