Madlib / Shades of Blue
Album: Shades of Blue   Collection:Hip-hop
Artist:Madlib   Added:Jun 2003
Label:Blue Note  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-07-07 Pull Date: 2003-09-08 Charts: Hip-Hop
Week Ending: Sep 14 Sep 7 Aug 31 Aug 24 Aug 17 Aug 10 Aug 3 Jul 27
Airplays: 2 1 4 1 1 1 5 4

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 06, 2024: the new space program
Song for My Father
4. May 03, 2006: Stones Throw Records tribute and Taylor Winstead guest star
Mystic Bounce, Slim's Return
2. Jul 18, 2010: FLASHBANG RADIO: MUSIC TO GAIN WEIGHT TO
Stormy, Slim's Return
5. Feb 20, 2006: smoked gouda
Funky Blue Note
3. Jun 11, 2008: Eran Mukamel f Jessup (Japanese punk-rock love songs aimed at businessmen)
Slim's Return
6. Jan 18, 2006: Deep in the Groove
Funky Blue Note

Album Review
The Dead Kenny-Gs
Reviewed 2003-06-30
Madlib – Shades of Blue
Hip Hop influenced Soul/Fusion Jazz remixes and covers. People seem to be divided about Madlib (Stones Throw records, Lootpack, Quasimoto, Yesterday's New Quintet). Some think he's a genius, a hip hop producer with a profound insight into jazz and other sample sources. Other people think that he just makes a bunch of boring jazzy crap. That said, if you love Madlib, you'll dig this collection—it's basically Madlib doin' his thing with free reign over the Blue Note catalog. Actually, Madlib's original compilation ("Funky Blue Note", track 8) is one of the best things on here. In all recommended, although it might offend hip hop or jazz purists.
1) Spoken Intro
2) Medium tempo groove with vibes, turntablism
3) Flowing, lounge-y spiced up with harder drums
4) **Handclaps and party sounds make Mystic Brew really swing
5) *Harder drum break, almost discordant salad of flute and Fender Rhodes.
6) Spoken documentary history of Blue Note
7) *Crunchy Mizel brothers fusion beat, with Medaphor supplying vocals.
8) **Up-tempo, heavy drums
9) More spoken documentary
10) *Flowing Mizel style fusion, female vocals
11) Skit with spoken intro
12) *Soulful with some old school hip-hop samples
13) *Bouncy Horace Silver classic featuring flute, spoken outro
14) Dammit! When will people stop putting Simple Text on records. Boooooo! Other then that, sort of a spacey Latin flavored jam
15) Starting to get pretty jam-y here
Tom Purcell, June 2003

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