2010: The Year Of Madlib

Madlib is for lack of a better descriptive phrase, mad prolific.  The infamous Stones Throw beat-maker is setting up to have one hell of a year in 2010.  First off, the Stones Throw site states that Madlib's newest incarnation 'The Madlib Medicine Show' will have 12 volumes (!) to be released one a month for the duration of the year 2010.  The first, 'Mablib Medicine Show No. 1 - Before the Verdict feat. Guilty Simpson' is out now with the 2nd volume 'Flight To Brazil' to be released before the end of February.

Now, as if this project were not daunting enough, Madlib is also gifting the world with some of his jazz pseudonym projects, starting with The Last Electro-Acoustic Jazz & Percussion Ensemble 'Miles Away' and Young Jazz Rebels 'Slave Riot'.  Both albums are spin-offs of Madlib's trilogy of albums under the name 'Yesterday's New Quintet' which were collections of jazz made by imaginary jazz groups that were in fact just Madlib making stuff up.  Two of the imaginary groups, those aforementioned, both now have their own releases available now.  The Last-Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble previously released two 30-minute 'suites' 'Summer Suite' in 2007 and 'Fall Suite' last yearALSO, Madlib recently produced an album for Strong Arm Steady entitled 'In Search of Stoney Jackson' that is also excellent.  AND he and rapper/evil mastermind extraordinaire, DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) have a sequel to their 2004 classic Madvillian - 'Madvilliany' in the works.

To recap, that makes for 4 releases before February 1st, 11 more planned in the Madlib Medicine Show series, and possibly Madvilliany 2, plus lord knows he will throw in a couple more spin-offs of the Yesterday's New Quintet series.  Madlib doesn't eat or sleep.  He just makes beats.