MADLIB'S MEDICINE SHOW VOL. 5: HISTORY OF THE LOOP DIGGA - REGULAR EDITION by MADLIB

Back in the 90s, 'beat tapes' were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, friends, or potential collaborators. Madlib made a bunch of them in the days between his early productions for the Alkaholiks (circa '92) and the release of his Quasimoto album (2000), after which he took a couple of years off of the beats to focus on making jazz music before beginning a new era of hip-hop with Madvillain, Jaylib and Beat Konducta. This collection of beats showcases the way that Madlib�s early hip-hop demos were filtered out to his crew of friends and associates, providing an opportunity for a unique view into Madlib�s working process. These beats, often freestyled on SP1200 or whatever machine he had at the ready, were picked up by rappers over a period of many years. Trainspotters will find it interesting that beats later destined for the likes of Wildchild and Percee P were made some years before those albums saw release. This album is punctuated with a series of early solo-raps by Madlib and his Quasimoto alter ego and features the crew known collectively as CDP � those rappers who worked side by side with Madlib during the days of his Oxnard CA-based �Crate Diggas Palace� studios. The Madlib Medicine Show series is a combination of Madlib's new hip-hop productions, remixes, beat tapes and jazz, as well as mixtapes of funk, soul, Brazilian, psych, jazz and other undefined forms of music.34 tracks of Madlib's fifth installment of the infamous Medicine Show Series! This regular edition has the same tracks as the delux edition, but does not contain the extra 12" that comes with the delux triplepack.