First of all, let's clarify who and what we're talking about here. It's Wildchild. Not the dude remixed... Read More

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

With three rap albums (Illmindmuzik, Andsoitisaid, Mad Men On Arrival), numerous quality singles, and assorted collaborations to his... Read More

When Jack "Wildchild" Brown is on the mic, he likes to speak freely. Off-the-dome spontaneity is what sparks... Read More

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

What does Secondary Protocol refer to? That's more or less just a military term for like plan B,... Read More

Story by Jessica Hundley, photos by Joao Caziani. Published in Fader Magazine, May/June 2003. According to Stones Throw... Read More

El Captain Funkaho is Really a Schizoid Librarian By day, ------ is a soft spoken library clerk from... Read More

Jay Dee's musical beginnings were a bit more formal than his partner's (Madlib). "Since elementary (school), I've always... Read More

When speaking to Call lyricist WiIdchild he tends to use words like patience and persistence throughout the conversation.... Read More

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

More and more it seems like rappers and emcees are changing their style and releasing albums filled with... Read More

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

Once upon a rhyme, musicians and producers -- then known as artists -- were encouraged to create, to... Read More

Stones Throw recording artist, LA based Otis Jackson Jr.. is one of the most hard working, improvisational forces... Read More

Hip-hop began in the Bronx around twenty-five years ago. Too bad most of us weren’t there. Percee P... Read More

Chris Manak, a.k.a. DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, grew up on San Jose's East Side. When he isn't beat... Read More

DJ Romes has a large collection of break beats, rare ones, imports, bootlegs, and a couple of his... Read More

Never let anyone tell you that the world of underground hip hop isn't ripe with its share of... Read More

Madlib's live mix on KCRW's Chocolate City in 2001. LIVE AT CHOCOLATE CITY: MP3 Track List: 1 Papa... Read More

J Dilla & Madlib are collaborating on an album to be released in 2003 under the name Jaylib.... Read More

Rating: 8.7/10 Legend has it that somewhere in Southern Cali, buried beneath stacks of vinyl and jars of... Read More

Feb. 10, 2002 - Beware of a talentless, beat-deaf, sucker MC in a blue fur suit billing himself... Read More

"I got CDs in my crates like crack in my pocket. Yeah right, neither of the above." -Lootpack,... Read More

We had the opportunity of meeting Lootpack during their concert, given during their European tour. The Pack were... Read More

In late'1999, when they were in the studio working on Voodoo, Jay Dee had D'Angelo and Ahmir "?uestlove"... Read More

"I'm sad that all those people had to die," says Otis Jackson Jr., known to hip-hop purists as... Read More

Late in 2001, Egon, PB Wolf and Madlib sweet-talked their way into a recording session with producer/recording artist... Read More

KING magazine Editor-In-Chief Datwon Thomas conducted the following interview with Jay Dee back in February of 2001 for... Read More

Chris Manak/DJ Peanut Butter Wolf started to visit the neighborhood record stores at the age of nine. On... Read More