bklyn | favourite things 12.20
Gabriels, Navy Blue feat. Yasiin Bey, Mac Miller feat. Denzel Curry, MF DOOM feat. FloFilz, Jesse Futerman feat. Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Ari Lennox & Elite, Allysha Joy, Enny feat. Jorja Smith, Natty Reeves, Nandele feat. Ha Kwai, Matthew Hayes & Charlie Perry feat. Allysha Joy, Yussef Dayes, Alfa Mist, Scrimshire, MF DOOM feat. Madlib, Madlib, Sunda […]
Madlib | Sound Ancestors
Music by Madlib. Recorded in LA over the course of some years. Edited, Arranged and Mastered by Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet at his home and when he was on a plane going places. Lacquered by Bernie Grundman in L.A. Art direction by Errol Richardson. Photography by Richard Foster. Eothen Alapatt got this record ready […]
Jahari Masamba Unit | Pardon My French
Drums: Karriem Riggins. Instruments: Madlib. We would have called it Spiritual Jazz but Phil Ranelin told us to call it Black Classical Music. We are proud to announce the long-awaited debut album from Jahari Masamba Unit, Pardon My French. Among all of the projects Madlib presented as part of his Jazz Universe, this collaboration was […]
favourite things | 1.20
Lex Amor, Mac Miller, Wilma Archer feat. MF Doom, Hector Plimmer feat. Andrew Ashong, SPELLWRKS, Mick Jenkins, Psypiritual & The Lasso, Dreamville feat. EARTHGANG, Madlib, Aru-2, Wun Two feat. Anthony Drawn, Dontcry x Glimlip x Yasper, Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity, Jazzbois, Alfa Mist, 30/70, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, WVR BVBY, Nick Walters, Drumetrics, Karate Boogaloo, Lady Wray, […]
favourite things | 11.19
favourite things 11.19 – Àbáse feat. Call Me Unique, Pip Millett, Terrace Martin feat. Lalah Hathaway & Rapsody, JMSN, Rams & S. Fidelity feat. Zikomo & Charles Gene Suite, Melodiesinfonie, Kojey Radical, Syd, Da-P x Mick Jenkins, Oh No & Madlib, Smoke Dza x Curren$y, Action Bronson feat. The Alchemist, Josh Hey feat. Malik Abdul-Rahmaan, […]
favourite things | 9.17
favourite things 9.17 Madlib, Rapsody feat. Busta Rhymes, El Michels Affair, Will Sessions feat. Wendell Harrison, 30/70, Oddisee, Danny Watts feat. Aye Mitch, Chester Watson, Mick Jenkins, Young RJ feat. Joyner Lucas & Statik Selektah, EarthGang, Ivan Ave, FloFilz, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Mecca:83 feat. Monma, Mndsgn, B. Cool-Aid feat. Swarvy, Budamunk & Yotaro feat. TSuggs, […]
favourite things | 3.17
favourite things 3.17/soundcloud holds songs by: Bei Bei & Shawn Lee, Clutchy Hopkins & Fat Albert Einstein, Yazz Ahmed, Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, Collocutor vs. The Expansions, Henry Wu, Alfa Mist, Butcher Brown, Jonah Levine Collective feat. Mndsgn, Elusive, Lojii & Swarvy, Bryant Dope, McKinley Dixon, Children of Zeus, HWLS, Freddie Gibbs, Madlib feat. MED, Joey Bada$$ […]
Madlib | Bad Neighbor Instrumentals
Bang Ya Head Entertainment is gearing up to release the Instrumentals to the critically acclaimed Bad Neighbor LP by MED and Blu. All beats produced by Madlib. 15 banging instrumentals and 3 bonus beats for your enjoyment. Everything Madlib creates is innovating but the production on Bad Neighbor LP is timeless. Also listen to the […]
carlos niño & friends | flutes, echoes, it’s all happening!
“Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening!” is the fourth in an ongoing series of highly collaborative records by Carlos Niño & Friends, and features Madlib, Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Iasos, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, Dexter Story, and more. Los Angeles’ Carlos Niño is the exalted producer, composer, percussionist, DJ, ensemble orchestrator, and mentor who has traversed the […]
favourite things | 11.15
Our monthly ‘favourite things’ series is based of the constant digging through soundcloud. We hope the original soundcloud service will remain with us for a long time to come. The November selection for 2015 holds 1:28 hours of music by artists and producers such as Thundercat, Nate Smith, BadBadNotGood, Rodinia, Amanaz, Chaka Khan, The Kondi Band, Levitros, Wu15, Swarvy, Scoop, […]
med, blu & madlib | bad neighbor
MF DOOM, Aloe Blacc, Hodgy Beats, Anderson Paak, Mayer Hawthorne and Dam-Funk join MED and Blu over 100% Madlib beats. A couple years ago Blu got a few Madlib instrumentals and put together a few demos. The rough collection became the foundation of what would become “Bad Neighbor“. MED, a longtime collaborator of Madlib, put […]
favourite things | 9.15
Our soundcloud playlist for september 2015, „favourite things 9.15“ is packed with nearly two hours of music. The Set features selected tracks through various styles of music, by artists and producers such as Nils Frahm & eeph, Khruangbin, Rodrigo Amarante, Jono McCleery, Jospeh Scaturro, Josa Peit & Dexter, Sinh feat. Natty Reeve, Adam Snow, Floating Points, Ian Ewing […]
favourite things | 7.15
Our monthly installment of favourite things for July 2015 holds 1,30hrs of new productions. The set features 30 tracks by musicians such as Ka-Yu, Tom Misch, Brock Berrigan, Saib, Ziga Murko, Sandpeople, Russ, JuJu Rogers, Ben Beal, Chester Watson, Alchemist, Madlib, Quelle Chris, Guilty Simpson, Illa J, JR&PH7, Instrumentalist, Matt Perez, Abstrakt, Jonah Christian, Okami, Chinsaku, eeph, and Hans Hustle. Check out […]
madlib | trouble knows me
Future Islands’ Sam Herring teams with Madlib for Rap Project “Trouble Knows Me”. The record will be released Sep 1, 2015 on Madlib Invazion, and a limited run of vinyl with one-of-a-kind screen-printed covers. Three rap tracks andthree instrumentals on Side A. Flip side has instrumentals for the rap tracks. The artwork is by Gustavo Eandi & Jeff […]
declaime | andsoitisaid the instrumentals
Georgia Anne Muldrow`s record label Someothaship recently released the instrumentals of Declaime aka Dudley Perkins’ 2001 album “Andsoitisaid”. 14 tracks produced by Madlib, Kankick and Oh No. Listen to the beats after the jump – get them on Bandcamp. Be sure listen to Declaime`s brand new album, released on June 6th. “Southside Story”, reflects Dudley’s eventful growing up & […]
the beats
Madlib’s new album ‘The Beats’ contains 10 tracks of instrumental hip-hop created for the Stones Throw film ‘Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton’. This is Madlib’s first original soundtrack and first 10-inch vinyl release. The album is being issued with two different sleeves (girls on one, skull & bong on the other) each wrapped with a custom, removable card, designed […]
rock konducta
Madlib’s ‘Rock Konducta’ – the blatantly titled, rock-inspired entries in the producer’s long-running Beat Konducta instrumental series – will be released July 15. It is the fifth installment in Madlib’s Beat Konducta series following Beat Konducta: Movie Scenes (2006), Beat Konducta in India (2007), A Tribute to J Dilla (2009) and Beat Konducta in Africa (2010). […]
piñata beats
Madlib’s instrumentals for ‘Piñata’ are now available on Rappcats. The vocal album with Freddie Gibbs was made between 2011 and 2013, but Gibbs also dipped back into Madlib’s archives going back as far as ten years for a few of the beats. Get your copy now.