DESCRIPTION
Back in the 90s, “beat tapes” were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, friends, or potential collaborators. Madlib made a bunch of them in the days between his early productions for the Alkaholiks (circa ’92) and the release of his Quasimoto album (2000), after which he took a couple of years off of the beats to focus on making jazz music before beginning a new era of hip-hop with Madvillain, Jaylib and Beat Konducta.
This collection of beats showcases the way that Madlib’s early hip-hop demos were filtered out to his crew of friends and associates, providing an opportunity for a unique view into Madlib’s working process. These beats, often freestyled on SP1200 or whatever machine he had at the ready, were picked up by rappers over a period of many years. Trainspotters will find it interesting that beats later destined for the likes of Wildchild and Percee P were made some years before those albums saw release.
This album is punctuated with a series of early solo-raps by Madlib and his Quasimoto alter ego and features the crew known collectively as CDP – those rappers who worked side by side with Madlib during the days of his Oxnard CA-based “Crate Diggas Palace” studios. The Madlib Medicine Show series is a combination of Madlib's new hip-hop productions, remixes, beat tapes and jazz, as well as mixtapes of funk, soul, Brazilian, psych, jazz and other undefined forms of music.
TRACKLIST
A1. Warning (Intro)
A2. Static Invazion
A3. Stakeout
A4. Rapper X Radio
A5. Last Day's Music
A6. Nothing From Nothing
A7. Episode VII
A8. Episode VIII
A9. Episode IX
A10. Episode X
B1. Episode XI
B2. Episode XII
B3. Episode XIII
B4. Episode XIV
B5. Episode XV
B6. Episode XVI
B7. Episode XVII
B8. Episode XVIII
C1. Episode XIX
C2. Episode XX
C3. Further Adventures Of Walkman Flavor
C4. Episode XXII
C5. Episode XXIII
C6. Episode XXIV
C7. Episode XXV
C8. Episode XXVI
D1. EpisodeXXVII
D2. Live From Outer Space
D3. Real Days
D4. C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 1
D5. C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 2 & 3
D6. C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 4
D7. C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 5
D8. C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 6