Earlier this month, Talib Kweli and Madlib released Liberation 2. Available exclusively on the Luminary podcast app (where Black Star released 2022's Madlib-produced No Fear Of Time), the new LP features Westside Gunn, Roc Marciano, Q-Tip, Roy Ayers, and the late Mac Miller. The project is a sequel to the mid-2000s collaboration LP. However, while
Earlier this month, Talib Kweli and Madlib released Liberation 2. Available exclusively on the Luminary podcast app (where Black Star released 2022's Madlib-produced No Fear Of Time), the new LP features Westside Gunn, Roc Marciano, Q-Tip, Roy Ayers, and the late Mac Miller. The project is a sequel to the mid-2000s collaboration LP. However, while
M.E.D. appeared on Madlib and MF DOOM's classic collaborative LP 'Madvillainy' nearly 20 years ago – and he allegedly still hasn't been properly compensated.
Tributes have been pouring in from fans and friends since his death, including Stones Throw Records founder Peanut Butter Wolf, who released DOOM and Madlib’s classic
Madvillainy on the label in 2004. During a recent episode of Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg’s
Juan Ep Is Dead podcast, the label head discussed the long awaited
Madvillainy sequel and broke down the situation with the album over the years.
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Madvillain 2, DOOM was always telling me, ‘Oh, I’m 85 percent done’ that was always the magic number, and I was like, ‘This is cool, ” he said. “He basically sent us 11 tracks in 2009 and I was ready to try to just finish it up at that point, and it was always like, just wait for a few more songs, wait for a few more songs, then tracks would start being on other albums. I got a little frustrated, and I was just like, ‘Well, it’s gonna happen when it happens. I don’t wanna be the guy to force creativity or any of that.’