MADLIB - Shades Of Blue (2023 Repress) THE BIRDS While Daft Punk’s second recording

While Daft Punk’s second recording still focuses on the maximum accessibility that earned its debut such high marks

Jim’s manager Robert “Buster” Ginter later stated that during the early morning hours of a long evening Jim and Buster were talking about what would you do if they had to disappear

navigating PTSD and grief and self sabotage and joy

Those qualities came together on their breakout hit "Teenage Kicks

From the evocative intro ‘Count Me Out‘ to the album’s shuffling

MADLIB - Shades Of Blue (2023 Repress) THE BIRDS While Daft Punk’s second recording2LP 180g Black Vinyl housed in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve. The sound of Blue Note had been embedded in hip hop through sampling and remixes since its early days but Madlib raised the bar when the DJ, producer, rapper and multi instrumentalist invaded the Blue Note vaults for his 2003 masterpiece Shades of Blue, a visionary album featuring remixes and reimaginations of classics by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Foster, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne