Jaylib was formed in 2002 as Madlib + Dilla recorded separately in Los Angeles + Detroit. Their one album, Champion Sound, was released in 2003. When J Dilla moved to Los Angeles, he, Madlib + J Rocc began doing shows together as Jaylib, performing together for the first time at the Madvillain record release party in April 2004.
Madlib + Dilla collaborated primarily through the exchange of beat tapes, occasionally reworking each others material, or chopping the same beat in a kind of recorded call-and-response.
Stones Throw has partnered with SanDisk for a J Rocc mixtape featuring Mayer Hawthorne, Dam-Funk, Koushik and others, many of which are new and exclusive. This mix is a free download at Wake Up Your Phone.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta guitarist/producer/writer/arranger): Private Fortunes Old Money, (Stones Throw, Jan. 27, 2009) The digital release is available now exclusively at Stones Throw.
The addictive melodies and passionate execution of the performance renders Private Fortunes, as I have not yet listened to the entire album, perhaps the most accessible of his non-Volta recordings, and the perfect entry point to anyone not yet familiar with what this prolific artist has to offer.
My death-metal head homeboy Tex hipped me to virtuosicTMV almost four years ago and my fan-hood is (t)history.
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CMNG SN Keep your eyes open for Peanut Butter Wolf's mix for the ladies:
Free Stones Throw podcast #24: The Zombie Playoffs: tracks from B-Ball Zombie War, mixed by PB Wolf. This podcast brought to you by good folks at VTech.
Stones Throw is teaming up with video game trendsetters 2K Sports to present the soundtrack for the latest in 2K’s series, NBA 2K8. Stones Throw president Peanut Butter Wolf has compiled B-Ball Zombie War, a 20-song companion piece to the video game. The album and the game will be released October 2nd.
B-Ball Zombie War features new collaborations by Talib Kweli, Q-Tip and MF Doom over beats by J Dilla, as well as new tracks by Madlib, Guilty Simpson, Aloe Blacc, Koushik, and MED among others. New names are introduced, including Karriem Riggins and Madlib’s group Supreme Team.
This will be the first Stones Throw collaboration with another brand since last year’s Chrome Children compilation with Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Stones Throw is best known for its work with Madlib, J Dilla and MF Doom.
Adult Swim, the nation's leading purveyors of Strattera - supressing animated comedy programs, has dipped a toe or two into the indie talent pool of late, what with the DangerDoom project, indie-heavy Aqua Teen Hunger Force flick soundtrack, and partnerships with the likes of Stones Throw and Chocolate Industries. Adult Swim is offering Warm & Scratchy, a downloadable album of new and/or exclusive and/or rare and, best of all, FREE tracks from some of indie's biggest artists. The Rapture, TV on the Radio, Les Fav Fav, Liars, Broken Social Scene, Jesu, Fennesz, and the Good, the Bad, and the Queen all contribute. Could this generosity be a ploy to stir up promotion for a new show teeming with geometrically-shaped characters, odd voices, and non sequiturs? If so, note to Adult Swim: the "____ & Scratchy" name is, in a meta sort of way, already taken.
Warm & Scratchy:
01 TV on the Radio - Me-I 02 The Raveonettes - Dead Sound 03 Les Savy Fav - The Equestrian 04 The Rapture - Crimson Red 05 120 Days - Justine 06 Broken Social Scene - Canada Vs. America 07 SOUND Team - Color of the Love You Have 08 The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Bunting Song (acoustic) 09 The Brother Kite - Half Century 10 Jesu - Silver (original beats) 11 Amusement Parks on Fire - Back to Flash 12 Asobi Seksu - Stay Awake 13 Fennesz - Winter 14 Liars - Sunset Rodeo
In 2003, J Dilla was better known as Jay Dee, a Detroit producer who shunned publicity but was widely respected in hip-hop; Madlib was an up-and-coming L.A. producer making a name for himself with his wild diversity, from rap (Quasimoto) to electronic jazz (Yesterdays New Quintet) to remixes (Shades of Blue (Blue Note, 2003)). At the time of Champion Sound's original release in late 2003, J Dilla and Madlib had never been photographed together or appeared as a group in public. In the years that followed, this changed drastically – after Dilla's move to Los Angeles, the two worked together, communicated through hip-hop beat tapes, and toured together as Jaylib. Madlib's profile rose with his MF DOOM-collab Madvillain (soundscan 93k). J Dilla, though dealing with a serious illness, continued crafting material for artists such as Common and Busta Rhymes while working on a wealth of solo material. Dilla's final albums – Donuts (Stones Throw, 2006), The Shining (BBE, 2006) – along with the re-issue of Ruff Draft (Stones Throw, 2007) have introduced his name and music to countless new fans while publications from The Source to Rolling Stone paid respect to his musical genius. Many felt that Champion Sound wasn't given the attention it deserved when it was originally released. In preparing the album for reissue with b-sides, instrumentals, and later photos of the group, Madlib quietly presented the label with a collection of new Jaylib remixes. These 9 remixes, together with b-sides and the instrumentals - 43 tracks in all - are collected in this deluxe 2-CD set, selling for the same price as the original Champion Sound CD, delayed in the pressing, slated for June 12, 2007, are collected here together for the first time in this deluxe 2-CD set.
Track List: Disc 1: 1. L.A. to Detroit 2. McNasty Filth, feat. Frank-n-Dank 3. Nowadayz 4. Champion Sound 5. The Red 6. Heavy 7. Raw Shit, feat. TalibKweli 8. The Official 9. The Heist 10. The Mission 11. React, feat. Quasimoto 12. Strapped, feat. GuiltySimpson 13. Strip Club 14. The Exclusive, feat. Percee P 15. Survival Test 16. Starz 17. No Games 18. Raw Addict - Prev. Unreleased on CD 19. Pillz - Bonus Track
Disc 2: 1-9 Prev. Unreleased 10-24 Prev. Unreleased on CD 1. Da Rawkus (Sir Bang Version) 2. The Official (Rap Circle Mix) 3. Heavy (Chronic Mix) 4. Optimos for Dilla (Interlude) 5. Survival Test (Rasta Dub Remix) 6. Champion Sound (Remix) 7. The Mission (Stringed Out Mix) 8. One for Dilla (Interlude) 9. Strapped (Four-4 Mix) 10. McNasty Filth (Instrumental) 11. Nowadayz (Instrumental) 12. Champion Sound (Instrumental) 13. The Red (Instrumental) 14. Heavy (Instrumental) 15. Raw Shit (Instrumental) 16. The Official (Instrumental) 17. The Heist (Instrumental) 18. The Mission (Instrumental) 19. React (Instrumental) 20. Strapped (Instrumental) 21. Strip Club (Instrumental) 22. The Exclusive (Instrumental) 23. Survival Test (Instrumental) 24. Starz (Instrumental)
Play “The Message” courtesy of the Analog Giant and unbosom where you can still get a copy of the original 2003 release (sans remixes).
Erykah Badu & Madlib have been in the studio recently; however, this track wasn't made for a particular album. Erykah doesn't know how it got out and Madlib can't revive when it was made.
Jim told Miss Info, “on the record,” that he and the whole rest of the Diplomats crew, or the Dipset 300 as he put it….that they are collectively “putting Cam’ron on punishment.”
Malik, Joe, Ahmad, Monk & Otis have called it quits. The last YNQ record, Otis Jackson's solo joint "Jewelz EP" will drop on vinyl in June. In July, the Yesterdays Universe album will feature the next phase in the YNQ universe: 10 new groups produced by Madlib, all of whom will have records released in the next 12 months. Check out "Free Son" from the Yesterdays Universe album at Stones Throw's page on Uber.
*Cam'ron songs and 50 Cent's rumored cover: "Courtesy Curtis" to Get Right Music
JAYLIB 2/CD DELUXE EDITION - MAY 8 Selling for the same price as the original CD, Champion Sound is being re-issued with a second disc of new Madlib remixes, Instrumentals, and b-sides. Pre-order Track list
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The group name Alphabet Soup is explained as follows:
The communicative rudiments of language starts with the alphabet. The alphabet is a set of letters and/or other characters written or otherwise (oral-tradition, etc.) arranged in a customary order to convey knowledge or inform. The "Soup" was our music. Together the compliment of both words (alphabet) and music rendered the EP: Sunny Day In Harlem.
Holden Caulfield is a fictional character created by J. D. Salinger. Holden is the teenage protagonist of Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye ; Holden also appears in some of Salinger's other literary works.
Physically, Holden is gangly and tall. He is also described as having several gray hairs on the right side of his head. These two qualities contribute to Caulfield's appearing to be older than his age, yet his mannerisms and behavior contradict that impression. One of Caulfield's most striking and quintessential qualities is his powerful revulsion for "phony" human qualities. Qualities such as narcissism, hypocrisy, and superficiality embody Holden's concept of phoniness; and, unfortunately, Holden is adept at realizing these qualities in other people. This serves to bolster Holden's cynicism and consequently contributes to his mistrust of other people. Interestingly, despite Holden's strong disdain for phony qualities, he exhibits some of the qualities that he abhors, thereby making him a somewhat tragic character.
Caulfield is the second of four children, with two brothers, D.B. and Allie, and one sister, Phoebe. (There is also a second sister, Viola, who is briefly mentioned in the short story "I'm Crazy," but is never referred to again.) Allie is deceased at the time of The Catcher in the Rye. Their parents are left unnamed in Salinger's works.
Born into a life of wealth and privilege, Caulfield looks down upon the elite world he occupies. He questions the values of his class and society and sometimes appears to oppose conventions merely for the sake of opposition. He is widely considered to be the template for the "angry young man" archetype.
Accordingly, my man "2-Liter" considers my acerbic critiques a "hate" of everything and my "can't fuck with me B!!!" dancing rants didn't/ don't exactly raise the bar thusly "2-Liter" has thereupon labeled me the consummate Holden Caulfield of the east-coast.
GED
To MC/Emcee is to move the crowd through master of ceremony microphone control.
GED is a MC/Emcee. GED is an abbreviation for Gorilla Ed. GED has previously performed under following names: "Nubian", “Low Key”, “Ed Lowe”, “Lowe” and currently Gorilla Ed/GED
GED is, most recently, featured on the first two mixtapes of the Shine Mixtape/ XM 66 Raw series: Volume 1, hosted by Jim Jones and Nore and Volume 2, hosted by Nas and Swizz Beats.
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