Madlib
Real Name:
Otis Jackson, Jr.
Profile:
Born: October 24, 1973, Oakland, California
Multi-genre producer, MC, instrumentalist, and avid crate digger and record collector. Son of soul singer Otis Jackson Sr., older brother of Oh No, and nephew of jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis.
From the unlikely beach town of Oxnard, 40 miles north of Los Angeles, the multi-dimensional Madlib quickly rose to prominence as one of the most interesting figures in late-'90s hip-hop. With his childhood buddies in the Lootpack, Madlib quickly made a name for himself as a rapper, producer, and DJ. In particular, his expansive style and deft touch for composition made him one of hip-hop's most sought-after producers. An enthusiastic crate digger, with a deep reverence for jazz and soul, Madlib branched out into a number of ambitious, engaging solo projects.
Along with DJ Romes and Wild Child, Madlib formed the Lootpack in their hometown of Oxnard. The trio made their debut on tha Alkaholiks' 21 and Over in 1993. They continued doing work for tha Alkaholiks and other artists before releasing their full-length Soundpieces: Da Antidote six years later. The album earned solid reviews but went largely unnoticed. Madlib did not, however. After hooking up with Los Angeles DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib did a lot of production for Wolf's Stones Throw label. In 1999 the label released Quasimoto's astonishing The Unseen LP. Doubling as himself and his alter ego Quasimoto, Madlib handled vocals and production duties on the album, a huge critical success.
Not resting on his laurels, Madlib followed The Unseen a year later with his Yesterday's New Quintet project. Madlib played all the instruments himself, infusing his exploration of jazz with both style and substance.
While continuing on with a massive release schedule and work load, Madlib completed a remix/reinterpretation project for Blue Note, a collaboration with Jay Dee under the Jaylib alias, a collaboration with MF Doom, produced 1/2 of fellow Lootpack member Wildchild's solo record and many other remix and producer tasks all in 2003.
With each year Madlib has continued to expand his abilities beyond the core hip hop that he is known for.
Multi-genre producer, MC, instrumentalist, and avid crate digger and record collector. Son of soul singer Otis Jackson Sr., older brother of Oh No, and nephew of jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis.
From the unlikely beach town of Oxnard, 40 miles north of Los Angeles, the multi-dimensional Madlib quickly rose to prominence as one of the most interesting figures in late-'90s hip-hop. With his childhood buddies in the Lootpack, Madlib quickly made a name for himself as a rapper, producer, and DJ. In particular, his expansive style and deft touch for composition made him one of hip-hop's most sought-after producers. An enthusiastic crate digger, with a deep reverence for jazz and soul, Madlib branched out into a number of ambitious, engaging solo projects.
Along with DJ Romes and Wild Child, Madlib formed the Lootpack in their hometown of Oxnard. The trio made their debut on tha Alkaholiks' 21 and Over in 1993. They continued doing work for tha Alkaholiks and other artists before releasing their full-length Soundpieces: Da Antidote six years later. The album earned solid reviews but went largely unnoticed. Madlib did not, however. After hooking up with Los Angeles DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib did a lot of production for Wolf's Stones Throw label. In 1999 the label released Quasimoto's astonishing The Unseen LP. Doubling as himself and his alter ego Quasimoto, Madlib handled vocals and production duties on the album, a huge critical success.
Not resting on his laurels, Madlib followed The Unseen a year later with his Yesterday's New Quintet project. Madlib played all the instruments himself, infusing his exploration of jazz with both style and substance.
While continuing on with a massive release schedule and work load, Madlib completed a remix/reinterpretation project for Blue Note, a collaboration with Jay Dee under the Jaylib alias, a collaboration with MF Doom, produced 1/2 of fellow Lootpack member Wildchild's solo record and many other remix and producer tasks all in 2003.
With each year Madlib has continued to expand his abilities beyond the core hip hop that he is known for.
Sites:
Bandcamp, Bandcamp, Facebook, mixcloud.com, MySpace, rappcats.com, stonesthrow.com, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube
Aliases:
Ahmad Miller,
Beat Konducta,
D. Relmond,
Dezo,
DJ Lord Such,
DJ Rels,
Duma Peterson,
Joe McDuphrey,
Joe McDuphrey Experience,
Junior Taylor,
Kamala Walker and The Soul Tribe,
Kay Henderson,
Malik Flavors,
Medicine Man (8),
Monk Hughes,
Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm,
Morgan Adams III,
Otis Jackson Jr.,
Otis Jackson Jr. Trio,
Quasimoto,
R.M.C.,
Russel Jenkins,
Sound Directions,
Spectrum 77,
Suntouch,
The Eddie Prince Fusion Band,
The Jazzistics,
The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble,
The Loopdigga,
Tyrone Foster,
Yesterday's Universe All Stars,
Yesterdays New Quintet,
Young Jazz Rebels
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Madlib
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Neo_Chayanne
November 29, 2020
edited about 1 year ago
One of the greatest hip hop producers around one of my fav..though we should acknowledge that his exhaustive discography is almost impossible to complete, let alone those high selling prices for his releases!
mahooon
October 13, 2006
edited over 12 years ago
Madlib - definitely one of the most interesting guys of the music business! His creativity is amazing, whether as producer or as rapper or as DJ. He linked up with so many projects of many different genres. There is the jazz colaboration with Blue Note, the result is the absolutly ingenious 'Shades Of Blue'. The 'Blunted In The Bomb Shelter' project, where he selected old tracks from the Trojan Records catalouge. The collaborations with MF Doom and J Dilla also awesome results of Madlib's creativity! His creative spectrum goes from Electronic over Jazz, Funk/Soul and Reggae to Hip Hop. He's open minded for any kind of good music.
seasnake
March 30, 2006
edited over 16 years ago
One of the most innovative and forward-pushing producers of hiphop ever.
Just the fact that the legendary Blue Note-record label gave him full rights to their archive for his "Shades Of Blue"-record says it all. He himself is responsible for the fact that I havent given up on hiphop yet. A legend!
Just the fact that the legendary Blue Note-record label gave him full rights to their archive for his "Shades Of Blue"-record says it all. He himself is responsible for the fact that I havent given up on hiphop yet. A legend!
cloudbullets
April 14, 2022