Download: Random Axe – Monster Babies (MP3)

Download: Mos Def feat. Slick Rick – Auditorium (MP3)
From the Mos Def album The Ecstatic, dropping June 9th. Produced by Madlib, with instrumental taken from the Madlib joint "Beat Konducta in India"

“Stress”, a track from Guilty Simpson’s unfinished album with J Dilla. Guilty Simpson writes:

“I recorded quite a few track a few tracks with Dilla when he was alive:
Man’s World (released on white label 12-inch)
Clap Ya Hands (released on Chrome Children LP)
Make It Fast (released on Peanut Butter Wolf’s B-Ball Zombie War)
I Must Love You (released on Ode to the Ghetto)
Stress (white label 12-inch)
Baby (released on The Shining)
Take Notice (released on Ruff Draft CD re-issue)

and quite a few cuts that have yet to be found since his passing that I would have loved to put out, but they’ve yet to be found – including one called Life Goes By over a Madlib beat which was used around the same time for Madvillain.”

“Stress” (vocal & instrumental) 12-inch is out at fatbeats.com, dustygroove.com, accesshiphop.com, undergroundhiphop.com and probably a lot of other spots. This is a no-label release.

Download: Stress (Vocal) MP3

Update, December 2009: “Life Goes By” has now been issued on Madlib’s Medicine Show No. 1: Before The Verdict.

Madlib’s five-volume mixtape series, Mind Fusion, was released 2004-2007. These CD releases bare no label or address, just the name “Madlib” designed like the Tamla Records logo. One suspects they are outlaw. Some have suggested they were printed by an arm of the Aum Supreme Truth Cult in Japan, but no solid proof exists to support this claim.

Vols. 1 and 4 contain production from Madlib. Vol. 2 is a jazz mix. Vols. 3 and 5 are mixes of records from around the world. Each mix has a minimal or incomplete track list and a descriptive subtitle.

Liner notes in each volume, from authors such as Thurston Moore, Vaclav Havel, LeRoi Jones, and Lungston Hughes, range from essays on jazz, a Los Angeles guides, poems, tips on making bombs at home, and a biography of the Beat Konducta which is likely ficticious.

Vols. 1 and 2 appear to have been repressed because of slightly different color and logo placement between the two editions.

A detailed description of each is below:

Mind Fusion Vol. 1: Hip-Hop
26 tracks. Various production and remixes by Madlib. Published track list has incorrect/unofficial track names. One pressing has no track ID’s, the other one has 26 track ID’s. (Track list below.)

Mind Fusion Vol. 2: Jazz, Funk, Soul

Mind Fusion Vol. 3: Dirty Crates from the Bottom
Funk, Soul, Jazz, Psychedelic, Rock, Hip-Hop Instrumentals, Reggae (Dub) and Abstract. Compiled & mixed by Madlib for Madlib Invazion at the Loopdigga’s Hideaway. Additional mixtown by Tascam Villain.

Mind Fusion Vol. 4: Hip-Hop Remixes, Nas Vs. Jay Z, & CDP Archives
1-4: Remixes, 5-12: Nas vs. Jay Z, 13: from the CDP Archives, 14: Interlude, 15-19: Remixes. Produced by Madlib. Track list below.

Mind Fusion Vol. 5: Dirty Crates from Around the World
Two track ID’s with two mix sets. The copy reads: 1. Dirty Crates from Around the World, 2, Live at the Do-Over. Compiled & Mixed by Madlib.

Mind Fusion Vol. 1 – track list
Mind Fusion Vol. 2 – track list
Mind Fusion Vol. 4 – track list
Mind Fusion Vol. 5 – track list