
A legendary crate-digger granted keys to the Blue Note vaults. Dusty, subterranean hip-hop loops that treat jazz history as a living, breathing playground.
June 24, 2003 · Blue Note
A respectful but playful dialogue between a hip-hop visionary and the ghosts of jazz royalty.
How does Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note sound next to the rest of Madlib's catalogue?
The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.
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