Today marks the Stones Throw-release of the seventh installment of Madlib’s popular Medicine Show-series. Titled “High Jazz”, the project is produced entirely by Madlib, and equals an album of jazz tracks created with the producer’s group of musicians and collaborators collectively known as Yesterdays Universe. Grab an audible teaser below in the shape of Generation Match’s “Electronic Dimensions”.
‘Funky Butt (Part 1)’ appears off Madlib’s upcoming Medicine Show #7: High Jazz, which to many fans delight, features all new Madlib Jazz production. Below is a more in-depth description courtesy of Stones Throw.
Madlib Medicine Show #7: High Jazz is an all-new Madlib jazz production. High Jazz, the name itself a tribute to the landmark jazz-fusion album released by Stanton Davis’s Ghetto Mysticism in 1976, shows a marked development in Madlib’s craft.
According to an in-depth LA Weekly story, Los Angeles-based beatsmith Madlib is likely to handle some production work for Kanye West’s upcoming album Good Ass Job. West reserved five of his beats – however, it remains to be seen if any of them will end up on the final cut of the album. Without offering any more details on the collabo, ’Lib simply stated that the MC/producer is a fan of his work—which includes tracks for Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Ghostface Killah, J Dilla, De La Soul and Talib Kweli, among others. As previously reported, Good Ass Job is due September 14th.
Stones Throw readies the release of another interesting project – Madlib Medicine Show #7: High Jazz. The piece offers all-new Madlib jazz production and is paying tribute to the influential jazz-fusion album released by Stanton Davis’s Ghetto Mysticism in 1976.
Since the introduction of Madlib’s Yesterdays New Quintet releases nearly a decade ago, the producer’s core group of musicians and collaborators (known collectively as “Yesterdays Universe”) has grown by the dozens. The notoriously elusive, publicity-shy and anti-commercial ethic of the group has kept many of the recordings from every being released, while others have been pressed anonymously, kept within the group or distributed only among private collectors.
Among the newly released tracks on High Jazz are a Madlib, Karriem Riggins & James Poyser collaboration, the debut of groups Generation Match, The Big Black Foot Band, RMC, and a 15-minute live piece by Yesterdays New Quintet (recorded at a secret show in 2000). The 15-track album runs a total of 61 minutes.
For more information, go to the label’s homepage. In the meantime, check this audible teaser below.
Legendary Hip Hop producer Madlib cracks open the vault today, unveiling some very rare photos of his early days as a producer. From the abundance of records stacked on milk crates, onto the record cover lined walls hovering above piles of recording equipment, Madlib was and still is, truly ahead of his time with this Hip Hop. These photos of Madlib’s studio & tapes were collected as a part of the push for his upcoming project The History of The Loop Digga due out May 25th.
Approaching May 18 – the official release date Guilty Simpon and Madlib’s collaborative project OJ Simpson – their label Stones Throw gives out vinyl & CD copies of Madlib and Guilty Simpson’s OJ Simpson available & shipping now. All orders – while supplies last – will come with the bonus 45 “Friends Only” that you can listen to below. You can purchase your copy here.
Erykah Badu presents her brand new song “Strawberry Incense” off her forthcoming album “New Amerykah pt. 2: Return of the Ankh”. Produced by Madlib, the organic track offers an intense skill on the harp and evokes memories of the “Baduizm”-Erykah that fans around the globe have been loving ever since. “New Amerykah pt. 2: Return of the Ankh” is scheduled for a tentative release March 30th.
Twitter
Facebook
RSS Feed
