13th May 2009

broken by Put Me On It fam.

Madlib, J. Rocc, Benji B at Fabric. Does it get any bigger. .

Close to my exams. & I know I've gotta make sacrifices if I want to go certain places in life. but can I really afford to miss this?

February 10th

42 tracks dedicated to Dilla.

Get your pre-orders on.

Dil Withers Suite Vol. 6

lazy post. but essential news for you. Madlib/J. Roccs Volume 6 is coming digital this week. or next.

Physicals in 09. Classic stones throw stringing us out.

WLIB AM King of the Wigflip

September 30th. . Order Here

Madlib ends the BBE beat generation series on what looks to be, a height.

TL

Tracklist
1 - The New Resident - The Beat Konducta
2 - Blow The Horns On 'Em - Guilty Simpson
3 - The Plan Pt. 1 - Georgia Anne Muldrow / Tension - The Beat Konducta
4 - Gamble On Ya Boy - Defari
5 - The Ox (805) - MED feat. Poke / All Virtue - The Beat Konducta
6 - Blindfold Test 10 (He Don't Play) - J-Rocc
7 - The Thang-Thang - Prince Po
8 - Heat - Madlib / Smoke Break - The Beat Konducta / The Plan (Reprise) - The Beat Konducta
9 - Life - Karriem Riggins
10 - Parklight - The Beat Konducta
11 - Yo Yo Affair Pt. 1 & 2 - Frezna
12 - I Want It Back - The Professionals (Oh No & Madlib)
13 - Disco Dance - The Beat Konducta
14 - What It Do - Liberation / Take That Money - Roc C feat. Oh No
15 - Drinks Up! - Frank N Dank
16 - The Way That I Live - Stacy Epps
17 - Ratrace - Murs
18 - Go! - Guilty Simpson
19 - Stop - The Beat Konducta

Madlib's Beat Generation

Coming on the 30th September via BBE records.

WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip CD/2LP
1. The New Resident - Beat Konducta
2. Blow The Horns On 'Em - Guilty Simpson
3. The Plan Pt. 1 - Georgia Anne Muldrow
4. Tension - Beat Konducta
5. Gamble On Ya Boy - Defari
6. The Ox (805) - MED feat. Poke
7. All Virtue - Beat Konducta
8. Blinfold Test #10 (He Don't Play) - J.Rocc
9. The Thang-Thang - Price Po
10. Heat - Madlib
11. Smoke Break - Beat Konducta
12. The Plan (Reprise) - Beat Konducta
13. Life - Karriem Riggins
14. Parklight - Beat Konducta
15. Yo Yo Affair Pt. 1 & 2 - Frezna
16. I Want It Back - The Professionals (Oh No & Madlib)
17. Disco Dance - Beat Konducta
18. What It Do - Liberation
19. Take That Money - Roc ‘C’ feat. Oh No
20. Drinks Up! - Frank N Dank
21. The Way That I Live - Stacy Epps
22. Ratrace - Murs
23. Go! - Guilty Simpson
24. Stop - Beat Konducta

Erykah Badu - Honey

Mos Def Live In Paris

Just came across this from his current tour.. New stuff sounds good. And as always, he dresses to the point.

New album said to drop in February, and thanks to the StonesThrow Messageboard.. I've come across some evidence leading me to believe that there will be some production by Madlib/Oh No. As well as Kanye.

Here's a snippet from a recent gig in Toronto. . Very short and not great quality but theres something about him put with Madlib. Can't place the beat however?

Stones Throw New and Coming Soon. . .

New t's in either black like the above, or white..

Madlib is remixing all the cuts on the Percee P album, release date coming soon.

Stones Throw come with a Christmas Compilation, available now from a multitude of establishments. Details Here.

Heliocentrics, Doom and Percee P are to join forces for a forthcoming 12" due in January. . 'Distant Star'. Stay tuned for details.

An incredible amount of dates are being played by ST's Roster, naturally the majority of them are in the states, however there are a sprinkling of them in Europe, including Aloe Blacc playing Cargo on Tuesday Night. .

LA Times review of a recent US show.

Not to forget Guilty Simpson coming sometime with an album.. Exciting Times.

Madlib Meets Kweli on BET

Skip all the singing, Lets get right tonight

The day is dragging. So heres some pointers..

Pitchfork has (had) a nice interview with Skepta regarding his up coming "Greatest Hits" project, due to drop at the start of next week. Skepta @ Pitchfork.

Over at Stones Throw, Madlibs interview with this weeks Newsweek issue is available here. Truly unbelievable talent.

Brownswood held the "Sunset Sessions" at QEH London, with Portico Quartet, Elan Mehler and Marcina Arnold.. Getting brilliant reviews. . One year anniversary celebrations will take place at "The End" (London), with sets from Westbeech, Peterson, Moodymann among others.. Not to be missed, of course i'l keep you posted.. It's not until October time.

Two new Westbeech remixes have also appeared for digital download - Aaron Ross and Frost/Wagner. See them here

Lastly on the Brownswood front - crooner Jose James highly anticipated album "The Dreamer" is pencilled in for a January release.

BBC Electric Proms is upon us again and the lineup is shaping up pretty nicely.. Post on that later.

Easy to have missed Kano's, 'London Town'.. which came out yesterday. Certainly my pick at the moment, and yes that is including Kanye and 50. Honest, the guy reminds me of a young Jay-z..

Soundtrack to the morning... Jay's Library. Completely and utterly timeless.

MP3: Jay-Z - Ignorant Shit (Freestyle)

MP3: Jay-Z - H.O.V.A

Release Dates

Madlib

Everyone knows Madlib.. the creativity is beyond comprehension. Yesterdays New Quintet - Yesterdays Universe came out yesterday, 15 new tracks, each arranged, produced and dreamt up by Madlib. It's good. Information @ stonesthrow.

MP3: Otis Jackson Jr. Trio - Bitches Brew

That above is the artwork from the new record.. Which you can get from Itunes or emusic...

As well as the work with YNQ, Madlib's also been working on his beatKonducta series, Volumes 3 and 4 will come out on August 28th. . For this trip in the series Madlib visits India for his inspiration, using influences there to produce a soundtrack for a bollywood film (doesn't exist as of yet I am led to believe).. Again, Its good.

This isn't from the aforementioned release, instead from Stones Throw Hella International release from early this year. More to come from Beat Konducta in India nearer to the release date..

MP3: BeatKonducta - Chrome Dreams


Whether you can make sense of him or not, its all in the music to see.. one of the most creative cats going!!

Talib Kweli - Eardrum

Been listening to this album a lot lately. Best he's done in my eyes, in a commercial kind of way. Out in shops July 24th.