Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note
A legendary crate-digger granted keys to the Blue Note vaults. Dusty, subterranean hip-hop loops that treat jazz history as a living, breathing playground.
A legendary crate-digger granted keys to the Blue Note vaults. Dusty, subterranean hip-hop loops that treat jazz history as a living, breathing playground.
It's like Madlib took a time machine to 1965 and brought a MPC with him.
A respectful but playful dialogue between a hip-hop visionary and the ghosts of jazz royalty.
The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.
Shares abstract hip-hop, jazz fusion, nu jazz (subgenres); sample_based, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style)
Shares jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop, nu jazz (subgenres); contemplative, soulful, mysterious (moods)
Shares contemplative, soulful, mysterious (moods); abstract hip-hop, lo-fi hip-hop, jazz fusion (subgenres)
Shares jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop, nu jazz (subgenres); sample_based, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style)
Shares tape_saturation, sample_based, analog_warmth (production style); nostalgic, contemplative, soulful (moods)
Shares jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop, lo-fi hip-hop (subgenres); contemplative, soulful, mysterious (moods)
Shares sample_based, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style); contemplative, soulful, mysterious (moods)
Shares abstract hip-hop, lo-fi hip-hop, jazz fusion (subgenres); contemplative, soulful, mysterious (moods)
Shares jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop, nu jazz (subgenres); sample_based, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style)
Shares jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop, lo-fi hip-hop (subgenres); sample_based, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style)
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