Medicine Show No. 13: Black Tape

Hip-Hop · 2012 · 35 tracks · 1h 3m

Medicine Show No. 13: Black Tape

Thirty-five tracks of murky, tape-saturated hip-hop. A dense collage of unidentified samples and dusty loops that feels like a transmission from a basement studio.

It's like finding a lost mixtape in a shoebox that somehow sounds better than anything on the radio.

A dense, nocturnal exploration of rhythm that feels both claustrophobic and deeply comforting.

Medicine Show No. 13: Black Tape · vs · Madlib

Storytelling+1.8σ

The writing leans notably further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 35 Tracks · 1h 3m

01

Intro

1:02

02

Do It Real Big

1:04

03

Run

1:44

04

When the Fat Lady Sings

0:53

05

What Up Gangsta / Out da Box

3:07

06

Get You Some

1:20

07

Nothin' Lesser

1:58

08

A Message From Poet

2:28

09

Black Tape Song 8

1:55

10

Interlude 1

0:24

11

[unknown]

0:42

12

[unknown]

2:02

13

Melody

1:12

14

Fuck You

1:44

15

Wanna Battle

2:18

16

Interlude 2

1:29

17

Out da Box

1:01

18

Keep the Fame

1:21

19

Interlude 3

0:57

20

Chittlins & Pepsi

2:03

21

Get Hype

2:43

22

Interlude 4

1:19

23

Larger Than Life

2:12

24

The Sun God

2:40

25

Nas Is Like

2:29

26

Interlude 5

1:27

27

Somehow, Someway

2:59

28

Jus' Follow

2:21

29

Interlude 6

1:23

30

Get By

2:16

31

Sick Days

2:16

32

Interlude 7

1:21

33

Any Man / Closer

2:41

34

Interlude 8

2:10

35

Outro

2:44

Moments Worth Waiting For

The seamless transition from the eerie intro into the heavy, neck-snapping knock of Do It Real Big.

The way the Nas Is Like remix strips the original of its polish, replacing it with a haunting, skeletal jazz loop.

The sudden eruption of distorted energy during Interlude 8 that feels like a radio signal breaking through static.

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