Madlib has always seemed more concerned with making music than with the question of what to do with it. The forty-seven-year-old producer and multi-instrumentalist has estimated that he makes hundreds ...

Madlib is a legend. Born Otis Jackson, Jr. the producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist has always retained a sense of mystery about him, even though he's far more accessible than some of his more ...

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in June 2019 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Madlib has spent the last 25 years either feverishly rifling through record store bins ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time.

Madlib's music feels like a magic trick. On this edition of 8 Tracks, we bow down to Madlib's mastery, plus check out new music by Charly Bliss,... 8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each ...

Sometime around 1985, an 11-year-old Otis Jackson Jr. sampled his first song. Plucking an album from his dad’s collection, he tinkered with “Sucker” from Doing It To Death, a 1973 record by James ...

The streaming giant beat out Paramount and Comcast after a unanimous board vote. 1 day ago Ahead of the full episode's release on Monday, a pair of clips from the interview tease a candid (and rare) ...

XXL’s Chairman Mao said, “You couldn’t pay me to listen to an instrumental hip-hop album.” Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes might change his mind completely. Madlib is no stranger to the concept ...

Madlib and Freddie Gibbs released their huge new album Bandana last month, and Madlib has revealed that he made all the beats on his iPad. Bandana is the second collaborative record from Madlib and ...

On the heels of the untimely loss of Jay Dee - his friend and Jaylib partner - the many-sided Madlib is fresh from the lab once again, this time offering his innovative musicianship in its emcee-less ...