It’s Election Day; did you vote? It’s probably not too late! To energize you, here’s C-SPAN footage of 19-year-old MF Doom testifying before Congress in 1992. Back then he was going by the name Zev Love X and was a member of KMD. Rappcatts offers some background on the scene: In the 1980s and early [...]

The spacey yet hardscrabble L.A. hip-hop producer Madlib has lent his Midas touch to projects straightlaced (his recent gangster-rap triumphs with Freddie Gibbs), outré (his legendary 2004 Madvillain LP with MF Doom) and in between (his solo material as Quasimoto and the J. Dilla collaboration Jaylib). Along the way, he’s done a lot t...

Last year in the U.K., Carol Morley released Dreams Of A Life, a documentary about a woman who died in her North London apartment and was not found for three years. No one came looking. Police found her skeleton amongst Christmas presents yet to be wrapped. The film’s press materials and many of its critics [...]

Gorilla vs. Bear grabbed this new Madvillain song from the beginning of Stones Throw’s latest podcast, which features “… current & upcoming Stones Throw Records for 2011.” According to the Stones Throw website, MF DOOM and Madlib are working on their second, still-untitled studio album, to be relea...

Vancouver's Cameron Reed, aka Babe Rainbow, builds eerie, bump-in-the-night electronic landscapes he files under "surf-step." The compositions are chilly and atmospheric, but maintain momentum despite the fractures: Think SALEM, Norwegian hypnotist Svarte Greiner, a disembodied Fever Ray/Knife. Reed's done remixes for a diverse cast (Midnight Ju...