Here's the story: On a lonely windswept night about seven years ago in Lost Gates (near Oxnard, Calif.),... Read More

The Further Adventures of Lord Quas ***** (5/5) Madlib's favorite alter-ego Lives the Life we all desire Quasimoto... Read More

If Lord Quas, the bad character, the Astro Traveler, the Unseen, is the subject of this article, then... Read More

WHAT ARE QUASI'S MUSICAL TASTES?"He just listens to the beats - Dilla Beats, Oh No beats. He don't... Read More

If the essence of Hip Hop music is crate digging and chopping up samples in ways unheard before... Read More

Even Lou Donaldson, Melvin Sparks and Reuben Wilson know: Madlib's the man. Every time this guy steps in... Read More

In the future, music will have been divided into so many varieties of sub-genres that there will no... Read More

For starters, Madlib is not Quasimoto. The ferocious beatholic, jazz guru and Loop Digga known as Madlib may... Read More

Madvillain is a collaboration between Madlib (producer) and MF Doom (MC), two of the most distinctive artists in... Read More

J Dilla, Madlib, and J Rocc at Rock The Bells, Anaheim, CA, 2004. Photos by Scott Dukes www... Read More

You could picture it now if it wasn't so damn dark. Two weed-dazzled, workaholic time travellers convene in... Read More

Los Angeles, April 3, 2003. Deep in the labyrinth backstage environs of Hollywood's Peter Fonda Theatre, the cream... Read More

A superhero's powers are set free by his costume. The comic-book collaboration MadVillain - west-coast producer Madlib and... Read More

Madvillain redeems the pretensions of independent hip-hop. In the early nineties, thanks to performers like Dr. Dre and... Read More

Madlib teams up with rap aristocrat MF Doom for a royal hip hop outing. MF Doom has been... Read More

Who: An unholy indie hip-hop union between former KMD frontman MF DOOM and West Coast uberproducer Madlib. Both... Read More

In "The Princess Bride," André the Giant played (what else?) a gentle giant named Fezzik, who was addicted... Read More

Anybody who grew up within a few hours of New York or Philadelphia in the ’70s or ’80s... Read More

Two guys, their two dozen personalities, and Madvillainy, an instant contender for hip hop album of the year.... Read More

Official Annoucement: J Dilla a.k.a. Jay Dee will be performing live at the Madvillain record release parties in... Read More

When Madlib and Jay Dee, the celebrated hip-hop producers who collaborate under the Jaylib moniker, come together, you'd... Read More

In a moment of clarity, Jay-Z might wanna rhyme like Common Sense, but nobody, even with generous charity,... Read More

Invasions: hip-hop has seen its fair share of em. [Cut to DJ Premier scratching up Nas: In-na-in-na-in-na-invasion.] Unstoppable... Read More

Although soon to be vacated, the home of Stones Throw Records founder Peanut Butter Wolf will be remembered... Read More

Sitting out on the back deck at the Stones Throw Records headquarters just beyond downtown LA, with fresh... Read More

In the inventive world of Madlib, the ghost is in the music, not the machine. by Bill Murphy... Read More

Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note is a unique project that turns over the legacy of the... Read More

Separately, rule-breaking producers Madlib and Prefuse '73 are imploding hip-hop from the inside and reaching fans in other... Read More

EVIL DEE: Aight, so what's going on man? What brings you to this side? MADLIB: Rockin' a couple... Read More

Madlib's first piece of beatmaking equipment was the Casio SK1. "I got my first little sampler. Trying to... Read More