#madlib invasion

[bobflowerscollection]

Madlib meeting fans after the show at Elsewhere event space in Brooklyn. October 8th 2021

[plus-low-overthrow]

VIDEO: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib w/ El Michels Affair, NPR Tiny Desk

Tracks taken from Bandana LP; Education, Gat Damn, Soul Right & Freestyle Shit

[thestonecuttersguild]

Strong Arm Steady — Two Pistols ft. Mitchy Slick

[theeverlastingshade]

Today MadGibbs released their second collaborative LP, Bandana, and it not only tops their terrific 2014 debut, Pinata, but It’s also one the strongest records released this year. On each single released in advance of Bandana Gibbs has shown that he’s still improving considerably as a rapper, but on “Situations”, specifically throughout the 2nd verse, he completely snaps. The song depicts moments from his life growing up immersed in gang culture, and at the beginning of the 2nd verse he describes a particularly harrowing scene “1989, I seen a nigga bleed/Uncle stabbed him in the neck and hit his knees/Turned the arcade to a stampede/I was playin’ Pac-Man, Centipede/Put me on some shit I never should’ve seen/Robbin’, killin’, drug dealin’ in my genes”. A formative experience that tragic rapped with such conviction and skill (Gibbs seems to just live in the pocket these days) in that moment alone renders “Situations” an all-time highlight of his.

Madlib’s touches are initially more subtle here, but even without any overtly show-stopping samples he still provides a superbly eerie yet visceral backdrop for Gibbs to unleash his demons. What’s most disarming is the humor that sneaks through such bleakness, first with what sounds like an already classic line from Gibbs midway through “And I never tell on none of my enemies or connection/Motherfuck Jeff Sessions, I’m sellin’ dope with a weapon” and then again throughout the outro as Madlib drops a crass self-help session just in time for Independence Day “In fact, go out on this holiday/Get you some ribs, put it on the grill/And let’s call it fuck-a-que/Let’s have a fuck-a-que holiday/And not give a shit about what people have to say about you and your life”. Bandana doesn’t offer many genuine surprises or attempts to seriously subvert expectations. The record delivers exactly what it’s billed as, a superb collaboration from two of hip-hop's all-time greats.

[andreno]

L V Johnson - I Don't Really Care

[mrmellow91]

[stayfreshadventures]

Another Madlib invasion.. Madlib in the stu met mister Benji B op BBC Radio 1. Naast zijn relatieproblemen met Lord Quas heeft hij het over zijn herinneringen met Dilla, een eventueel volgend Madvillain project,..

Check de volledige show, mét UNRELEASED MADLIB MATERIAL hier

[atribecalledguest]

"Madlib the bad kid, all up in your earhole..."