Music CD - Madlib: Shades of Blue

	Music CD: Shades of Blue Artist: Madlib List Price: $17.98 Our Price: $10.05 Your Save: $ 7.93 ( 44% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Tracks: 1. Introduction 2. Slim's Return 3. Distant Land (Hip Hop Drum Mix) 4. Mystic Bounce 5. Stormy 6. Blue Note Interlude 7. Please Set Me At Ease 8. Funky Blue Note 9. Alfred Lion Interlude 10. Steppin' Into Tomorrow 11. Andrew Hill Break 12. Montara 13. Song For My Father 14. Footprints - Yesterdays New Quintet 15. Peace/Dolphin Dance 16. Outro
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724353644727 Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: 2003-06-24 Studio: Blue Note Records
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Solid Grooves Comment: This isn't the first album to blend hip hop and jazz, and probably not the best album to do so, but it a very good album straight through. Madlib has a very distinct sound, and his touch on the old classics stay true to their oringal form while adding a little modern flair (or whatever you want to call it). The tracks weave together well. Definitely worth picking up. Customer Rating: Summary: At Madlib finest Comment: I don't know what to say but good and if love jazz with some hip hop you'll most definitely love this cd. Customer Rating: Summary: A madlib fan Comment: now i can't imagine why anyone would give this less then 4 stars, i gave it five. Now some people who badmouthed this album are obviously not madlib fans cause this album is incredible. Now if you want the origanal blue Note rocordings then go find them(untinted) but this is Madlib's interpratation and just like YNQ stevie album it's a dope hip hop recreation of classic tracks. hands down a must have for madlib fans Customer Rating: Summary: After all, it's just a mix album. Comment: This album is a good gateway to Madlib projects like Yesterdays New Quintet. Before letting the next few reviewers get you all worked up about Madlib stealing people's music, consider that alot of hip-hop guys throw mix albums together the same way madlib's done here. As well as some mediocre, re-worked soul-jazz classics, there are some covers by madlib minions like Sound Directions and Yesterday's New Quintet (YNQ's electrified cut of "Footprints" by Wayne Shorter works out well here). I like the re-do of "Stormy" here, but all in all, this is a gateway, nothin more. I do recommend you put it in your collection though, and once you've got your toes in the water, pick up the record "Untinted: Sources for Shades of Blue" which contains all the originals. Customer Rating: Summary: An Experimental Must-Have Comment: I haven't listend to Madlib since his debut, but from this CD one can truly understand where he comes from and how he grooves. His music is very different from traditional "jazz," and even deviates somewhat from Blue Note's traditional sign-ups. Imagine your soft, mellow jazz fused with a mild hip-hop 'frenzy' (so-to-speak). That's what Madlib has done here. Do you remember when 'underground' hip-hop was big...back in the day? Songs such as: A Tribe Called Quest - Luck of Lucien, All Natural 50 Years, Asheru - Soon Come (Koolade Remix), Bastie Boys - Sure Shot, Das EFX - Mic Checka (Remix), Pharoahe Monche - The Light, Gangstarr - Moment of Truth, need I go on? Ok now take those background beats and add them to your traditional soft-jazz song. Bask in the bliss that Madlib delivers in his CD, and don't forget -- appreciate. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The hip-hop producer extraordinaire tackles Blue Note's soul-jazz catalog on his latest project, given free reign to rummage around the fabled label's vaults. On one level, the project makes perfect sense given Madlib's Yesterday's New Quintet work--he clearly has an ear for the Blue Note jazz aesthetic. The remixes and reinventions here are mostly pleasant and even surprising at times--get down with "Mystic Bounce," a flip on Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew." Yet, some of these tracks seem a little too casual and undercooked, making Shades of Blue feel a bit too much like just another Madlib side project. In fact, Blue Note had already done a better job with this very same concept on their largely forgotten 1996 New Groove compilation, where artists such as Large Professor and the Roots took their stabs at the label's catalog. --Oliver Wang