Mark Ronson and Madlib have utilized samples to create big hits for Bruno Mars, Lizzo, MF Doom, and Freddie Gibbs, but their latest project draws from a more unlikely source of inspiration. The ...

In addition to being one of hip hop’s most influential sample-based producers, Madlib is also among the genre’s most dedicated archivists. There’s a history lesson in the delicate patchwork of his ...

In February, it was revealed that late rapper Mac Miller had put together a entire album with respected Cali beatsmith Madlib. Now we get to hear a snippet of the fruits of their labor. On Saturday ...

The accomplished screenwriter also worked on ‘NYPD Blue’ and ‘The Temptations.’ And while Gibbs has detailed his part of the album's creation in interviews and statements that date back as far as 2017 ...

For decades, the producer and rapper Madlib had no interest in synthesizing his disparate works into a single statement. So the electronic music producer Four Tet took matters into his own hands. By ...

The sticky soul thumps of Champion Sound, the joint album from Madlib and J Dilla, have, since its issuing in 2003, always called to me. In the decade-plus since its release, I have returned to “The ...

On the surface, Madlib and Four Tet, Jackson and Hebden, seemed like an odd pairing. Four Tet's electronic music arose from the turn-of-the-century's close-knit IDM and post-rock scenes to carve out ...