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May 1, 2005

Madlib's 5-star Quasimoto album

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

May 1, 2005

Lord Quas takes over RE:UP

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

March 1, 2005

Face Off

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

November 20, 2004

Sound Pieces: Madlib Interview

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

October 19, 2004

Madlib Interview

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

September 15, 2004

Madlib in Tokion

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

September 1, 2004

Getting To Know Madlib

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

August 11, 2004

“Accordion”

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

July 25, 2004

J Dilla and Madlib Live: Jaylib at Rock The Bells

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

June 10, 2004

Confessions of a mask

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

June 8, 2004

The Man in the Iron Mask

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

May 23, 2004

Multiple personalities? No bad thing

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

April 12, 2004

Madvillain in The New Yorker: Doom's Day

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

April 8, 2004

MF Doom and Madlib

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

April 8, 2004

A Telepathy Thing

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

April 7, 2004

That Man in a Mask with Labyrinthine Rhymes to Cast

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

April 1, 2004

TV on the Radio

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

March 31, 2004

Mad Genius

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

March 31, 2004

Madvillain. Jaylib. 4 Shows.

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

March 1, 2004

High Fidelity

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

February 8, 2004

Blunted on Beats: Madvillain Interview in Wax Poetics

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

November 1, 2003

Space Invader

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

October 8, 2003

XLR8R visits Stones Throw HQ

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

October 1, 2003

On The Low Down

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

September 1, 2003

Raw Genius

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

July 8, 2003

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

July 1, 2003

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

May 1, 2003

Spin Cycle

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

April 13, 2003

Madlib. Elemental. 2003.

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

December 2, 2002

Diary of the Mad Man

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

August 20, 2002

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

April 11, 2002

Pressure Drop

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

April 10, 2002

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

March 29, 2002

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

March 2, 2002

Astronaut EP

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

January 20, 2002

Tight Lipped

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

January 2, 2002

Buried Treasure

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

December 8, 2001

Madlib - The Source - 2001

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

September 1, 2001

In the Studio with Axelrod

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

July 1, 2000

Sleazenation

He flips shapes and forms. He's the unseen. You won't see him coming but Lord Quas is set... Read More

June 8, 2000

Blind Faith: Quasimoto's Backdoor Truth

It was strangely dark last night, black-gray, thick, billowy. The kind of weather that heralds a redemptive rainstorm,... Read More