Koushik in Color
In your opinion, what does music go hand-in-hand with? Breathing. I've heard your music been compared to the... Read More
On The Low Down
Sitting out on the back deck at the Stones Throw Records headquarters just beyond downtown LA, with fresh... Read More
Raw Genius
In the inventive world of Madlib, the ghost is in the music, not the machine. by Bill Murphy... Read More
Stark Reality: Photos and Documents
1. Stark Reality circa 1969. Left to right: Monty Stark, Phil Morrison, Carl Atkins, John Abercrombie, Vinnie Johnson.... Read More
Stark Reality – Now
The following was written by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt for the Stark Reality anthology Now, released in 2003 on... Read More
The World According to Dudley Perkins
When Declaime, aka Dudley Perkins, dropped the Madlib-produced 'Flowers' back in 2001, little did anyone know that Peanut... Read More
Sinner Made Master
First of all, let's clarify who and what we're talking about here. It's Wildchild. Not the dude remixed... Read More
Madlib’s Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note is a unique project that turns over the legacy of the... Read More
In the Key of Everybody
With three rap albums (Illmindmuzik, Andsoitisaid, Mad Men On Arrival), numerous quality singles, and assorted collaborations to his... Read More
Wildchild in The Source
When Jack "Wildchild" Brown is on the mic, he likes to speak freely. Off-the-dome spontaneity is what sparks... Read More
Beyond Hip Hop
Separately, rule-breaking producers Madlib and Prefuse '73 are imploding hip-hop from the inside and reaching fans in other... Read More
Gettin Mad Personal With Wildchild
What does Secondary Protocol refer to? That's more or less just a military term for like plan B,... Read More
Stones Throw in Fader: Nothing but the Soul
Story by Jessica Hundley, photos by Joao Caziani. Published in Fader Magazine, May/June 2003. According to Stones Throw... Read More
Count Crackula
El Captain Funkaho is Really a Schizoid Librarian By day, ------ is a soft spoken library clerk from... Read More
Do the Math
Jay Dee's musical beginnings were a bit more formal than his partner's (Madlib). "Since elementary (school), I've always... Read More
Wildchild in Elemental Magazine
When speaking to Call lyricist WiIdchild he tends to use words like patience and persistence throughout the conversation.... Read More
Spin Cycle
EVIL DEE: Aight, so what's going on man? What brings you to this side? MADLIB: Rockin' a couple... Read More
A Lil’ Light
More and more it seems like rappers and emcees are changing their style and releasing albums filled with... Read More
Madlib. Elemental. 2003.
Madlib's first piece of beatmaking equipment was the Casio SK1. "I got my first little sampler. Trying to... Read More
Diary of the Mad Man
Once upon a rhyme, musicians and producers -- then known as artists -- were encouraged to create, to... Read More
Madlib in Straight No Chaser
Stones Throw recording artist, LA based Otis Jackson Jr.. is one of the most hard working, improvisational forces... Read More
Percee P
Hip-hop began in the Bronx around twenty-five years ago. Too bad most of us weren’t there. Percee P... Read More
Chunky but Funky
Chris Manak, a.k.a. DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, grew up on San Jose's East Side. When he isn't beat... Read More
The Breaks: The unknown and limited-press break records of DJ Romes
DJ Romes has a large collection of break beats, rare ones, imports, bootlegs, and a couple of his... Read More
Pressure Drop
Never let anyone tell you that the world of underground hip hop isn't ripe with its share of... Read More
Madlib Live at Chocolate City
Madlib's live mix on KCRW's Chocolate City in 2001. LIVE AT CHOCOLATE CITY: MP3 Track List: 1 Papa... Read More
J Dilla and Madlib are Jaylib
J Dilla & Madlib are collaborating on an album to be released in 2003 under the name Jaylib.... Read More
Astronaut EP
Rating: 8.7/10 Legend has it that somewhere in Southern Cali, buried beneath stacks of vinyl and jars of... Read More
Fake Quas Alert
Feb. 10, 2002 - Beware of a talentless, beat-deaf, sucker MC in a blue fur suit billing himself... Read More
Tight Lipped
"I got CDs in my crates like crack in my pocket. Yeah right, neither of the above." -Lootpack,... Read More