This photo is from the official album cover of "Sound Ancestors," owned by Madlib Invazion. Are you really a hip-hop icon if you don’t have four different alter egos? Famed producer and musician ...

On the surface, Madlib and Four Tet, Jackson and Hebden, seemed like an odd pairing. Four Tet's electronic music arose from the turn-of-the-century's close-knit IDM and post-rock scenes to carve out ...

Madlib might be the greatest living producer in Hip-Hop music (and frankly, beyond) today. However, the mysterious beatsmith keeps a low profile but in a new interview, readers will be blessed to ...

Clocking in at 16 tracks, the album is a proper showcase of the producer's expansive crates, pulling from a broad set of source material including spiritual jazz, funk-fueled afro-beat, psyche rock, ...

Imagine being granted the ability, just for a day, to hear music the way Madlib does. Imagine listening to practically any record -- '60s psych-rock, '70s Latin funk, a Brazilian jazz joint that's ...

The Gary, Indiana rapper stoked cries for another collaborative album as well recently when he turned down fans’ proposition for a Verzuz-style battle with Pusha T with his own, intriguing ...

When producers who make new music by sampling old music are especially prolific, their discographies can easily become overwhelming. Forget expensive studios and paying musicians: A large record ...

For decades, the producer and rapper Madlib had no interest in synthesizing his disparate works into a single statement. So the electronic music producer Four Tet took matters into his own hands. By ...

Sometimes, rumors are all we have to go by. The one about a new Madlib record, Sound Ancestors, started in late October: The British producer Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, who's spent the ...

For over two decades, Madlib's work has been defined not by any one style, but by the artist's stylistic breadth and tireless output. On a new... Sometimes, rumors are all we have to go by. The one ...