Madlib The Beat Konducta

Madlib Was Born Otis Jackson Jr In Oakland California To Musician Parents Otis And Senesca Jackson. He Was Raised In Oxnard And Currently Works In Los Angeles. He Began Making Music With The Rap Group Lootpack In The Early 1990s. After An Independently Released EP Lootpack Caught The Attention Of Peanut Butter Wolf Founder Of The Stones Throw Records Label. They Released Two Singles And A Full-Length Album On The Stones Throw Imprint In 1999. Madlib Also Worked With Rap Group Tha Alkaholiks For Several Albums. Madlib's First Release Under The Guise Of Quasimoto Titled The Unseen Was In 2000. The Album Was Met With Critical Acclaim And Named By Spin Magazine As One Of The Top Albums Of The Year. The Distinctive High-Pitched Voice Of Quasimoto Is Attained By Rapping Over Slowed-Down Beats Which Are Then Sped Up To Normal Speed During The Recording Process. In 2001 Madlib Took A Turn Away From Traditional Hip Hop Music Releasing His First Yesterdays New Quintet LP Angles Without Edges. Yesterdays New Quintet Is A Jazz-Based Hip Hop And Electronic-Influenced Quintet Made Up Of Four Fictitious Characters Ahmad Miller Monk Hughes Malik Flavors Joe McDuphrey And Madlib Under His Real Name Otis Jackson Jr. Madlib Has Continued To Record Other Albums Under The Different Guises Of YNQ Members Including 2002's Tribute To Stevie Wonder Stevie 2004's Tribute To Weldon Irvine A Tribute To Brother Weldon Joe McDuphrey Experience And Other Singles And EPs Released Only On Vinyl. Madlib Describes Himself As A "DJ First Producer Second And MC Last " And He Has Done Several Projects As A DJ Mixer Or Remixer. The First Released In 2002 Was A Collection Of Old Dub Reggae Tracks And Was Titled Blunted In The Bomb Shelter. The Second Released In 2003 Was A Remix Of Blue Note Records. This Album Features Original Blue Note Recordings Some Remixed And Resampled And Some Replayed By Madlib As Well As Rapping By M.E.D. Aka Medaphoar. 2003 Heralded The First Of Two Collaboration Projects. Working With Detroit Producer Jay Dee The Duo Known As Jaylib Released The Champion Sound LP. Far More Successful Was Madlib's Collaboration With Hip-Hop Producer And Rapper MF DOOM Known Together As Madvillain. The 2004 Madvillainy Album Was Highly Anticipated And Well-Received Topping Many Critics' Year-End Lists. The 2005 Quasimoto Album The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas Was Accepted Well And Continued The Quasimoto Tradition Of Using Vocal Samples From Melvin Van Peebles. This Was Followed By A Jazz Album Under The Name Sound Directions. The Album The Funky Side Of Life Marked His First Collboration With Session Musicians. His First Collection Of Original Previously Unused Hip Hop Instrumentals Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2 Movie Scenes Was Released In March 2006 And On New Year's Eve A Digital Release Liberation 1 With Talib Kweli Was Made Public. Announced Future Projects Include A Joint Madlib-Melvin Van Peebles Album A Solo Album For BBE Music And Production For The Legendary Percee P's Upcoming Album From Stones Throw Records Tentatively Entitled Perseverance. Discography Madlib * Madlib Invazion CD/LP 2000 * Madlib Remixes EP 2000 * Blunted In The Bomb Shelter CD 2002 * Shades Of Blue CD/LP 2003 * Madlib Remixes 2 1980s Saturday Morning Edition CD/LP 2004 * Mind Fusion Vol. 1 CD 2004 * Mind Fusion Vol. 2 CD 2004 * Mind Fusion Vol. 3 CD 2005 * Beat Konducta Volume 1 Movie Scenes LP 2006 * Beat Konducta Vol 1-2 Movie Scenes CD 2006 * Beat Konducta Volume 2 Movie Scenes The Sequel LP 2006 * Mind Fusion Vol. 4 CD 2006 * Mind Fusion Vol. 5 CD 2006 * Liberation With Talib Kweli 2007 Lootpack * Ill Psych Move CD/EP 1995 * Soundpieces Da Antidote CD/LP 1999 * Soundpieces Da Instrumentals LP 1999 * The Lost Tapes CD/LP 2004 CDP Records Quasimoto * The Unseen CD/LP 2000 * The Unseen Instrumentals CD/LP 2000 * The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas CD/LP 2005 * The Further Adventures Instrumentals LP 2005 * The Unseen Deluxe Edition CD/LP 2005 Yesterdays New Quintet * Elle's Theme EP EP/Digital 2001 * The Bomb Shelter EP 7" 2001 * Uno Esta EP EP 2001 * Angles Without Edges CD/LP 2001 * Stevie Vol. 1 - Promo CD 2002 * Joe McDuhprey Experience - Experience EP/Digital 2002 * Ahmad Miller - Ahmad's First EP/Digital 2003 * Stevie CD/LP 2004 * Malik Flavors - Ugly Beauty EP/Digital 2004 * Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm - A Tribute To Brother Weldon CD/LP 2004 Dudley Perkins * A Lil' Light CD/LP 2003 * A Lil' Light Instrumentals LP 2003 * Expressions CD/LP 2006 * Expressions Instrumentals LP/Digital 2006 Jaylib * Champion Sound CD/LP 2003 * Champion Sound Instrumentals LP/Digital 2003 Madvillain * Madvillainy CD/LP 2004 * Madvillainy Instrumentals CD/LP 2004 * Monkey Suite Single LP/Digital 2006 DJ Rels * Theme For A Broken Soul CD/LP 2004 Sound Directions * The Funky Side Of Life CD/LP 2005 read less