Talib Kweli and Madlib have released their Liberation 2 album exclusively on Luminary. The 10-year project is their call for unity and to dispel all the materialism in rap music. There are appearances from Q-Tip, Jessica Care More, Seun Kuti and more. They have also dropped the video for “BestContinue Reading
Madlib’s Shades Of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note album was a rare opportunity for the producer to remix and reinterpret music from the label’s catalog. Bobbi Humphrey recorded “Please Put Me At Ease” for her 1975 album Fancy Dancer. The flutist made jazz and funk amicably meet each other withContinue Reading
A few years ago Madlib and his friend Kieren Hebden of Four Tet started working on the ideas for Sound Ancestors. Hebden’s mission was to take all of Madlib’s ideas and crystallize them into a listenable whole. The loops, samples and tracks come from everywhere as is the case withContinue Reading
[youtube id=”zPPHvvaHc0c”]Freddie Gibbs and Madlib talk about their Diamond Mine Sessions with Amazon. They performed live versions of songs from their Bandana album with the El Michels Affair band at a recording studio in Queens, New York. Gibbs talks about how Jay-Z’s Unplugged inspired him for the sessions and hisContinue Reading