Madlib sat with Konbini and talked about his musical influences, his first ever record, and the album his parents listened to the most.
Madlib on his influences and love for music
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Jahari Massamba Unit – Pardon My French
Jahari Massamba Unit is the new collaboration between Madlib and Karriem Riggins. Here’s more about their new album, Pardon My French.
The Professionals (Oh No & Madlib) are back with a new album
Madlib and Oh No join forces again as The Professionals with a new album out in January.
That time Scratch Magazine interviewed Madlib in 2005
Madlib is more welcome to interviews these days but in 2005, they were a rarity. I can’t let a Madlib interview pass me by without saving it somewhere. Sometimes I scope them out for inspiration. On my travels, I found one via Stones Throw. It was an interview by Scratch Magazine and tells the same …
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Crime Pays (VIDEO)
Prepare for trouble and make it double as Freddie Gibbs and Madlib promote their new album with “Crime Pays”. I’ve not been this excited for a new album in a long time. Yesterday, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib announced their new album Bandana would drop on 28th June. Egon of Now Again originally set a release …
Starchildluke – VENOMTAPE
The UK producer drops the second album from his #Road2Switch series. We covered Starchildluke’s last album, Boas Festas, when it came out for Christmas. His aim was to release one album a month in 2019 for his #Road2Switch series, a fund created to buy a Nintendo Switch. January’s album is called VENOMTAPE and uses a …
Madlib, The Afro-Modernist
Modernism might have a white visage but Madlib’s brand of afro-modernism shouldn’t be overlooked.
Why I Love Madlib
Today is Madlib’s birthday. Here’s why I love his music and personality so much. In the mid-to-late 00s, I discovered a compilation by Zero 7. It was part of Late Night Tales’ mix series (then called Another Late Night) and it featured a song called Real Eyes by Quasimoto. I found it intriguing for many …
Samples from Jaylib’s Champion Sound Played by VinRican
Power 106 Los Angeles got DJ VinRican to mix tracks from Champion Sound with the samples they used. It’s officially dope. Say what you want about WhoSampled but I’m sure many of us have searched through and marvelled at the samples used in our favourite tracks. I’ve done it with Jaylib before but there’s always …
Sample Breakdown: Madvillainy
For anyone who needed a sample breakdown of Madvillainy, one of the greatest hip hop albums of our generation, here you go.
What I Learnt From Madlib’s 2016 RBMA Lecture
Interviews with your idols can open a world of understanding. I watched Madlib’s RBMA lecture in New York for the first time and here’s what I took from it. Of all the musical idols who have directly influenced my music, Madlib is one of the main artists. His breadth of work and Bohemian approach to …
E-Digging and Crate Digging: A Collection of Posts
Find resources and inspiration with our e-digging/crate digging article collection.
Jaylib – Da Rawkus (2002)
Jaylib went HAM in their respective ways on Da Rawkus, an unreleased track from 2002.
SAMPLE: Tha Alkaholiks’ Sample Of Stevie Wonder (1997)
We’ve taken a look at Tha Alkaholiks’ “All Night” sampling Stevie Wonder’s “Too High”. Stevie features prominently in every producer’s music collection. That invariably leads to sampling once in a while – or a lot. “Too High”, from his 1976 classic Innervisions, has been sampled on at least 8 tracks WhoSampled can account for. The …
Mndsgn Mixtape For Bonafide Magazine
Stones Throw’s Mndsgn compiles an exclusive mixtape for Bonafide Magazine. One of the best UK music magazines by far is Bonafide Magazine and after a few design changes, they’re stronger than ever. Their last issue featured interviews from Madlib AND DOOM (together, I might add), Theo Parrish, New Order, Just Blaze and BadBadNotGood amongst others. …
Madlib Mind Fusion Jazz Spotify Playlist
Check out this Latin jazz playlist, with tracks taken from Madlib’s Mind Fusion series. The title says it all really. About a year or so ago, Stones Throw compiled a playlist of jazz tracks from Madlib’s Mind Fusion mix series. It’s a who’s who of classic Latin jazz musicians from all over the globe: Azymuth, …
Pipomixes – Beats, Headphones & Coffee Mix
Pipomixes – the self-proclaimed “PBS of the mixtape game” – throws together a fine mix featuring Madlib, James Brown, DOOM and plenty more favourites. We’re all fans of the themed mix but sometimes you just want to hear the greats together in one single stream and Pipomixes has provided. Saying that, there is a tenuous …
Madvillainy: A Decade Later
Ashton James Brown gives his own insights into what made Madvillainy so special, 10 years after its release.
Snoop Dogg – Cadillacs (Prod. Madlib)
Snoop leaves the reggae behind to jump back to the Cadillacs in his new Madlib-produced G-funk voyage.
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Madlib At Radio France’s Vinyl Library
Madlib spoke to Laura Leishman about his favourite records and why Dilla is one of the greatest at Radio France’s vinyl record library. For a man who keeps himself to himself, Madlib interviews are like gold dust and this is no exception. At Radio France’s vinyl archive in Paris, presenter Laura Leishman “unleashed” the West …