Madlib Discography Jun 2026

Madlib’s deepest obsession is jazz. For the Blue Note label’s remix project, Shades of Blue (2003), he didn’t just sample the vaults—he replayed, re-amped, and reassembled them into a beat tape that breathes like a live session. Even more radical is his alter ego, Yesterdays New Quintet. Pretending to be a fictional 1970s jazz combo, Madlib played every instrument (poorly, by virtuoso standards, but perfectly for the aesthetic), creating Angles Without Edges (2005), an album of woozy, out-of-tune brilliance that sounds like a library record melting in the sun.

Madlib notoriously works under dozens of personas, each representing a different facet of his musical personality. 1. Quasimoto (The Alter Ego) Madlib Discography

This instrumental series highlighted Madlib’s global crate-digging habits: Vol 1-2: Movie Scenes Madlib’s deepest obsession is jazz

In recent years, Madlib has slowed his output in terms of quantity, but the quality remains surgical. Pretending to be a fictional 1970s jazz combo,

In 2004, Madlib teamed up with the enigmatic, masked MC MF DOOM to form Madvillain. Recording much of the material in the concrete bomb shelter of the Stones Throw house in Los Angeles, the duo created Madvillainy . Widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, the project completely bypassed traditional song structures. With no hooks, brief track lengths, and Madlib’s comic-book-sampled beats blending perfectly with DOOM’s intricate, non-linear rhymes, Madvillainy became a masterclass in underground rap. Jaylib ( Champion Sound )

Vol 5-6: Dil Cosby & Dil Withers Suite (A heartfelt tribute to the late J Dilla) Madlib Medicine Show (2010–2012)

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