Madlib: Slim's Return

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I love it when jazz and hip-hop collide.



Sincerely,
Letters From A Tapehead

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Unknown said…
i'm going to assume you've heard all oh the shades of blue album, but just in case you haven't, it's all really good... kinda hope he'd do second one, but madlib ain't the kind of guy to revisit old projects.
1/18/2009 11:00 AM
Sean Caldwell said…
Hi Tim D.,

Good to hear from you.

To be honest, the only real Madlib that I'm familiar with is the Madvilliany album. I happened upon this track while looking through videos on On Demand and I really liked it. I'll be picking this one up when I can.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Letters From A Tapehead
1/19/2009 8:54 AM
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