Madlib

Madlib samples nearly every genre and style of music, especially excelling at digging up relics and morphing them into new, interesting collaborations. His most recent case of seemingly oddball partnership is with Krautrock legends Embryo...

Madlib is making a slight departure from his beats for beans ... coffee beans. The Stones Throw record junkie has partnered up with the Los Angeles coffee institution Intelligentsia Coffee for his own blend: Madlib's Espresso Blend. No joke...

Madvillain, the 'America's Most Blunted' collaboration between DOOM and Madlib, are back in action and have contributed a new song entitled 'Papermill' for the Adult Swim Singles Program, so make sure you've got your Dutch Masters and Optimos ready...

The slew of collaborative hip-hop releases this week is surely one the best in a long while. On one hand, you have the New York meets Jamaica via Africa eclecticism of Nas and Damian Marley's 'Distant Relatives.' On the other, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek (under their Reflection Eternal moniker) have returned to drop 'Revolutions Per Minute,' a great mixture of soul, jazz and funk beats with Kweli going

Mos Def routinely blurs the lines between music and other artistic mediums, so it's no surprise that he's become the subject of a new photo exhibit. The show, which opened over the weekend at HVW8 Art & Design Gallery in Los Angeles, features images by a photographer named Cognito. He...