“Sunrays” is a meandering slice of transcendent, jazzy hip-hop from Madlib’s five-piece band, Yesterday’s New Quintet. Monk Hughes, Ahmad Miller, Malik Flavors, and Joe McDurfey, and Otis Jackson Jr., (Madlib’s government name) were in the credits, rounding the band out to a full quintet. The instrumental that started with aContinue Reading
Watch Rapsody give a performance of her Madlib-produced “Daddy’s Girl” and be schooled again on why she is so underrated. As usual the North Carolina emcee has some memorable lines and this time the standouts are about sexism, and the autonomy of her pen and Kanye West’s love of Hitler.Continue Reading
MF DOOM’s estate, Madlib, and Super7 are launching a new Madvillian vinyl action figure along with exclusive merchandise and a clothing capsule. The release of the figure and merchandise is part of the 20th-anniversary celebration of the Madlib and MF DOOM collaboration, Madvilliany. The collectible figure and capsule will goContinue Reading
Madlib shares “REEKYOD” featuring Black Thought and Your Old Droog via his Madlib Invazion label. The producer lays down drums fit for a soldier’s walk, skulking bass lines, operatic horns, a Twilight Zone-sounding key, and a James Brown sample for his first release since the Sound Ancestors album released inContinue Reading