#220 Madlib - Piñata Beats These Are The J.b.'s became a dance floor hit

became a dance floor hit from New York clubs to the UK's northern soul circles

"Cold Gettin' Dumb" remains one of the most exhilarating tracks from an era when hip-hop was inventing itself day by day

EVERYBODY BOUNCE - Classic sounding NYC party anthem

Thomas Brenneck

in the single sleeve

#220 Madlib - Piñata Beats These Are The J.b.'s became a dance floor hitThere are few musicians let alone beat makers in the world whose output in its raw form provides his listener with a full on musical experience before anything is added. Madlib is such a talent. Hip hop is his canvas, but he creates the most wondrous things with it. Before a microphone is switched on, before a rhyme even uttered, a Madlib beat stands alone as a complete thing. Since the issue of the collaborative album with rapper Freddie Gibbs Piata,