>>I'm having trouble understanding this. Are you saying that
>>people are pretending not to be hyper-impressed with
>Madlib's
>>work due to just how much better he is than his peers?
>
>cats dont want it, same way folks claim they the beat MC but
>when/if MOS DEF call them out....SILENCE

I'm inclined to agree. and really, I do agree with the premise of this post as it is.

Madlib is one of my favorite artists, because he's such a rarity (especially today). but he's especially good at what he does. what he's doing in 2010, 2011, 2012 doesn't remind me at all of the shit he was doing in 1999, 2000... yet it sounds like him.

I remember DarkStar came very close to calling him the Zappa of Hip-Hop, and when he freakin' sampled Zappa on Madvillain? SHEEEEEEEEEEEEIT.

Madlib was my hero back in the early '00s. he wasn't just talking about dream projects... the muhfucka was DOIN IT.