Issue #2930 · Feb 26 - Mar 4, 2026
Shades of Blue by Madlib

Shades of Blue

Madlib
2003 · Oxnard, California, USA
jazz hip hop

Madlib raiding the Blue Note archives and essentially making a new jazz album out of the pieces — 'Angola & Promised Land' and 'Stepping Into Tomorrow' hit different when you realize how surgical the edits are. This record opened a lot of people's ears to spiritual jazz without them even knowing it. Proper headphones essential.

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Also ran in Issue #2942.

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