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Madlib
22 April, 2010 6:21 am

Madlib has come to be known as the ultimate jack-of-all trades. As one of hip-hop’s most prolific and critically acclaimed producers, he’s worked with a multitude of artists and has a style best described as abstract. He’s taken on many personas, ranging from the high-pitched Quasimoto to the virtual Jazz band Yesterday’s New Quintet. Spawned [cont.]

20 April, 2010 7:00 pm

Kinetic Rappcats from Eric Cunha on Vimeo. NYC School of Visual Arts student Eric Cunha delivers this Stones Throw approved homemade video for Quasimoto’s “Rappcats”. This is required viewing for the day – after the day’s bad news, this will at least put a smile on your face.

14 April, 2010 4:28 am

Back in the 90s, “beat tapes,” as a Hip Hop producer’s demo-reel is now quaintly referred to, were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, his friends, or for potential collaborators. As you can imagine, Madlib made a bunch of ‘em in the days between his early productions for [cont.]

8 April, 2010 3:01 pm

MED does his thing over Madlib & Strong Arm Steady’s “Get Started” instrumental. New album and podcast coming from the man shortly. MED + Aloe Blacc – “Hold U” (MP3)

6 April, 2010 8:48 pm

This freestyle kind of ages us, doesn’t? Way back one night in 1997, Madlib and The Lootpack came up to the #1 show in your area, KUNV’s Word Up, and blessed us with an exclusive freestyle, with your favorite hip-hop blogger on the 1 & 2. Ah, humble beginnings, huh? In other news, be sure [cont.]

3 April, 2010 11:08 pm

Here are a couple bonus tracks from Strong Arm Steady off there latest album In Search of Stoney Jackson. These tracks are only available for free at Stonesthrow.com, with purchase of In Search of Stoney Jackson on vinyl. These tracks are also produced by Madlib, and were done during the Stoney Jackson sessions as Stone [cont.]

29 March, 2010 1:34 pm

In a surprise move, Stones Throw announced the official release dates for Guilty Simpson & Madlib’s collaborative LP, OJ Simpson today. Meaning, today, as in, right now. Yes, the new MP3 album is available exclusively at Stones Throw’s digital store as we type this, with the official CD release dropping May 18th. As an added [cont.]

29 March, 2010 1:14 pm

From the album In Search of Stoney Jackson. Produced by Madlib. Directed by Henry DeMaio.

18 March, 2010 11:07 am

Ms. Badu launched her official website earlier, giving the first look at the ill album artwork for New Amerykah Part 2: Return Of The Ankh, as well as a preview of a new track entitled Strawberry Incense. Album drops on March 30th.

10 March, 2010 5:43 pm

Stones Throw serves up two freebies from Madlib’s Medicine Show No. 3: Beat Konducta in Africa dropping March 23 as the third installment of the producer’s one-release-a-month music series for 2010. Beat Konducta in Africa will be released as CD, 2/LP, limited 3/LP deluxe, and digitally. Order online @ Stones Throw. – Madlib – “The [cont.]

26 February, 2010 7:13 am

Madlib + Strong Arm Steady’s In Search Of Stoney Jackson is available now on Stones Throw Records.

13 January, 2010 5:09 am

MADLIB MEDICINE SHOW RELEASE PARTY LIVE LP COVER PRINTING LOS ANGELES, JAN. 20 (WED) Each copy of Madlib Medicine Show No. 1 will be hand-silk screened by Hit+Run. At the release party in L.A. on January 20, we’ll be doing a bunch of them live. Even if you don’t have a record player, come down [cont.]

6 February, 2009 5:13 am

Madlib’s Beat Konducta series of instrumental albums began as a series of beat-tapes handed out to artists like De La Soul and Talib Kweli, and then soon ending up in the hands of fans. Given official release through Stones Throw, each volume has been released in pairs, with volumes 1 & 2 aka Movie Scenes [cont.]

12 February, 2007 12:00 am

          First, Madlib teamed up with J. Dilla to make Jaylib. Then, Madlib teamed up with the super-villain MF Doom to create Madvillian. Next, Doom took it even a step further with Danger Mouse to form Danger Doom – and now, Madib teams up with Talib to form….uh….Lib-Lib? Nah? Thankfully they abandoned the mash-up names [cont.]

8 June, 2006 12:00 am

   Everyone loves a good movie in the theatre - buttery popcorn, overpriced soft drinks, giving a hickey to your significant other, breathtaking scenes, and a fantastic soundtrack.    Movie Scenes is the latest installment in the Beat Konducta series inevitably should be compared to J. Dilla’s Donuts; 30 plus songs, no track lasts longer than [cont.]

24 June, 2003 12:00 am

Almost two years ago, Lootpack producer Madlib went from being the leader of “a group that’s down with the Alkaholiks”, to a leader in underground hip-hop production, graduating from crate digger / beat conductor, to an actual jazz musician. With the release of Yesterday’s New Quintet’s Angles Without Edges, the self-proclaimed “bad kid” assumed the role of [cont.]

1 January, 2000 12:00 am

 One man’s passion for digging couldn’t be better defined than by listening to his previous releases, The Lootpack’s Soundpieces and Quasimoto’s The Unseen. Even evidenced on his latest single, “Loop Digga”, Madlib proves himself to be one of the last of the true crate diggers. While many of today’s hip-hop producers have traded their samplers for [cont.]

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