First selection from Madlib’s Medicine Show #11: Low Budget Hi-Fi, courtesy of Stones Throw.

After a brief pause in the Medicine Show series, Madlib returns with a 28-track, full-length hip-hop album of collaborations with AG, Guilty Simpson, MED, Oh No, Strong Arm Steady and others. Karriem Riggins pops in for a short Supreme Team session, Madlib & Oh No debut their group The Professionals, and we hear for the first time a Jaylib-era track from Madlib & Dilla’s never-realized second album.

The unofficial title of this album is Dirty Demos selected by the Loop Digga, a reference to a fire which destroyed some of this album’s master tapes – a story detailed in the CD’s 12-page booklet. The CD cover is by Isabel Samaras, LP illustrations by Gustavo Eandi, and design by Jeff Jank.

THE LIMITED-EDITION 3/LP VINYL contains 14 additional Madlib beat instrumentals. The covers are one-of-a-kind, hand silk-screened by Hit+Run, with Hennessy-infused paint. Some photos of the LP and printing process are below. More coming soon.

Supreme Team (Madlib + Karriem Riggins) – “Interview #4080″ (MP3)

Diddy shows off @ The Puerto Rican Day Parade this weekend, alongside Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, Fabolous, and the Bad Boy fam. You can hate him now.

In the above Ustream clip, you can spy on Diddy while he works over the phone with Jay Electronica. At about the five minute mark, Diddy suggests that he wants to get the Bomb Squad (Public Enemy, Ice Cube) to produce for Jay Electronica.

“….I was telling you from way back when I wanted to get in and do some shit the with Bomb Squad,” he revealed. “Some of this shit is perfect for some really…bringing the essence of this shit back….shit is like riding a bike. Them niggas got some fuckin’ jewels, they got that shit that we don’t know….”

Jay is apart of Diddy’s Firm-esque project, Supreme Team, which is rumored to also include Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, and Fabolous.  He also name drops guests for Last Train To Paris, guests including Justin Timberlake, Rick Ross, Drake, Lil’ Wayne, Bilal, and “some surprises in the clutch.”

It was all dream.