Madlibのビートの真髄が味わえる“Beat Konducta”シリーズ2009年作品は誰もが予感していた故J Dillaに捧げるトリビュート企画!J Dilla『Donut』を超えた究極のソウルフル・ビート・アルバムがここに誕生!古典ネタはほぼ皆無ながらこの一発でJ Dillaを連想させる絶妙なビートの数々に脱帽。デトロイトの渇いた街並みを思わせるクラシック・ソウルをふんだんに用いたネタ感に溢れたボトムとエッセンス。J Dillaネタ、J Dillaの肉声をも効果的に配した絶妙な構成。もし“Jaylib ”に続編が実現していたなら間違いなくこんな作品になっていたであろう、まさに“Jaylib”を前進させたようなソウルフルでアップフロントなビート群!全40余りにも及ぶ魂を揺さぶる珠玉のビート…。全ビートフリーク、そしてヒップホップ、ブラックミュージック・ファンに聴いて欲しい1枚!
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Spin - "Madlib has his won way of mourning, so he stocks the 42-track odyssey with swaggering soul loops, herb anthems, and Rasta poetry."
Pitchfork - "As an elegy, a payment of a gratefully acknowledged artistic debt and an expansion of one man's sound, the fifth and sixth volumes of Madlib's BEAT KONDUCTA series are a stirring culmination of everything Dilla did to affect Madlib as a musician."
CMJ - "VOL. 5: DIL COSBY SUITE starts off with thick, syrupy soul that's markedly reverent and somber."
Spin (p.81) - "Madlib has his won way of mourning, so he stocks the 42-track odyssey with swaggering soul loops, herb anthems, and Rasta poetry."
Rovi
Since J Dilla's DONUTS served as the inspiration for Madlib's own instrumental BEAT KONDUCTA series, it's only fitting that the Oxnard indie hip-hop hero dedicate one to his fallen friend and sometime partner. Originally released as two vinyl-only installments (DIL COSBY SUITE and DIL WITHERS SUITE), BEAT KONDUCTA VOL. 5 & 6 appears in CD form on Stones Throw. Mixed by DJ J. Rocc of the World Famous Beatjunkies, BEAT KONDUCTA VOL. 5 & 6 is a bittersweet crate-diggin' journey made up of 42 short beat snippets (never more than a minute or two) that is as much Madlib as it is Dilla.|
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