These kats have been around for a hott sec., and I'm sure some of you Okayplayers is down with them or know of them. The album dropped and it is off-the-f'n-hook. It just encompasses so much flavor and originality that its hard to put into words. I am impressed! MadLib is the producer of the band and together they just become some organic sun-grown liquid love of jazz (lol, alright I'm going overboard) but on the real its a great album. The surprise for me is they're version of "Daylight"...most of you would know that by ATCQ, one of their most buttery samples. The album has 19 tracks at times things can start to sound alike (depending on your ear for music..) because of the use of the Fender and bass lines. It really doesn't matter though, go get the album. While the Philadelphia Experiment was more of a standard jazz joint with the occasional venture into abstract, this album is the opposite in comparison as it is more abstract with the occasional standard steez.
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1. "RE: Yesterday's New Quintet" In response to Reply # 0
I've only heard a few songs, but they're all really good. Madlib is the entire group, from everything I've read, he just invented different names, but he did the whole thing himself. Talk about talent.
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32. "RE: Yesterday's New Quintet" In response to Reply # 26
Did you catch them behind the cigar shop on Coldharbour 5 years back when they went through their whisky sour stage? And those leather pants were incredible, when they covered 'Ain't No Sunshine' I thought they were going to explode.
in my opnion, its almost perfect. i always look forward to the next madlib projects and he never dissapoints. people need to pick this album up and listen.
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Personally, I think it's pretty boring after two whole listens. In fact, I have to force myself to not take it out of the player. The beats are nice, but in the end boring. And instead of having some inventive solos over these beats or even really playing with the rhythm, time and tempos, Madlib seems to resort to what I can only call dull noodling over the beats.
Curious, do the heads who really like this listen to much jazz? I suspect not.
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19. "RE: I don't get it" In response to Reply # 18
>Personally, I think it's pretty boring >after two whole listens.
That's sad.
>In fact, I have to >force myself to not take >it out of the player.
Can I have your copy?
> The beats are nice, >but in the end boring.
Really? That's how you feel?
> And instead of having >some inventive solos over these >beats or even really playing >with the rhythm, time and >tempos, Madlib seems to resort >to what I can only >call dull noodling over the >beats.
The man only plays keyboards (and most recently drums) and jazz-wise, I'll admit the solos aren't that deep or amazingly impressive.
The reason I think it's so great is because Madlib has added another layer to hip-hop production with this album. This is the first time that I'VE heard somebody freak samples like that. Shit, #2 (Julani) is worth the price of admission alone. I believe that track is all samples.
>Curious, do the heads who really >like this listen to much >jazz? I suspect not.
You suspect wrong sir. At least as far as I'm concerned. As a matter of fact, the thing that made me fall in love with jazz is the parallels between it and hip-hop.
Think about it - both jazz and hip-hop begin with a theme. Solos are like hip-hop cats freestyling.
This actually could be a whole 'nother discussion.
I'm a BIG Coltrane fan.
Free jazz (Coltrane's "Interstellar Space" & Sun Ra) doesn't really grab me though.
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34. "RE: Madlib is the group n/m" In response to Reply # 3
Only if you beleive what the media says. Harry Allen was telling me last week that the real YNQ play in the window of Bush Radios in Atlanta every second Sunday of the month with a special show each thanksgiving for all the mums. The truth is in the jazz.
Roy Ayers or R.A.M.P. or both... cant remember right now.
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>Roy Ayers or R.A.M.P. or both... >cant remember right now.
R.A.M.P. stands for Roy Ayers Music Project.
"Daylight" was originally released on an album called "Come Into Knowledge" in 1978.
I got it on a compilation titled "Mellow Mellow" on the Harmless Records label.
BTW, If you can actually FIND this CD (I think it's on CDNow), it's quite nice. They've got the originals for some of rap and hip-hop's greatest.
They also have R.A.M.P.'s version of "Everybody Loves The Sunshine"; it's way smoother than the one Roy did for the album of the same title. Pretty interesting.
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7. "rugged tranquility is the shit" In response to Reply # 0
that whole album is just pure syrupy goodness. its hip-hop jazz done right, for once, with less emphasis on the hip-hop. just thick, funky breakbeats augmented by live drumming, and the occasional vocal sample (there's like 3 on the whole album) are the only traces of hip-hop in there.
yeah and i'm just gonna gloat now about the madlib rocket love 7inch that came with mine from hiphopsite.
>just thick, >funky breakbeats augmented by live >drumming,
Point #1 - I heard that all the drums are either sampled or programmed. Not trying to be a smart ass or nothin'...that's just what I read on the YNQ website.
>yeah and i'm just gonna gloat >now about the madlib rocket >love 7inch that came with >mine from hiphopsite.
Point #2 - OK....so where's the MP3's of 'em? C'mon cat, don't be greedy...
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>just thick, funky breakbeats >augmented by live drumming
Just got an email from PB Wolf and he said the NEW YNQ stuff (that Madlib is working on now) WILL have live drums on it. He taught himself how to play.
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21. "holy hopping carrot sticks" In response to Reply # 17
>>just thick, funky breakbeats >>augmented by live drumming > >Just got an email from PB >Wolf and he said the >NEW YNQ stuff (that Madlib >is working on now) WILL >have live drums on it. > He taught himself how >to play.
taught himself, eh? homeboy is crazy ambitious. he keeps pumping out quality beatwork and in the meantime he's still teaching himself new instruments to play. wow.
check out the article on him in the new mass appeal. he seems like a pretty cool cat. also, apparently madlib and peanut butter wolf will collaborate with david axelrod for his upcoming new record (!??!?)! at least, i jhust read an article where all three of them were chilling in the studio while axelrod was working on his new record...cross your fingers cuZ that sounds like a hot combo...
ps: i hear axelrod's name all the time...could someone explain his significance in the world of music please? thanks. i want to know why the name is legendary.
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01. Prelude 1:59 02. Julani 3:05 03. Papa 4:34 04. Keeper of My Soul 4:18 05. The One Who Knows 3:43 06. The Birth of YNQ 2:53 07. Paladium 5:35 08. Life's Angles 3:07 09. Thinking of You 3:15 10. Uno Esta 3:44 11. Rugged Tranquility 4:07 12. Daylight 3:55 13. Hot Water 3:40 14. Mestizo Eyes 3:55 15. Sun Goddess 3:57 16. Kuhn's Theme 2:32 17. Little Girl (Dakota's Song) 2:21 18. Broken Dreams 5:34 19. Last Day :55
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13. "Trying to be patient..." In response to Reply # 0
but you cats are already discussing and hiphopsite is always the slowest to ship. And I better get my free 7". Madlib must do just what he says in FADER, 2 things: get weeded and make beats b/c he has so much dope material out... Can't wait for YNQ.
42. "this album affects people" In response to Reply # 24
look at the responses to this post. Those who have and understand the album are acting differently than those who don't.
This album affects your mind. It chills you. It rolls with you. It's dissapointing that none of my friends are interested in this album. (Them and their infrequent cd buying habits.)
22. "yeah i got the album last sat" In response to Reply # 0
and i must have listened to it about 5 times already. a couple ppl have said its flows together nicely and i have to agree with that. fav jawn is 18(next to last one). i need to get the uno esta and bomb shelter eps to complete my ynq catalogue. plus i got that 7" too. that shit is ill. i'll make an mp3 of it if someone tells me how.
23. "where you bought it from?" In response to Reply # 22
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31. "RE: MAblib has a remix" In response to Reply # 29
>on the PHilly Expt. remix album
It comes out in 2002....I'm about to try and swipe Madlib's mixes from AudioGalaxy.
BTW...the following was also on the site:
BEING BLACK: THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE BOOK by ANGEL WILLIAMS featuring Hi-Tek, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli and more.
Can't wait for that one!!
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35. "RE: MAblib has a remix" In response to Reply # 31
kid you gotta get wise. I saw a remix of that shit that in '51 when I got back from the war in Europe. it took me a year as I had to walk back on my own.
Finally arrived "and of course it's fresh". Madlib tha bad kid does it again. Loving the sound and it's something you have to marinate on to get a full scope of what is happening. Love that in a record. You know Jay-Dee is sweating this right now, even if he won't admit it.
38. "RE: Yesterday's New Quintet" In response to Reply # 0
i only heard snippets on the net but it didnt sound too good to me. the songs i heard sounded choppy and loopy. it was a good idea but needed some fine tuning i think.
maybe i should keep my yap shut until i hear the album huh?
39. "RE: Yesterday's New Quintet" In response to Reply # 38
>maybe i should keep my yap >shut until i hear the >album huh?
would you review a book without reading it? you cant always judge the music based on what you heard in a little snippet. you gotta let the album play. see where it takes you. its mood music, its definitley not for everybody... madlib is crazy.
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