Madlib is a legend. Born Otis Jackson, Jr. the producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist has always retained a sense of mystery about him, even though he's far more accessible than some of his more ...

As All-Star Weekend unfolded in Los Angeles, Okayplayer House brought basketball, music and community into the same room. 18 hours ago Using literally dozens of aliases, Madlib has built a career as a ...

Elusive Los Angeles beat-genius Madlib has shared a new taste from his ongoing Rock Konducta project, the fifth chapter (each divided into two volumes) in his ongoing Beat Konducta series. Heard below ...

Madlib has always seemed more concerned with making music than with the question of what to do with it. The forty-seven-year-old producer and multi-instrumentalist has estimated that he makes hundreds ...

So far, 2008 has been a fairly quiet year for the usually prolific hip-hop beat-smith Madlib. While his recent Madvillain remix record was an encouraging break from the lull, not much else has emerged ...

Madlib and Freddie Gibbs released their huge new album Bandana last month, and Madlib has revealed that he made all the beats on his iPad. Bandana is the second collaborative record from Madlib and ...

Sometime around 1985, an 11-year-old Otis Jackson Jr. sampled his first song. Plucking an album from his dad’s collection, he tinkered with “Sucker” from Doing It To Death, a 1973 record by James ...

XXL’s Chairman Mao said, “You couldn’t pay me to listen to an instrumental hip-hop album.” Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes might change his mind completely. Madlib is no stranger to the concept ...