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Soul Sold Separately

2022 · 0h 46m

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Soul Sold Separately (stylized as $oul $old $eparately) is the fifth studio album by rapper Freddie Gibbs. It was released through Warner Records on September 30, 2022, making it his first to be released on a major label. Soul Sold Separately is a concept album themed around the $$$ ("Triple-S") Resort and Casino, a fictional Las Vegas hotel where, according to the album's narrative, Gibbs is working in seclusion to complete the record. Gibbs has stated that the "gambling theme" of the album was chosen as a reference to the risks he needed to take to pursue his music career. The album's title originates from "Education", a track from the 2019 project Bandana. Gibbs describes the title's meaning as follows: In the last line of the rap, I said: 'Drugs for the free, soul sold separately.' What I meant by that line – 'Drugs for the free' – was that, yeah, I was selling drugs and making money, but what was I really making in the process? Like, in exchange for my soul?

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Release Date: Sep 30, 2022

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Soul Sold Separately is a concept album themed around the $$$ ("Triple-S") Resort and Casino, a fictional Las Vegas hotel where, according to the album's narrative, Gibbs is working in seclusion to complete the record. Gibbs has stated that the "gambling theme" of the album was chosen as a reference to the risks he needed to take to pursue his music career.

The album's title originates from "Education", a track from the 2019 project Bandana. Gibbs describes the title's meaning as follows:

In the last line of the rap, I said: 'Drugs for the free, soul sold separately.' What I meant by that line – 'Drugs for the free' – was that, yeah, I was selling drugs and making money, but what was I really making in the process? Like, in exchange for my soul?