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  • Madlib Thanks Fans for Support After Losing Home in L.A. Wildfires

    Madlib Thanks Fans for Support After Losing Home in L.A. Wildfires

    Rallying for Recovery: Fans Show Love for Madlib After Devastating Loss

    Madlib has expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support following the destruction of his house, record collection, and music equipment during the recent L.A. wildfires.

    On January 13, the producer and his manager, Stacy Epps, launched an online fundraiser titled “Help Madlib and His Family Rebuild After Tragic Loss.”

    A week later, Madlib’s official Instagram account posted an update thanking fans for their love and support. “It truly has helped Madlib get through one of the most challenging periods in his life,” the post read. The fundraiser remains open for donations.

    Additionally, the message hinted at “an important tribute and charity project coming soon” and tagged the Instagram account @madlovela, which is described as “Service & Community Support by Madlib.”

    Fans continue to rally behind the legendary producer as he works to rebuild and move forward.

  • MF Doom & Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ to arrive in vinyl for 20th anniversary

    MF Doom & Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ to arrive in vinyl for 20th anniversary

    ‘Madvillainy’ demo tapes to be released

    In celebration of the 20th anniversary of MF DOOM and Madlib’s Madvillainy, unreleased demo tapes are being issued on vinyl for the first time. This limited edition is expected to arrive in US stores on Black Friday, November 29, while becoming available worldwide in 2025. Customers can also pre-order on Stones Throw’s website.

    Stones Throw Records wrote on Instagram: “In 2002, before @madlib and @mfdoom finished Madvillainy, the first demo sequence of the album leaked online — early vocal cuts from DOOM, recorded then quickly mixed in L.A. at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio.

    “The leak spread around the world, and while the tracks may have been unfinished, it was clear that this was a Hip Hop album unlike any other…”

    They continued: “We’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of #Madvillainy by releasing the Demos on vinyl for the first time, mastered by Dave Cooley and with an insert of [Eric Coleman]’s contact sheets from the album cover shoot.



  • Madlib announces new joint album with Freddie Gibbs

    Madlib announces new joint album with Freddie Gibbs

    Madlib & Gibbs have another one on the way

    Madlib and Freddie Gibbs have another collab album in the works. While celebrating the tenth anniversary of their first joint album Pïnata at New York’s The Rooftop at Pier 17, Madlib revealed that a new album from the duo titled Montana is on the horizon.

    “Y’all ready for Freddie Gibbs?” Madlib asked the audience. “About to drop this live shit on y’all. Montana next up.”

    https://twitter.com/nfr_podcast/status/1790143666620690888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1790143666620690888%7Ctwgr%5Ea07f478ac4a917a5efb81c0d25d1ebd152b535b7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fmadlib-freddie-gibbs-new-album-montana

    The producer-rapper partners joined forces for Pïnata in 2014 with features from Raekwon, Scarface, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, Ab-Soul, Domo Genesis, BJ The Chicago Kid, Casey Veggies, Meechy Darko and others.

    They followed it up with Bandana released in 2019.

  • Talib Kweli discusses unconventional music distribution as ‘Liberation 2’ hits streaming platforms

    Talib Kweli discusses unconventional music distribution as ‘Liberation 2’ hits streaming platforms

    Talib discourages dependency on major labels

    Talib Kweli and Madlib released their joint album Liberation 2 exclusively on Luminary where the duo had more authority over their revenue and interaction with consumers. The project was recently uploaded on streaming platforms and Kweli explained how invaluable independence is.

    “Liberation 2 by me and Madlib was initially only available at an exclusive site. This enabled Madlib and I to not have to depend on the goodwill of others to get paid for our art,” Kweli said.

    “That exclusive period is now up. Liberation 2 is now available on all DSPs, my bandcamp and the vinyl and CD are available at Kweliclub.com – as of now with zero major label promotion or support it’s the number 5 Hip-Hop album in the country,” he added.

  • MF Doom & Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ earns gold certification at 20th anniversary

    MF Doom & Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ earns gold certification at 20th anniversary

    ‘Madvillainy’ reaches new milestone

    MF Doom and Madlib’s joint album Madvillainy has officially been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America after crossing the 500k mark in sales.

    The certification comes right after the album reached its 20th anniversary. Peanut Butter Wolf, founder of Stones Throw Records which released the album, described how MF and Madlib created the project at his home.

    https://twitter.com/HipHopDX/status/1772741303538794660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1772741303538794660%7Ctwgr%5E1cc5d158cf574d5d9838825f61506a3ab8c0d0bf%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhiphopdx.com%2Fnews%2Fmf-doom-madlib-madvillainy-certified-gold

    “This was an album where Madlib chose to record the beats in my basement that we called The Bomb Shelter (it was a literally a concrete bomb shelter),” Wolf wrote under a post by Complex Music.

    “DOOM recorded his vocals in my bedroom down the hall where we also had @ecoleye do a photo shoot that became the album cover.”

  • Madlib celebrates MF Doom’s album ‘Madvillainy’ 20th anniversary

    Madlib celebrates MF Doom’s album ‘Madvillainy’ 20th anniversary

    Madlib and Doom’s album marks 20 years

    Madlib and MF Doom’s collab album Madvillainy was released 20 years ago and to mark the anniversary on Sunday (March 24), the former hopped on Instagram to pay homage to the project.

    The producer posted a clip on Instagram lifted from “All Caps” video that included the words, “Madvillainy20.RIPMFDOOM.” In the caption, The Beat Konducta wrote, “20 years. RIP to the Villain.”

    Peanut Butter Wolf, the founder of Stones Throw Records to which the album was released under, slid into the comments of Complex Music’s Instagram post to lay down some facts surrounding the project.

    “This was an album where Madlib chose to record the beats in my basement that we called The Bomb Shelter (it was a literally a concrete bomb shelter),” Peanut Butter wrote.

    “DOOM recorded his vocals in my bedroom down the hall where we also had @ecoleye do a photo shoot that became the album cover.”

  • Madlib says he has an EP with Mac Miller on the way

    Madlib says he has an EP with Mac Miller on the way

    Mac’s posthumous project to be released

    Madlib confirms his long-awaited joint EP with Mac Miller is on the way. Madlib and Talib Kweli were recently speaking on Sway In The Morning to promote their new collab album Liberation 2, where the former revealed his future plans that include Mac’s project. He added that the Mac’s estate was okay with the release.

    “Right now, I’m finishing up the Mac Miller album, Planet Asia album, Erykah Badu album, different stuff,” Madlib revealed. “[Erykah and I] just started on an album…We have a lot of unreleased stuff.”

  • Madlib & Mike Dean reveal “No More Parties In LA” & “N*ggas In Parris” beats were made on iPads

    Madlib & Mike Dean reveal “No More Parties In LA” & “N*ggas In Parris” beats were made on iPads

    Madlib & Mike Dean have made hits with iPads in the past

    Technological advancement has allowed artists and producers to make hits on the go, and acclaimed producers Madlib and Mike Dean have taken advantage of it. On Monday (December 12), Our Generation Music shared a clip from an old Madlib interview with the Red Bull Music Academy where he revealed that Kanye West’s “No More Parties In LA” was made on an iPad.
    “Actually, that beat was made off by a iPad,” Madlib told the host about The Life Of Pablo track, to which he replied, “Thank God for the iPad.”

    Madlib added in the 2016 interview, “Every time I sample a record I do the whole record. I made beats of a whole record.”

    Mike Dean spotted the OGM post on Instagram and jumped on the comments to share his own experience with making instruments on iPads. The Houston producer disclosed that parts of Ye’s “N*ggas In Parris” beat were made on his iPad, particularly “chops and drum endings” on the “ball so hard” segment.

    “N IN PARIS ball so hard chop and ending drums were done on my iPad,” Dean wrote.

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