With only two days to go until West Coast super DJ/Producer Madlib the Badkid, arrives in Miami for a show at Blacksheep Bar on December 4th, I'm personally excited to see how Miami reacts to him.
There are times when he gets audiences like the one in the video above. It's a three minute clip from the last time he was in Miami at the Raleigh Hotel for WMC and the crowd looks about as live as a corpse. They loosen up after awhile, but it's of course, more evidence on why sometimes, WMC parties are more about who can afford to be there rather than who actually loves the artists that are performing.
There are times when he gets audiences like the one in the video above. It's a three minute clip from the last time he was in Miami at the Raleigh Hotel for WMC and the crowd looks about as live as a corpse. They loosen up after awhile, but it's of course, more evidence on why sometimes, WMC parties are more about who can afford to be there rather than who actually loves the artists that are performing.
But then there are other times when Madlib can catch a crowd overseas
and everyone just starts to wild-the-fuck-out! Above is one of my
favorite Jaylib videos
of all time. Around the two-minute mark, Madlib jumps on a skeleton
drum kit and starts making up crazy improv beats.
Then you've got the classic Quasimoto style music that Madlib is famous
for as well. Check out the video for the song, "Rappcats" which, aside
from having an insatiable beat, is also a good primer on 80s hip-hop
history.
Then
there's the pure bloodclaat madness of Madlib's quirky film-style
productions. During the earlier part of the decade, he was more famous
for snatching funny lines out of old Melvin Van Peebles blaxploitation
films from the 1970s. But on this clip below, 'Lib goes East and
experiments with hip-hop and Bollywood. The video is a must, especially
if you're looking for your daily WTF moment.
And to get a real feel for what Madlib the person is like, check out
this random BET Rap City video where 'Lib gets interviewed by Talib
Kweli. Notice the DJ Khaled "I'm So Hood" music bumping in the
background.
And if you haven't already done so, be sure to click on this link and RSVP for Madlib's exclusive DJ set this Thursday night with guest MCs Parable and Rahsaan opening up for him.
--Jonathan Cunningham
....except the annual stonesthrow WMC party at the raleigh, from which that footage was taken, is always *free* with no guest list. my guess is everyone was TIRED because it was saturday of a loooong week of being out and about... AND, that party got pretty crazy at the end of the afternoon/early evening, when people like a trak and mehdi went on... ya win some, ya lose some i guess (shrug)
Posted at: December 2, 2008 11:13 AM