New Release: Madlib – ‘Medicine Show: Pill Jar’
February 21st, 2013
Stussy has compiled a marvelous collection of past Madlib gems on this Medicine Show: Pill Jar release. Too good.
Tabu Takes Us to the “Northern Lights”
February 15th, 2013
Rapper Tabu put out a smooth old-school feeling track called "Northern Lights." The catchy sped up flow effortlessly glides over none other than a Madlib beat.
Hop over to Rappers I Know for some more gems.
New Track: Bilal – “Too High” (Stevie Wonder Cover)
December 4th, 2012
Um, yeah. Bilal covering Stevie Wonder? Lots more where this came from, please! This particular tune shares a smoothed out, jazzed up take on "Too High" and immediately moves listeners to a nostalgic happy place. The instrumentation is compliments of Yesterday’s New Quintet (Madlib), too!
The track is featured on Bilal's upcoming mixtape, The Retrospection, presented by Vikter Duplaix. Absolutely cannot wait!
Video: Cut Chemist’s Vinyl Collection (Crate Diggers)
September 27th, 2012
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This is a pretty damn awesome interview with Cut Chemist, detailing the history behind his collection of 35,000+ records. Many of his records live in a converted horse stable in LA, where about 15,000 of the collection resides (many others are at his mama's house, whom he apologizes to). His filing system is bananas and insanely impressive - the man is about his business.
The Chemist shares about his musical baby sitter and how his mother escorted him along his first record digging trip. And how it was like, so way uncool to have moms helping you dig, man.
Folks can also hear the story of "The Big Dig," which was a Brazilian crate digging trip made by Cut Chemist, Madlib, Egon and Babu (Beat Junkies) and J. Rocc.
“We turned that country upside down. We changed the whole infrastructure of their economy just based on how many of us there were. It was like they brought in the army. Here comes the American DJs. It may have been the most amount of records I bought in one trip.”
Some really great moments in hip hop history all throughout this piece. Love love love it!
