Madlib

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙥-𝙝𝙤𝙥’𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙗.

The album opens with the declaration that “We are now having a little cooking session for Blue Note right here on the scene...” Madlib was afforded the opportunity to mine the crates of Blue Note. On Shades of Blue, he delivers remixes and brand spanking new interpretations of Blue Note classics.

Whether funking out Ronnie Foster’s original “Mystic Brew” and transforming it into the “Mystic Bounce,” or giving Wayne Shorter’s “Footprints” a go with Yesterday’s New Quintet, rest assured that Madlib’s innovative sonic vocabulary will fill the ears.

Other artists receiving a Madlib reimagination include Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Bobby Hutcherson, Horace Silver, The Three Sounds and many more.