There's only one name to drop when I'm talking about my discovery of Stones Throw Records: The Beat Konducta aka. MADLIB!One of my favorite hip-hop producers of all time, directly in line with J Dilla, Dj Premier and The RZA.
My favorite Madlib album is the one he did for Blue Note Records: Shades of Blue. Download it here!
Tracklist:
| A1 | Introduction | 0:33 | ||
| A2 | Slim's Return | 3:56 | ||
| Cuts By - Dj Lord Such Remix - Madlib Vibraphone - Ahmad Miller Written-By - Monk Higgins | ||||
| A3 | Distant Land | 3:59 | ||
| Remix - Madlib Written-By - Donald Byrd | ||||
| A4 | Mystic Bounce | 3:56 | ||
| Remix - Madlib Written-By - Ronnie Foster | ||||
| B1 | Stormy | 3:42 | ||
| Drums - Otis Jackson Jr. Fender Rhodes - Joe McDuphrey Flute - James King Guitar - Dan Ubick Organ - Morgan Adams III Percussion - Derek Holman Performed By - Morgan Adams Quartet Plus Two Written By - B. Buie , J.R. Cobb | ||||
| B2 | Blue Note Interlude | 0:42 | ||
| B3 | Please Set Me At Ease | 5:03 | ||
| Beats, Cuts By, Remix - Madlib Rap [Featuring] - MED* Vibraphone - Ahmad Miller Written By - A. Mizell , L. Mizell , R. Mizell | ||||
| B4 | Funky Blue Note | 3:08 | ||
| Arpstring Ensemble - Derek Holman Drums, Percussion - Malcom Catto Electric Muffle Bass - Monk Hughes Flute - James King Guitar - Dan Ubick Organ - Morgan Adams III Performed By - Morgan Adams Quartet Plus Two Written-By - Otis Jackson Jr. | ||||
| B5 | Alfred Lion Interlude | 0:45 | ||
| C1 | Stepping Into Tomorrow | 7:37 | ||
| Remix - Madlib Written-By - Laurence Mizell | ||||
| C2 | Andrew Hill Break | 1:07 | ||
| Remix - Madlib Written-By - Andrew Hill | ||||
| C3 | Montara | 5:52 | ||
| Cuts By - Dj Lord Such Remix - Madlib Written-by, Vibraphone [Subliminal] - Bobby Hutcherson | ||||
| D1 | Song For My Father | 5:46 | ||
| Acoustic Muffle Bass - Jeff Jank , Monk Hughes Drums - Lefty Housten Flute - James King Guitar - Dan Ubick Keys, Organ - Joe McDuphrey Percussion - Malik Flavors Performed By - Sound Direction Written-By - Horace Silver | ||||
| D2 | Footprints | 4:58 | ||
| Acoustic Bass - Monk Hughes Drums - Joe Chambers , Otis Jackson Jr. Keys - Joe McDuphrey Percussion - Malik Flavors Performed By - Yesterdays New Quintet Vibraphone - Ahmad Miller Written-By - Wayne Shorter | ||||
| D3 | Peace / Dolphin Dance | 5:39 | ||
| Bass - Russel Jenkins Drums - Otis Jackson Jr. Keys - Joe McDuphrey Performed By - Joe McDuphrey Experience Live* Written By - H. Hancock , H. Silver | ||||
| D4 | Outro | 0:15 | ||
For this album Otis Jackson Jr., aka. Madlib, did some remixes of tracks out of the Blue Note catalog.You can download the album including the original tracks here!
Tracklist:
| A1 | Gene Harris & The Three Sounds - | The Look Of Slim | ||
| A2 | Donald Byrd - | Distant Land | ||
| A3 | Ronnie Foster - | Mystic Brew | ||
| B1 | Reuben Wilson - | Stormy | ||
| B2 | Bobbi Humphrey - | Please Set Me At Ease | ||
| B3 | Donald Byrd - | Stepping Into Tomorrow | ||
| C1 | Andrew Hill - | Illusion | ||
| C2 | Bobby Hutcherson - | Montara | ||
| C3 | Horace Silver - | Song For My Father | ||
| D1 | Wayne Shorter - | Footprints | ||
| D2 | Horace Silver - | Peace | ||
| D3 | Herbie Hancock - | Dolphin Dance |
