a track so badass it leaves me breathless
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Got it
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It works 
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Im in. I never listenned madlib. I’m unfamiliar with us hiphop in general. But the micro beattape things looks fun to do. I think I will juste use the dreampack.
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Embedded links like their own line with no other characters, no spaces, letters whatever else. I normally give an empty line buffer above and below the link but I dont think its necessary.
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I usually delete everything after and including the question mark in yt links, im not 100% sure but I think that stuff is for tracking where traffic is coming from or something. Also not necessary but…
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Wow, i should have cropped better, that looks kinda crazy.
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Yes! It runs!
Thank you, Sir!
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I don’t think there’s a better genre of music to not be familiar with than “US Hip Hop” . You can deep dive on any city in America and find incredible talent and music that goes back 40 years. I wish I could relearn all this stuff
Location is everything, Madlib is from Oxnard CA which is not close to anything. He’s a total outsider, wasn’t even really part of the 90s indie west coast wave even though he’s from that generation.
Madlib, JDilla and Nujabes are the producers who kicked off the current era of people like you and me making dusty beats and sharing them on online forums
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I’m in. I don’t really have a favorite Madlib produced track. It would be like picking my favorite kid. Here is a great one.
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This isn’t true. I’m in Oxnard. We’re part of the LA area. And Madlib and the Lootpack were part of the Likwit Crew, which included the Alkaholiks, Xzibit, Defari, and King Tee. The Lootpack was also signed to Stones Throw, which tied them to a lot of Bay Area artists. It’s why the Lootpack are on Peanut Butter Wolf’s album. You can even see them in the background of the “Take It Back Home” video with Rasco and Planet Asia.
Anyway, here’s one from that era:
As an aside, I’m originally from Santa Barbara. The first time I saw Madlib was on a public access show called Strictly Hip-Hop, where they’d play videos and have ciphers and DJ sessions and what not. I really miss that era.
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Im in. Already started practicing .
I know that we had the « in the rain » battle already but this version is hot too.
What’s the due date ?
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This video is so good. Right at the end where the guy is selling records…
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The deadline for sending me your tape is feb 15!
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Great concept! looking forward to trying something different and making a selection of beats
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I was going to post this one too. Ever notice how much love Madlib gives to KRSOne - love the scratching here (is that a 3/4 time dum beat?)
Since this already posted, here’s another from the same amazing album. I remember Madlib saying he was so happy to have the Bluenote’s 900+ album deep vault opened to him! First heard this one on a Gilles Peterson radio show -
(bonus: it features an amazing shoutout to Madlib by MF Doom at the start).
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Thank you sir. I have a business trip on February 2nd but I still have enough time to track my ideas out and see how to blend it. I’m so hyped for this.
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@Doug I discovered Madlib as the secret weapon in the Lootpack because I was into Stones Throw Records (which I discovered through Peanut Butter Wolf).
I miss that era too - those were the days when I would shop for records based on what record label it was associated with. When that Lootpack record came out I didn’t know what to do with it. There were some songs I could dj at a party and keep the vibe moving and then there was some real far out shit. The world was also introduced to Madlib’s alter ego - Quasimoto.
Here is one of my favorite tracks from the Lootpack LP (circa 1999):
Notice how his beat has so much personality right in your face with that flute riff and then the whole crew sings and rhymes on/around and through that melody. Seems he just gets better and better at this over time… MF Doom, Freddie Gibbs…
(and again - the KRSOne 
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Yes, it’s a great project and Madlib made it such a compelling album!
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