Madlib Medicine Show
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Madlib Medicine Show is an ongoing series of albums and mixtapes by Madlib
Madlib
Otis Jackson Jr. in Oxnard, California, known professionally as Madlib, is a Los Angeles-based DJ, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, and music producer...

 originally scheduled to be released monthly on his own imprint, Madlib Invazion
Madlib Invazion
Madlib Invazion is Oxnard based hip hop producer and rapper Madlib's solo debut EP. This EP contains production from Madlib and features vocals from fellow Lootpack member Wildchild and label mate MED among others.-Track list:...

 throughout 2010 and into 2011. Odd months present releases featuring Madlib's production work while even months showcase DJ work and mixing skills.

Originally planned to be only 12 albums and mixtapes, the Medicine Show Series can go well into higher numbers with a Show #13 slated for a November 2011 release.

#1: Before the Verdict

Madlib Medicine Show #1 contains original tracks as well as "OJ Simpson remixes" of tracks from Guilty Simpson
Guilty Simpson
Byron Simpson, better known by his stage name Guilty Simpson is a rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He was previously known as Guilt. Over time, he saw that there were more emcees using the alias. In order to set himself apart from the others, he added his last name to become Guilty Simpson. He is...

's debut album Ode to the Ghetto
Ode to the Ghetto
Ode to the Ghetto is the debut solo album by American MC Guilty Simpson, released on Stones Throw Records. While making many guest appearances on albums by fellow Detroit rappers and producers, Guilty has had to wait years for his own solo album to come together...

. It is considered a prelude to Madlib and Guilty's collaboration album O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson (album)
O.J. Simpson is the second album from Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson featuring production exclusively from producer Madlib. The album was released on May 18, featuring 24 tracks and guests Frank N Dank & Strong Arm Steady. The album peaked Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #62 and was on the...

 released in May 2010. There are two brief guest appearances; one by J Dilla
J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...

, in a short, previously unreleased interlude dating back to his & Madlib's first collaboration and the other by M.E.D., who is the sole voice on the short "The Exclusive", a theme song that first appeared on Jaylib's Champion Sound
Champion Sound
Champion Sound is an album by the duo Jaylib . Half of the songs are produced by Madlib and feature J Dilla on vocals, and the other half are produced by J Dilla and feature Madlib on vocals...

album where Percee P
Percee P
Percee P is a hip hop artist from the Patterson Projects in The Bronx, New York City, United States. Percee P has been writing and performing since 1979, yet his debut album Perseverance was not released until September 18, 2007, produced entirely by Madlib.He was known in the underground for...

 did "The Exclusive" interlude.

As of May 2011, this album's vinyl edition is back in print after the initial 1000 copies sold out at release.

Track List

  1. "Arraignment (Intro)"
  2. "Ode to the Ghetto (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  3. "Yikes (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  4. "Further"
  5. "Lucky Guy"
  6. "Pigs (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  7. "Life Goes By"
  8. "Get Bitches (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  9. "The Exclusive"
    • Performed by M.E.D.
  10. "Robbery (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  11. "Kill 'Em (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  12. "The Paper"
  13. "I Must Love You (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  14. "Looking For Trouble"
  15. "Young Guns"
    • Featuring J Dilla
      J Dilla
      James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...

  16. "My Moment (OJ Simpson Remix)"
  17. "American Dream & Future (OJ Simpson Remix)"



#2: Flight to Brazil

"...is your ticket out of this hell hole and onto an 80-minute guided tour through three or four
decades of Brazilian funk, psychedelic, prog-rock and jazz." –Madlib
The CD's audio has been divided into 9 tracks.

Track List

  1. "Rio de Janeiro"
  2. "Sao Paulo"
  3. "Belo Horizonte"
  4. "Porto Alegre"
  5. "Salvador"
  6. "Recife"
  7. "Fortaleza"
  8. "Brasília"
  9. "Curitiba"



#3: Beat Konducta in Africa

37-track instrumental hip-hop album produced by Madlib, inspired by and based on African records of the early 1970s – obscure & independent vinyl gems from afro-beat, funk, psych-rock, garage-rock & soul movements from different parts of Africa are all sampled to create a unique sound. The album also works as an installment in Madlib's Beat Konducta series, a number of albums Madlib put outs featuring his instrumental work with a special theme for each LP.

Track List

  1. "Motherland"
  2. "The Frontline (Liberation)"
  3. "Raw Introduction to Afreaka"
  4. "African Voodoo Queen (Drama)"
  5. "Jungle Soundz (Part One)"
  6. "The Struggle to Unite (One Africa)"
  7. "Mandingo Swing"
  8. "Endless Cold (Lovelost)"
  9. "Chant 2"
  10. "Afrosound Panorama"
  11. "Hunting Theme"
  12. "Yafeu"
  13. "Afritonic Pt. 1"
  14. "Afritonic Pt. 2"
  15. "Tradition"
  16. "Spearthrow for Oh No"
  17. "Tear Gas and Bullets for Freedom"
  18. "Heritage Sip"
  19. "Land of the Drum"
  20. "Red, Black and Green Showcase"
  21. "Blackfire"
  22. "Obataive"
  23. "Warrior's Theme"
  24. "Mtima"
  25. "African Map Watch"
  26. "Street Hustler"
  27. "Kanika"
  28. "Chant 3"
  29. "The Show (Inner View)"
  30. "Brothers and Sisters"
  31. "Freedom Play"
  32. "African Bounce"
  33. "Umi (Life)"
  34. "Natural Sound Waves"
  35. "Jungle Sounds Pt. 2"
  36. "Mighty Force"
  37. "Unika (Outro)"
  38. "Bonus A"
  39. "Bonus F"
  40. "Bonus R"
  41. "Bonus I"
  42. "Bonus C"
  43. "Bonus A (Amanaz)"



#4: 420 Chalice All-Stars (AKA Son of Super Ape)

"All Jamaican sounds: Dub. Roots. Reggae. Good stuff as I would say. Selected & mixed by Madlib, a musical disc from the flick of the wrist to make you jump and twist." –Madlib

The CD's audio has been divided into 9 separate tracks.

Track List

  1. "What Are the Medical Benefits of Smoking Marijuana?"
  2. "What Are the Negative Risks of Smoking It?"
  3. "What Alternatives Are There to Smoking?"
  4. "Are a Lot of Pesticides on Pot?"
  5. "Where Is All This Pot Coming From?"
  6. "So What Does the Law Say About These Dispensaries and Their Various Pot Products?"
  7. "How Much Pot Am I Allowed to Have at One Time?"
  8. "How Do I Get a Prescription?"
  9. "Will My Name End Up on Some DEA List?"



#5: History of The Loop Digga, 1990–2000

Madlib Medicine Show #5 is a collection of previously unreleased Madlib production dating back to 1990 and stretches to 2000. Before he called himself The Beat Konducta, there was The Loop Digga, who made beats with his sampler in the basement known as Crate Digga's Palace. Beats were pulled from old beat tapes and floppy discs. The majority of the album is instrumental, but a few selections feature him rapping together with his Oxnard crew C.D.P., which also included his brother Oh No
Oh No
-Miscellaneous:* The band's cheaply-produced yet elaborately choreographed videos for "Here It Goes Again" and "A Million Ways" have become YouTube staples - particularly the video for the former song, featuring the band dancing on treadmills - and have done much to propel the songs, the album, and...

. A limited triple vinyl set was released featuring a bonus disc of 10 additional tracks from the same period.

Track List

  1. "Warning (Intro)"
  2. "Static Invazion"
  3. "Stakeout"
  4. "Rapper X Radio"
  5. "Last Day's Music"
  6. "Nothing from Nothing"
  7. "Episode VII"
  8. "Episode VIII"
  9. "Episode IX"
  10. "Episode X"
  11. "Episode XI"
  12. "Episode XII"
  13. "Episode XIII"
  14. "Episode XIV"
  15. "Episode XV"
  16. "Episode XVI"
  17. "Episode XVII"
  18. "Episode XVIII"
  19. "Episode XIX"
  20. "Episode XX"
  21. "Further Adventures of Walkman Flavor"
  22. "Episode XXII"
  23. "Episode XXIII"
  24. "Episode XXIV"
  25. "Episode XXV"
  26. "Episode XXVI"
  27. "Episode XXVII"
  28. "Live from Outer Space"
  29. "Real Days"
  30. "C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 1"
  31. "C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 2 & 3"
  32. "C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 4"
  33. "C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 5"
  34. "C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 6"



Madlib Medicine Show #5: Bonus Tracks
  1. "On a Mission/Game Skit/Oh's Warning"
  2. "Medicine Dub/Almost on Point/Rappin with Quas"
  3. "D's Time/Phases/Whatchuthink"
  4. "What's That? (Interlude)"
  5. "Crate Digga Station"
  6. "C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 7"
  7. "Charlie Don't (Interlude)"
  8. "Episode XLIII/Breakin' Shit Down"
  9. "Episode XLIV/Raw Addict (Original Version)"
  10. "I Said... (Outro)"



#6: The Brain Wreck Show

"...is a 61-minute DJ mixtape of global psychedelic, progressive and hard rock & funk circa 1968–1976, culled from the isolated reaches of Madlib's 4-ton mountain of vinyl." –Madlib


Track List

  1. "World Leaders Plan Centralized Power & Remote Brain Control"
  2. "It Has Widespread Support"
  3. "Predicted 2000 Years Ago"
  4. "It’s Almost Here"
  5. "It Will Happen on 4/20"
  6. "How to Avoid Being a Victim"
  7. "Its Sudden Complete Collapse Predicted"
  8. "It Is Right on Time"
  9. "The Real New Order"

Track List

  1. The Jackson Conti Band - "Steppin' into Tomorrow (Prelude)"
  2. Generation Match - "Electronic Dimensions"
  3. Jahari Massamba Unit - "Pretty Eyes"
  4. The Kenny Cook Octet (Stanton Davis) - "High Jazz"
  5. Yesterdays New Quintet - "Medley: Don't You Worry Bout a Thing (Live at Spear for the Moondog)"(Stevie Wonder & Miles Davis)
  6. "Interlude"
  7. The Big Black Foot Band feat. The Black Spirits - "Reality or Dream"
  8. Russell Jenkins Jazz Express - "Drunk Again"
  9. Poyser, Riggins & Jackson - "Funky Butt, Part 1"
  10. Jahari Massamba Unit - "Wonderin'/Nightime"
  11. R.M.C. - "Space & Time"
  12. Yesterdays New Quintet - "Conquistador"
  13. The Big Black Foot Band feat. The Black Spirits - "Tarzan's Theme"
  14. "Interlude"
  15. Joe McDuphrey Experience - "Kimo"


Madlib Medicine Show #7: Bonus Tracks
  1. Jahari Massamba Unit - "Falling"
  2. Yesterdays New Quintet - "Runnin' Fast (On the Runs)"
  3. Sound Directions feat. Malcolm Catto - "Shady Cops"
  4. The Eddie Prince Fusion Band - "The Struggle Is Over/Next Chapter"
  5. O.D. - "Wasted (Themes Variations)"



#8: Advanced Jazz

"Imagine an 80-minute music history course taking place in a dusty, hazy studio with wall-to-wall jazz vinyl - records from the past 40 years – jazz, fusion, funky, obscure. This course will not be graded. There will be no lecture. Madlib’s at the turntable. Class is now in session."

Track List

  1. "Miles"
  2. "Ornette"
  3. "Pharoah"
  4. "Herbie"
  5. "Mingus"
  6. "Ra"
  7. "Dolphy"
  8. "Ranelin"
  9. "Deodato"
  10. "Coltrane"



#9: Channel 85 Presents Nittyville

"One MC, one producer, and a rap record all about stunts, blunts and hip-hop."

Track List

  1. "Nittyville (The Landing)"
  2. "So Beautiful (Dues Paid)"
  3. "Stageridin'"
  4. "Smoke Theme for Dankery Harv"
  5. "Jus' Follow"
  6. "The Exclusive (Bar Scene) feat. The Professionals"
  7. "Eyegotcha"
  8. "Legalize It (Interlude)"
  9. "Sunday Sinema"
  10. "What Can U Tell Me feat. MED"
  11. "The Truth (Interlude)"
  12. "Red Light Green"
  13. "Go There"
  14. "Set It Off feat. Prime"



#10: Black Soul

"Madlib Medicine Show No. 10 reminds us of the mastery Madlib has performed throughout his heralded body of work, sourcing inspiration by the likes of Don Blackman, ZZ Hill or the Sylvers and blowing you away with the original work that stems from it. With Black Soul, he's digging deep to give you a mix of 60s and 70s soul, disco and funk unlike you've ever heard."

Track List

  1. "To Promote Illogical Thinking"
  2. "To Increase Efficiency of Mentation and Perception"
  3. "To Promote the Intoxicating Effect of Alcohol"
  4. "The Induction of Hypnosis"
  5. "To Withstand Privation, Torture and Coercion"
  6. "To Promote Amnesia"
  7. "May Result in Shock and Confusion"
  8. "To Produce “Pure” Euphoria"
  9. "To Alter Personality Structure"

  • All track names are references to the goals of an illegal CIA covert operation codenamed, "MKULTRA"



#11: Low Budget High Fi Music

"A 28-track hip-hop album of exclusive Madlib collabos w/ A.G., Guilty Simpson, MED, Oh No, Strong Arm Steady and others. Karriem Riggins pops in for a Supreme Team session, Madlib & Oh No debut The Professionals, and we hear a Jaylib-era track from their never-realized second album. Low Budget High Fi also contains several Loop Digga instrumentals and of course interludes, outerludes and probably quaaludes."

Track List

  1. Madlib - "Sounds of the Studio (Prelude)"
  2. The Professionals - "Hold Up"
  3. Madlib - "Handmade Hustle (Instrumental)"
  4. The Professionals feat. Roc C - "Start Sumthin' (93033)"
  5. Guilty Simpson - "Thoughts of an Old Flame"
  6. Madlib - "Minze (Come Closer)"
  7. Madlib - "Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme)" (Produced by Jaylib)
  8. Madlib - "The Ride (Nightcoastin' Instrumental)
  9. A.G. - "O.G. (Whirlwind Mix)"
  10. Oh No - "O.G. (Underwater Mix)"
  11. Frank Nitty - "Stageridin' (First Demo Double Image Mix)"
  12. Madlib - "Love/Hate (Instrumental)"
  13. Strong Arm Steady - Loose Girl (Electronic Drunk Demon Version)"
  14. Madlib - "Smoke Break (Whodat?)"
  15. Supreme Team - "Interview #4080"
  16. Madlib - "Embryo Thought (Instrumental)"
  17. Madlib - "The Adventures of Soul Bra and Docta Dick’em (Pts. 1 and 2)"
  18. MED - "Cheaters (Episode #3) feat. Poke"
  19. Madlib - "Interliberation (Interlude)"
  20. Madlib - "Mic Check (Smoke Break II)"
  21. L.M.D. - "Real Talk"
  22. Madlib - "The Sound of Champions (Instrumental)"
  23. Strong Arm Steady - "Charlie Hustle"
  24. Madlib - " Girls (Prelude)"
  25. Madlib - "Same"
  26. MED - "Snakes 101"
  27. J Rocc - "Girls"
  28. J Rocc - "Uh (Outro)"




Beat Konducta Around the World (bonus disc)

  1. Madlib - "The Middle East"
  2. Madlib - "L.A. California (U.S.)"
  3. Madlib - "Jamaica"
  4. Madlib - "Memphis (U.S.)"
  5. Madlib - "Oakland, California (U.S.)"
  6. Madlib - "New York (U.S.)"
  7. Madlib - "Brazil"
  8. Madlib - "Asia"
  9. Madlib - "Philadelphia (U.S.)"
  10. Madlib - "India"
  11. Madlib - "The Lost Gates"
  12. Madlib - "London"
  13. Madlib - "Keebler Elf Forest"
  14. Madlib - "Detroit (U.S.)"

#12: Raw Medicine (Madlib Remixes)

"Rounding out the 12-part Madlib Medicine Show series, Madlib flips the format with Raw Medicine: Madlib Remixes - part mixtape, part beat tape, featuring a host of un-suspecting collaborators that run the gamut from thugs, street poets, star emcees and underdogs. We ain't naming names. The show runs 60 minute with 30+ tracks."

Track List

The following track list is unofficial and adopted from Rappcats.com
  1. Intro
  2. Capone-n-Noreaga
  3. Inspectah Deck’s verse from 7L & Esoteric’s “Speaking Real Words” / Rae’s verse from Big Pun’s “Fire Water”
  4. Q-Tip – For The Nasty
  5. Interlude
  6. Royce The 5’9 – Buzzin'
  7. Interlude
  8. Doom’s verse from De La Soul’s Roc Co Kane Flow
  9. J Dilla – Let’s Take It Back
  10. Remixes 2 Intro
  11. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Cross Bronx Expressway
  12. Musiq Soulchild – Caught Up / Ghostface – Love Session
  13. Frank N Dank – Ma Dukes
  14. O-Solo – Monsta
  15. Interlude
  16. Clipse – Pussy
  17. Skillz – Ya’ll Dont Wanna Do That
  18. Interlude
  19. Madlib – The Wigflip
  20. AZ – Never Change
  21. Interlude
  22. Royal Flush – Shines
  23. Ghostface – Save Me Dear
  24. Interlude
  25. Phil Da Agony – Watch Out
  26. Guilty Simpson (OJ Simpson) – Outside
  27. QB’s Finest – Da Bridge 2001
  28. Interlude
  29. Cappadonna – Black Boy
  30. Beanie Sigel – Wanted
  31. Interlude
  32. M.E.D.
  33. Kardinal Offishal – Belly Dancer
  34. The Un – D.O.A.
  35. Sadat X – verse from Diamond D’s “Feel It”
  36. Interlude
  37. Outro
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