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 …
Madlib previews two new tracks, Hold The Organ and Black Widow, from his upcoming Rock Konducta project. A work ethic like Madlib’s is something to be desired by a lot of producers. He releases music when he feels like it but still varies his work for other musicians. Music is his life and that permeates …
MED & Blu drop Peroxide, a funk synth crazy produced by Madlib and featuring psychedelic vocals from Dam-Funk. To get on a release with Madlib is good enough but two in the space of twelve months is pretty special. MED and Blu are the lucky rappers in question and with their latest EP, The Buzz, …
Benji B spoke to Madlib on his Exploring Future Beats show about the future of Madvillain’s next LP, sampling, and a fall out with Quasimoto as well as a mix featuring unreleased material. When we say you need to listen to this, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS. Madlib has been in and out of …
Stones Throw’s MED drops some outtakes from his Classic album, all free to download and all produced by Madlib. Hearing the words “MED”, “Madlib”, “Stones Throw” and “free download” are like catnip to me and I’m sure they are to millions of other fans out there. The Cali rapper threw up a selection of seven …
Jonwayne recently released a new mixtape and The Auracle enjoyed it so much, he almost forgot to submit the review we asked him to write. Let’s not beat around the bush here, folks: Jonwayne’s latest tape is all killer, no filler. I’ve seen his name bandied about on Twitter and whatnot but never thought to …
Piñata may not be out until February but Freddie Gibbs and Madlib are keeping us sweet with their EP, Deeper. I won’t pretend I wasn’t disappointed when I heard Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s collab album Piñata wouldn’t be out until February next year considering how I’ve been waiting for a full length release from these …
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Quasimoto’s video for Catchin’ The Vibe is surreal, brilliant and ready to stream. I won’t hold back in saying this is one of my favourite hip hop videos in the past few years. Catchin’ The Vibe is a track off Quasimoto’s latest album of unreleased beats, Yessir Whatever, and the video matches the psilocybin-induced vibes …
While we wait for their collab album, MadGibbs (Madlib & Freddie Gibbs) come with City, a track from Adult Swim‘s Summer Singles series. It seems like an age since MadGibbs, the duo comprised of Madlib and Freddie Gibbs, dropped their Thuggin’ EP. Well, that’s probably because it was released in 2011. While we still wait …
Producer Larry Gus put together a Madlib mix for Passion of the Weiss along with reasons for his love of the Loop Digga. How can you not love Madlib? He’s either inspired your favourite producers or produced some of your favourite hip hop tracks of the last 15 years or so. One of his many …
Sampleface’s RKZ drops the visuals for new track “Find You”, off his upcoming SOULar EP. Summer is only a few days away (officially), so what better way to celebrate the solstice than dip into a new summery video by RKZ? The UK singer-songwriter and new contributor to the site dropped the visuals last night along …
Just before you get yourself ready for Yessir Whatever, Stones Throw have decided to re-release the instrumentals for Quasimoto’s Further Adventures of Lord Quas on double LP.
The Unused Word is a singer, producer and instrumentalist from Vienna. Here is her cover of Erykah Badu’s The Healer. We’ve shown you BINKBEATS reconstruct the beat from scratch, now hear Erykah Badu’s The Healer in a minimalist acoustic form. The cover artist in question is The Unused Word (real name Anna), a singer, producer …
Madlib the Bad Kid took some time to talk about his Medicine Show, when he’ll be putting out his future projects and why Dilla is still king. I had the pleasure of going to see Madlib and DOOM in London last year and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This video interview appears to have come off …
This summer’s Adult Swim Singles Series (try saying that three times fast) is gonna be one to remember as Madlib, Captain Murphy and Viktor Vaughn make appearances.
In another Funk Archaeology article for RBMA, Egon remembers the time when he went digging down under with Madlib (sort of) and J Rocc. When it comes to Egon, Madlib, J Rocc and crate digging, a great story can always be found lingering in the air. Brasilintime of course took them over to South America …
Aloe Blacc worked with Madlib on “One Inna” and it’s the lead track from an exclusive Stones Throw compilation. Aloe Blacc has been in the game longer than some people might think. Although he “needed a dollar” back in 2010, his debut album, Shine Through, was released back in 2006. The album was mostly produced …
It’s official: Quasimoto is certified by the city of Los Angeles for “excellence in masonry”. Hip hop hasn’t always had a good rep amongst the wealthy and influential in America, with them often blaming the culture on crime in the country. Well, it looks like the city of Los Angeles don’t give a f*ck about …
British filmmaker Matthew Wood’s sinister video for Madvillain’s Fancy Clown is dark but appropriate.
