Madlib: Shades of Blue 2LP Blue Note Vinyl

Why you'll love it

Blue Note handed Madlib the keys to its legendary archive, and he came back with one of the coolest crossover records ever made. Paste called it one of the classic hip hop albums that deserve more attention.

This edition

Blue Note Classic Vinyl series
2LP set

About the album

Madlib grew up on jazz records (his uncle is trumpeter Jon Faddis), so when Blue Note invited him to dig through its vaults he jumped at the chance. Shades of Blue mixes his trademark dusty, head-nodding remixes of Blue Note tracks with new versions he played himself under his Yesterdays New Quintet alias.

Horace Silver's "Song for My Father," Wayne Shorter's "Footprints," Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" and Donald Byrd's "Stepping into Tomorrow" all get the Madlib treatment, with funky interludes in between. It's perfect for a lazy Sunday and a gateway into the Blue Note catalogue for hip hop heads.

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Tracklist

Tracks
1. Introduction
2. Slim's Return
3. Distant Land
4. Mystic Bounce
5. Stormy
6. Blue Note Interlude
7. Please Set Me at Ease
8. Funky Blue Note
9. Alfred Lion Interlude
10. Stepping into Tomorrow
11. Andrew Hill Break
12. Montara
13. Song for My Father
14. Footprints
15. Peace/Dolphin Dance
16. Outro

On Blue Note, a Classic Vinyl series reissue of the 2003 album.

Info from Wikipedia.

Tags: 2000s / 2LP / BLUE NOTE / Classic Vinyl series / Footprints / Horace Silver / instrumental hip hop / Jazz / jazz rap / Madlib / Shades of Blue / Song for My Father / STONES THROW / Yesterdays New Quintet