Summary from 15 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Madlib's catalog across 14 albums from 15 opinions, with an overall average of 7.9/10. The top-rated Madlib album is Beat Konducta, Vol. 5-6: Dil Cosby & Dil Withers Suite (2009) with a 10.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Sound Ancestors and Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note. The discography on Wavelength spans 2003 to 2021. Please Set Me At Ease (feat. Medaphoar) ranks as the highest-rated Madlib song on Wavelength with a 8.9/10 average.
Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note
“Listening to Madlib's music, I'm reminded of the Black radical maestros responsible for some of the outermost-limits music-making of the past half-century: Sun Ra, George Clinton, Lee "Scratch" Perry-- it's an elite club, but by no means an exclusive one. What sets these artists apart from their contemporaries and/or imitators is the fact that their effortless, genuine material occupyies the fring”
Beat Konducta, Vol. 5-6: Dil Cosby & Dil Withers Suite
“Madlib pays tribute to the late J Dilla, a producer with whom he created the classic Champion Sound.”
Sound Ancestors
“Sound Ancestors is Madlib revelling in his love of music”
Sound Ancestors
“The wildly inventive rapper-producer teams up with electronic musician Four Tet to create an album that lives in the space between the past and the future.”
Sound Ancestors
“On his collaborative album with Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden, the producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and archivist remains masterful by simply turning what he hears into something new and revelatory.”
Sound Ancestors
“Sound Ancestors trails off into averageness by Madlib standards, which is to say it never stops being above average in general.”
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