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1) A Madlib reading list.

2) Don’t Call Madlib, He’ll Call You

The singular producer on his new album with Freddie Gibbs

Article by @MarcusJMoore via @pitchfork

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3) Cover Story: Madlib (ft.DOOM)

Article by @kidkanevil via @Bonafide_Mag

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4) A rare encounter with Madlib

The Beat Konducta talks alien reptiles, records, cocaine pinatas and the art of mythmaking

Article by @TimNoakes, photo by @BAFIC

dazeddigital.com/music/article/…

5) Madlib Muses on Methods Behind His Madness

The quiet, brilliant beat-builder discusses jazz, DOOM, Kanye, 'Piñata,' and future moves.

Article by Reyan Ali via @SPIN

spin.com/2014/03/madlib…

6) The Strange World Of... Madlib

Eden Tizard takes a look behind the bewildering array of aliases and the huge back catalogue in order to ask, who is Madlib?

Article by @eden_tizard via @theQuietus

thequietus.com/articles/26665…

7) Q&A: Madlib on the Return of Quasimoto

The secretive producer grants a rare interview on his cartoon alter ego, plus collaborations with Mos Def, Freddie Gibbs and more

Article by @Passionweiss via @RollingStone

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8) Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Are Down with Vegan Burgers, But Maybe Not Vegan Kielbasas

Article by Mat Ferraro via @InterviewMag

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9) "Take shit off cassette, VCR, iTunes, anything. Some water dripping, it don’t matter."- Madlib

Article by @gotbeats via @waxpoetics

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10) "Anybody could do a beat, you just got to use your brain."- Madlib

Article/interview by @nowagain via @RBMA

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11) “Cuts like ‘Raid’ I did in my hotel room in Brazil on a portable turntable, my (Boss SP) 303, and a little tape deck. I recorded it on tape, came back here, put it on CD, and DOOM made a song out of it."

Article by @monkuno via Scratch Magazine

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12) "My mom was mad because she knew I was using my lunch money. She’d ask me why I was coming home so hungry. Well, I had to buy that EPMD album.”- Madlib

Article by @patrickcsisson via @stopsmiling

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13) "A lot of the beats on 100 Beats [Madlib's two beat CDs, from which the majority of the Madvillain album was culled], you can't use, 'cause I'm just fucking around and freestyling."- Madlib

Article by @nowagain via @waxpoetics

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14) "We just hung out, went to clubs, got drunk. I’ll hand him a beats CD, I go to sleep, he’ll work on some music, he’ll go to sleep. I’ll wake up, I’ll make some more beats, listen to what he did.”

Article/interview by @chairmanmaonyc via @RBMA

redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/madli…

15) “I Don’t Remember the Samples I Use. Hell No.” — The Story of ‘Madvillainy’

Article by @ginosorcinelli via Micro-Chop

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16) "Madlib has to step gingerly to avoid bumping into a vintage analog synthesizer, a loose pile of vinyl LPs and a compact drum set. He finally reaches out to pick up a pile of floppy discs and riffles through them."

Article by ? via LA Weekly

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17)"'They got all them effects on the 303' he says, referring to a reverse effect he uses at the top of Maingirl.' 'It's just real simple — that's one of the main reasons I like that little thing.'"- Madlib

Article by ? Remix Magazine

18) " “I was keeping Brazilian time, sitting in my room smoking some terrible weed and sampling shit, while everyone else was out partying and getting drunk."- Madlib

Article by @Passionweiss via @pitchfork

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19) The New Bad Character In Town: Quasimoto’s 'The Unseen' At 20

Article by @natepatrin via @stereogum

stereogum.com/2087439/quasim…

20) An introduction to Madlib in 10 records

Article by @natepatrin via @TheVinylFactory

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21) Strong Arm Steady: 'In Search of Stoney Jackson'

Stones Throw continues to widen its circle of L.A. connections, pairing Madlib's production work with this post-Death Row SoCal crew.

Article by @patrickcsisson via @pitchfork

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22) Interview: Madlib

The elusive producer on The Medicine Show and his China debut

Article by Alexander Barlow via @TimeOutShanghai

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23) "Any rhyme over a Madlib beat, with the right delivery, sounds like pure gold. Stones Throw certainly has done it again, and if they keep it up, they’ll own the fucking airwaves."

Article by Ted Maider via @consequence

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