Madlib Medicine Show Vinyl Screenings

The staggeringly prolific Madlib has released the first volume of the Madlib Medicine Show, entitled "Before the Verdict." The Medicine Show is a new twelve CD series where one volume is released each month. For those of you who have never heard of Madlib, he is a producer/rapper/instrumentalist signed to Stones Throw whose work spans across many genres, from hip-hop to jazz to West London broken beat. He has also released music under a variety of pseudonyms and alter egos, including Quasimoto, Yesterday's New Quintet, DJ Rels, etc. Any of his releases are more than worth checking out.

This in particular is a hip-hop album, with many of the tracks featuring Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson, whose full collaboration album with Madlib is due out in a few months. The video showcases an event that is happening tonight in Los Angeles, where VINYL copies of "Before the Verdict" are being hand pressed by members of the Hit and Run team of artists based on demand. If I were anywhere near the west coast at this moment I would drop everything I had and flock to LA ASAP.