In 2004, the pair melted minds with the collaborative album Madvillainy and anticipation for the follow-up created a fervor that is matched by few hip hop releases in recent memory.Īfter revealing he has 20 unreleased songs with his Madvillainy partner - before clarifying “that don’t mean they’re coming out” - Madlib explained how protecting the group’s sound from modernity is a key reason for the album’s delay. “People are expecting too much and they’re complaining about … certain things the Doom records don’t have anyway. Utter Madlib’s name at a hip hop concert and you’ll inevitably be met with one question: “When is he putting out that album with MF Doom?” A highly celebrated and eccentric lyricist, MF Doom is lauded for his penchant for making the unorthodox groovy, just like Madlib. I’ll be the last dude doing what I do.”įrom keeping it old school, making beats too crazy for Kanye West, and using his iPad as a babysitter for his three children, Madlib talked about the delicate balance of staying true to yourself as the world around you changes. “Let me do what I do and you do your thing, man. The Gazelle shades rustled as his eyebrows tightened. Hip hop journalist and event moderator Jeff “Chairman” Mao at one point asked the artist if he had embraced modern digital technology in favor of recording his beats on actual cassette. Related: Stream and discover new music anytime with Amazon Prime He proclaimed he doesn’t have “Twitter fingers.” He’s a child of the analog age.
During an hour-long chat at New York’s swanky Grolier Club for the Red Bull Music Academy Festival last weekend, Madlib told tales about using little pins instead of record player needles to hear the music without speakers.
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Image used with permission by copyright holderAt 42 years old, Otis “Madlib” Jackson Jr has been slicing sounds from different eras and congealing them over hard hitting drums for years, long before Windows 95 was the mark of modern technology.
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