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Exciting Sequel Rumors
Moreover, the two eminent personalities of the modern hip-hop community, Freddie Gibbs, and The Alchemist, seem to be on the verge of a highly awaited fresh occurrence that might be their collaboration. This piece of news was obtained from a tweet of the NFR Podcast. In more detail, the tweet unambiguously points out that the music star from Indiana and the producer from California have definitely teamed up for the sequel to the much-talked-about album, Alfredo 2. Consequently, fans have understandable reasons to feel hopeful about this news. However, we must use the word “seemingly” here for one crucial reason explained next.
Moreover, the link included within the NFR Podcast’s post unfortunately leads to a 404 error page when you try to click on it. Of course, there are a couple of scenarios that might have caused the technical problem. The most likely one is that a wrong URL was typed or, even more noteworthy, a page which was just here has been removed on purpose. Therefore, this situation strongly suggests that neither Freddie Gibbs himself nor his producer, affectionately known as Uncle Al, actually wanted this sensitive information about their possible collaboration to become public knowledge quite yet. It points towards a desire for secrecy around the project’s early stages.
Original Cover Significance
Nevertheless, despite the link issue, this tweet genuinely provides some tangible hope that a sequel to their 2020 masterpiece Alfredo is actively being developed behind the scenes. Of course, because the provided link is completely defective right now, absolutely no concrete details are available—such as a potential release date, track list, or featured artists. Thankfully, though, the tweet does offer one possible visual clue: a potential album cover design for Alfredo 2. Importantly, this new artwork concept clearly pays direct homage to the iconic cover image from the original Alfredo release.
If you still remember it the “2020 artwork” was a close-up photo of Freddie Gibbs’ hand gently pulling fettuccine noodles from a fancy plate. The photo was identified with a lot of positive adjectives like artsy and sleek; that way, it was fit for the elegant and luxurious sound of the music found on the actual record Meanwhile, in this newly hinted Alfredo 2 cover concept, the theme evolves: it seemingly shows Freddie Gibbs holding chopsticks, pulling ramen noodles directly out of a steaming, delicious-looking bowl of ramen soup. This shift maintains the food motif while introducing a fresh cultural reference.
Artwork Evolution Hint
Moreover, compared with pasta, though not actual pasta, the food has been redefined to bring out the idea about the new project that can probably develop in a completely different musical genre with new influences, different from the original piece. Whether the project is simply a proposal or it is already under production cannot be certainly stated, as of the basis of highly interesting but only visual information received from the album cover, nothing conclusive can be said. In addition, the lack of announcement from either Freddie Gibbs or The Alchemist through their official social media accounts leads to fans being totally clueless about the possible existence or the progress of the said project.
Meanwhile, it remains particularly interesting that the faulty link intended for pre-saving Alfredo 2 specifically used the structure “freddiegibbs.lnk.to.” This format strongly indicates the allocation of a licensed pre-save page by the artists, even though it actually was disclosed earlier than should and afterward removed. Therefore, at the moment, all these excited fans can do is to wait anxiously and vigilantly watch official channels in order to see if this thrilling rumor is indeed true as it is confirmed eventually by the artists or their representatives.
Five-Year Anticipation Builds
Additionally, if this new sequel to a hip-hop album becomes a reality and is eventually released in 2025, it would immediately make its way onto the fans’ records of the forthcoming year in the hip-hop genre. Very importantly, this rumor comes to reality after having five years of its predecessor, renowned and GRAMMY-nominated, Alfredo, which was put into the market on May 29, 2020. After such a long time between the two albums’ releases, the expectations of fans consequently grow since they now wait eagerly for the next album.
Furthermore, it is of utmost importance to be aware that even though neither Freddie Gibbs nor The Alchemist (whose real name is Alan Maman) is a classic example of mainstream stars or radio darlings, their first joint project turned out highly commercial. In particular, Alfredo magnificently saw the peak spot at number 15 on the very influential Billboard Hot 200 albums chart. The massive success of the leading tracks such as “Something to Rap About” featuring Tyler, The Creator, “1985,” and “Scottie Beam” featuring Rick Ross, as well as other tracks on the album, allowed the album to occupy such a prominent position on the chart.
