Madlib

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey Madlib, Blu, M.E.D. Los Angeles rapper Blu will be setting out on the Bad Neighbor Tour with frequent collaborator M.E.D. later this summer. Most dates are still pending announcement, but a few have been revealed including a... more info

XLR8R — Considering that Manchester-based producer Lone (a.k.a. Matt Cutler) got his start crafting exploratory beats for labels like Werk Discs before moving into prismatic UK rave, it's not a total surprise that his freshly released Reality Testing LP... more info

Stereogum — Late last year, Madlib released the beat album Rock Konducta Pt. 1, with the promise that a Pt. 2 was on the way. Now we’ve gotten word that it indeed is, along with a definitive version of the full double album, Rock Konducta which will amount to ... more info

Stereogum — The gifted Indiana rap knucklehead Freddie Gibbs and the head-blown Oxnard producer Madlib have been collaborating for a few years, and back in spring, they teamed up to release the collaborative album Piñata. Now, Gibbs stars in the video for the P... more info

Stereogum — Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton is a new documentary about the influential and long-running California rap indie label Stones Throw, and it features a long list of luminaries, including Snoop Dogg, Mike D, Common, DOOM, Madlib, Tyler, The Creator, and label f... more info

XLR8R — Born from the Peckham club night of the same name, frequent Boiler Room host Bradley Zero's Rhythm Section International label will drop its inaugural release a bit later this month. Entitled Rye Lane Volume 1, the imprint's first record wi... more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to say what’s going on with Raekwon right now. He doesn’t seem all that excited about either of the Wu-Tang Clan albums that are supposedly on the way. And while he’s got verses on two of this year’s best rap albums — Schoolboy ... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Freddie Gibbs finally released Piñata, his great collaborative album with the pioneering underground rap producer Madlib. But now, Gibbs is already back to making the sort of guttural street-rap that made him an internet sensation in the... more info

Stereogum — The hardnosed Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs and the fuzzy-brained California producer Madlib first worked together more than two years ago, and if the combination was an unlikely one, they developed a swift chemistry, with Gibbs just ripping through M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Freddie Gibbs at Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have teamed up multiple times in the past, and now they're planning on releasing a full length collaborative album, Piñata, on March 18 via Madlib's... more info