Fourteen years of guest spots, sporadic 12" records and selling tapes outside of Fat Beats equals the definition... Read More

J DILLA, YOUR FAVORITE PRODUCER'S FAVORITE PRODUCER, MAY HAVE PASSED ON, BUT HIS MUSICAL LEGACY WILL NEVER FADE... Read More

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Tuesday night at Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit was Shoes’ House — and the room was stacked. This... Read More

Our first podcast was released in March, 2006: A dedication to the late J Dilla, mixed by J... Read More

The untold story of the noted Detroit hip-hop producer's drive to make music in the face of life-threatening... Read More

Dilla was a friend of Mochilla for many years before we knew him. We are those heads that... Read More

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New York Times, Feb. 14, 2006 by Kelefa Sanneh James Yancey, the innovative and influential hip-hop producer known... Read More

He's got more personalities than Cassidy and UTFO. True underground heads know that your boy Madlib is an... Read More

Oh No is nearly half way done with a new production project based upon samples from the vast... Read More

BEHIND THE BEAT: HIP HOP HOME STUDIOS by Rafael Rashid Ginko Press 160 Pages, 320 Color photos. Publication:... Read More

LA's premier beat conductor takes another dive deep in the jazz crates.The Funky Side of Life: 4.5/5 It's... Read More

Melvin Van Peebles - filmmaker, author, playwright, and ... believe it or not, newest Stones Throw recording artist.... Read More

Stones Throw General Manager Egon has compiled an anthology of legendary Los Angeles Producer/Composer David Axelrod's late 60s... Read More

Some folks insist that Cali mic mathematicians like Wildchild, Declaime, Kazi and Medaphoar are indistinguishable, that all around... Read More

Written by Jon Caramanica, published in The New York Times, June 26, 2005 Four years ago, DJ Ivory... Read More

If I were Madlib, I'd complete this cover story in less than 20 minutes. I'd quick-mix a few... Read More

Since 1979, Chris Manak has been maintaining hip hop with its authentic sound, ensuring the tracks he releases... Read More

Love's A Real Thing is a Luaka Bop compilation. Stones Throw Records will be releasing the 2/LP edition.... Read More

Earlier this year, hip-hop sites began publishing reports that J Dilla (a.k.a. Jay Dee) was comatose and lying... Read More

In Jeff Jank's loopy, cut'n'paste mind, Quasimoto is a Kool Aid-red space alien with pointy ears like a... Read More

Two of the most exciting new CD's out of California could be described as underground hip-hop, though they... Read More

Nothing like a sunny, mid-morning in Los Angeles, California. When the smog recedes enough to let the crisp... Read More

Anyone who knows me from my high school days knows I was a Beastie Boys fanatic. This was... Read More

Mad Skills: Madlib's eclectic talent has taken him to all parts of the globe. And it shows in... Read More

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