It’s 2014 and this time out I am stepping into the Time Warp. It’s a new feature in which I take you back and wrap your dome around something fly, but perhaps forgotten. Here, I’m shaking off the track Shame by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib. It’s classic, so listen close and take it all in.
FYI. Madlib has been a pivotal figure in hip hop/rap game for well over 20-years and he’s still going strong. With a resume touching all corners of the groove spectrum he has left (and continues) an indelible touch, working with such hip hop/rap luminaries as Erykah Badu, DOOM, Ghostface Killah, J. Dilla, Lootpack and Mos Def. With a atom splitting style and genre defying approach his life work is as chill as it is self-aware and groovenotic.
Also, let it be known I don’t do this without reason. Check the calendar, February will see the release of Pinata, a newcollabo with Freddie Gibbs and yours truly Madlib out courtesy of Madlib’s Invazion imprint. This will be followed up by new material in the sound, shape and form of a Mos Def record. Lastly, there may be a DOOM + Madlib sequel to 2004’s Madvillainy, if the star are in perfect alignment and the herb is most righteous. Peace.