{"product_id":"madlib-shades-of-blue-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Madlib - Shades of Blue (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eShades of Blue is what happens when hip-hop's most restless crate-digger is handed the keys to the Blue Note vaults, presented here as part of the label's Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2003, the album invited Madlib to remix, rework and reimagine the label's catalogue however he saw fit. He did it his way, chopping classic sessions into head-nodding beats and recruiting a cast of his own alter egos, among them Yesterdays New Quintet, Sound Directions and the Joe McDuphrey Experience, to replay jazz standards with a loose, smoky feel. Recorded at his Bomb Shelter studio in Los Angeles, it bridged generations of listeners in a single stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Slim's Return\" opens with a laid-back groove that sets the tone, and \"Montara\" drifts into dreamy, vibraphone-tinged territory. Horace Silver's \"Song for My Father\" gets a fresh, percussive spin, while Wayne Shorter's \"Footprints\" is reborn through the Yesterdays New Quintet lens, keyboards glowing and drums crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt works as a love letter to the label and a gateway for beat heads who had never heard the originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor jazz collectors and hip-hop fans alike, this is one of the great crossover records of its era, and it sounds right at home among the classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67761132962082,"sku":"602455077233","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Madlib_-_Shades_of_Blue_Blue_Note_Classic_Vinyl_Series_2LP.jpg?v=1794305859","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/madlib-shades-of-blue-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}