TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Shades Of Blue

LABEL: Blue Note Records

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 56min total- 81.9mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-06-24
RIP DATE: 2003-04-10

03 Distant Land (Hip Hop Drum Mix)3:58

06 Blue Note (Interlude)          0:42
07 Please Set Me At Ease (Hip Hop 5:02

08 Funky Blue Note                3:07
09 Alfred Lion (Interlude)        0:45
10 Steppin' Into Tomorrow         7:36
11 Andrew Hill Break              1:06

13 Song For My Father             5:46

15 Peace / Dolphin Dance          5:38

Critically acclaimed producer, Madlib
has an assortment of identities
(Quasimoto, Yesterdays New Quintet.) When
hes not touring as a DJ alongside Peanut
Butter Wolf or as an MC as one third of
the hip hop group Lootpack, hes making
Stevie Wonder and Azymuth tribute
albums just for the fun of it. Prolific
doesnt even begin to describe the amount
of music that this Beat Conductor is
responsible for, with remixes or
guesting with a variety of artists such
as Bilal, Zero 7, Glenn Lewis, Beastie
Boys, The Liks, Xzibit, Dilated Peoples,
Planet Asia, King Britt and Jay Dee to

A collection of old and new flavors,
Shades of Blue opens with the declaration
that "We are now having a little cooking
session for Blue Note right here on the
scene..." Cooking session indeed. The
Loop Digga, Madlib, was afforded the
coveted opportunity to mine the crates
of Blue Note Records. On Shades of
Blue, Madlib delivers remixes and
brand spanking new interpretations of
Blue Note classics. Whether funking out
Ronnie Fosters original "Mystic Brew" and
transforming it into the "Mystic
Bounce," or giving Wayne Shorters
"Footprints" a go with Yesterdays New
Quintet, rest assured that Madlibs
innovative sonic vocabulary will fill
the ears. Other artists receiving a
Madlib reimagination include Donald
Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Bobby Hutcherson,
Horace Silver, The Three Sounds and many