MADLIB - Beat Konducta Vol. 5 & 6: A Tribute To Dilla
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 12:13PM
soundscapes in Hip Hop

Given how much Madlib and Jay Dee fed off each other's methods and approaches in the years leading up to Dilla's death, not only together as Jaylib but separately with the closely-related (and -released) snippet sounds of Beat Konducta Vol. 1 & 2 and Donuts three years back, Madlib has already consistently kept Jay Dee's spirit close, even on releases less explicitly tied to him in direct tribute. Originally released in late 2008 as separate LP sets (the Dil Withers Suite and Dil Cosby Suite), these two newest volumes exhume forty-two more unadulterated, blazed-out beat sketches from Otis Jackson, Jr.'s endless storehouse of Madlib Invazions.

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