The one rapper ScHoolboy Q admits “washed” him
ScHoolboy Q brought a lot of people on board for his album Blue Lips, but, of all those artists and producers who worked on it, there was one who stood out above all others to the main man. Q even admitted that he was outshined by this person’s performance.
Blue Lips came out in March 2024, the follow-up to 2019’s Crash Talk. The album didn’t sell as well as some of his earlier albums, but, conversely, it was widely considered by critics to be one of his best. It may not have taken the charts by storm, but it demonstrated so plainly his talent and progression as an artist.
The record’s quality was undoubtedly helped along by the caliber of collaborator he managed to bring on board. The album’s producers included, among others, The Alchemist, Beat Butcha and DJ Khalil, while Ab-Soul, AzChike and Rico Nasty were among the performers to appear. But the one that Q specifically highlighted was Freddie Gibbs.
Gibbs appeared on the track ‘oHio,’ which marked the second time that he and ScHoolboy Q had collaborated together on a track. Q featured on his song ‘Gang Signs,’ which was released on the bonus edition of Gibbs’ 2022 album $oul $old $eparately.
Gibbs, in conversation with Complex in 2021, described this first collaboration with Q as “long overdue,” recounting how he came on board for the track. “I walked in the studio,” Gibbs explained, “laid it down, and sat on it for a while without having a featured artist in mind. Eventually, I was like, ‘Man, I’m going to give this to Q,’ because we hadn’t worked yet, which seems crazy. It just came together like that. It was super easy.”
Even though ‘oHio’ was decidedly Q’s song, Gibbs nonetheless used his time on it to air out his dirty laundry. His verse picked up his long-lasting feud with Akademiks, which, for years, had gone back and forth between the pair and involved disses and vicious public jibes.
Gibbs calls Akademiks out by name on ‘oHio,’ rapping, “If I ever see that pussy n—a Akademiks, I’ma catch another lawsuit.” For his part, it seems ScHoolboy Q was perfectly happy for his track to be used as another way for Gibbs to lash out at his old enemy. He was effusive about it, in fact.
After Gibbs made a post on his social media before Blue Lips had come out, Q replied with an admission. He claimed that he had been outdone by Gibbs on the album, admitting that Gibbs had “washed” him.
“You low-key washed me,” Q posted, “and I don’t know how to feel about that.” Gibbs was quick to fire back with praise of his own. “We make classics bro,” he replied to Q, “congrats on the album. Glad to be a part of it.”