The Green Kingdom Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Started this thread to discuss the remaining volumes (8-12) as well as any of the previous ones. MMS 8: Advanced Jazz MMS 9: High Fi Sounds For Smokers and Drinkers, feat. Frank Nitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricky Downtown Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 are these any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepex Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain James Mission Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Really looking forward to #9, a whole album with frank, wow. can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 are these any good? Basically, yes. All of them, although 'good' is a monumental understatement. And I think the blurb on Stones Throw about #9 sounds a bit ominous (i.e. 'if it's not finished'). If it's not done in time, I doubt I'd be the only who'd be perfectly happy with him just bunging out a CD of some of those unused beat tracks that he has knocking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 i read a review of a madlib record that basically called it an unfocused mess with a few good parts and a lot of mediocre beats, and seemed like he rushed through it. Although I like Madlib, isn't that a pretty true assessment of the guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbhasdance Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 My rating of the Medicine Shows so far: 5 > 3 > 6 > 7 > 2 > 4 > 1 Have not heard #8 just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 i think #6 is my favorite. hoping #8 will be the best one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbhasdance Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 I might like #6 more than #3, we'll see. I love his psych/prog-rock side, great songs there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 #s 3 and 5 still so far for me still. Although I've never had any interest in reggae, #4 is also a blast as well (maybe that's just psychological as it was put together by Madlib). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks for the megathread GK, been loving all of these (all that I've heard so far, still playing catchup) Also thought it worth mentioning that I gave Beat Konducta Vol 1&2 Movies Scenes a spin the other day and goddamn it is some dope shit. Remember reading somewhere that it was mostly unused beats from the Madvillain sessions. Anyway it's a damn shame that it came out about the same time of Donuts (a classic in its own right)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 what's the opinion on the Blue Note album: Shades of Blue? That was the first Madlib thing I heard and it's pretty different from the rest of his output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I gave Beat Konducta Vol 1&2 Movies Scenes a spin the other day and goddamn it is some dope shit. Remember reading somewhere that it was mostly unused beats from the Madvillain sessions. Anyway it's a damn shame that it came out about the same time of Donuts (a classic in its own right)... Fuck me if that ain't my favourite Madlib right there. Only 5 - 6 come close in the whole of his back catalogue for me. First I'd heard about the Madvillain thing though, very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I gave Beat Konducta Vol 1&2 Movies Scenes a spin the other day and goddamn it is some dope shit. Remember reading somewhere that it was mostly unused beats from the Madvillain sessions. Anyway it's a damn shame that it came out about the same time of Donuts (a classic in its own right)... Fuck me if that ain't my favourite Madlib right there. Only 5 - 6 come close in the whole of his back catalogue for me. First I'd heard about the Madvillain thing though, very interesting... what's the opinion on the Blue Note album: Shades of Blue? That was the first Madlib thing I heard and it's pretty different from the rest of his output. Agreed - this was my 2nd madlib experience after YNQ's Angles Without Edges (a fantastic album in it's own right - I remember reading somewhere that he taught himself how to play the vibraphone in like 6 days or something). Shades of Blue is solid enough, although unfortunately I associate it with all those insert-jazz-label-here remix compilations that were barely worth a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tontonz1 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Shades of Blue is solid enough, although unfortunately I associate it with all those insert-jazz-label-here remix compilations that were barely worth a listen. A greed. There are some really good jazz tunes on there. Footprints, Stormy and Please Set Me At Ease are probably my only favorites out of the whole album, but the rest of the album is OK. There's also some pretty standard layering that you see used from his other monikers(Quasi comes to mind..) as well, which is not exactly sub par but kinda...; honestly just really ambivalent towards the album. Nothing too amazing or not good enough, which could be a sign of this "rushed" production credit he's been receiving. You can tell he adds the most flavor to the tunes with his favorite jazz artists/samples. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YikLz6WFej4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 the reason I asked about Shades of Blue is because I have a cd called "Sources for Shades of Blue" which is the full tracks he used to assemble the album. The tracks are good on their own and it made me think he didn't do very much to it, besides selecting them. So I've always had this chip on my shoulder for Madlib because he got a lot of critical hype for that release. Still, I think Madvillain might be the best rap album of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 the reason I asked about Shades of Blue is because I have a cd called "Sources for Shades of Blue" which is the full tracks he used to assemble the album. The tracks are good on their own and it made me think he didn't do very much to it, besides selecting them. So I've always had this chip on my shoulder for Madlib because he got a lot of critical hype for that release. Still, I think Madvillain might be the best rap album of all time. Agreed, I wouldn't recommend it for starters nor place it anywhere near his best, as essentially it was a commissioned work and inherently limited as such. Yet I also hear that blunted in the bomb shelter mix (trojan? catalog mix) is awesome, but I haven't been able to track it down yet... (anyone with some raging clues kindly pm a brah) And yeah at the very least Madvillian was the best rap album of the past decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Loving #7 Advanced Jazz - great tunes and some hilarious shit too. He's a King, he's a Pin, he's a Kingpin! I'm actually relieved that he took a month off, still got 3 or so to catch up on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Waiting two months for a new Madlib album now is like waiting 5+ years for the new BoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbhasdance Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 #8 - Advanced Jazz (out) #9 - High-Fi Sounds for Smokers & Drinkers (delayed, probably until October) #10 - Black Soul (soul mix, coming out in October) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 some of it's good some of it's very standard while still being enjoyable enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Does anyone have No.8 yet? I ordered from Amazon (cancelled because it was out of stock) then Juno. Been waiting for a week now, and Juno are usually pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Does anyone have No.8 yet? I ordered from Amazon (cancelled because it was out of stock) then Juno. Been waiting for a week now, and Juno are usually pretty fast. Yeah, I have No. 8 / Advanced Jazz (mistakenly called 7 in my last post) although I'm here in the States and bought it from my local record chain. Definitely worth the wait, great tunes and lots of madlibian interludes including a great snippet of a herbie hancock interview where he's talking about his first experience with miles davis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretstik Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Does anyone have No.8 yet? I ordered from Amazon (cancelled because it was out of stock) then Juno. Been waiting for a week now, and Juno are usually pretty fast. Yeah, I have No. 8 / Advanced Jazz (mistakenly called 7 in my last post) although I'm here in the States and bought it from my local record chain. Definitely worth the wait, great tunes and lots of madlibian interludes including a great snippet of a herbie hancock interview where he's talking about his first experience with miles davis... Finally picked up a copy here today, yet to listen but your recommendation's got me looking forward to it later. Also, No. 10 has been properly announced on Stones Throw. Now THAT looks shit hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Also, No. 10 has been properly announced on Stones Throw. Now THAT looks shit hot. , that looks dope. Still got way too much catching up to do with the other medicine shows, there's at least 3 I haven't heard yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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