Sound Directions: The Funky Side Of Life (Madlib) Vinyl LP Pop Vinyl This time it's his 1971

This time it's his 1971 full length Coming From Reality given its first official reissue

4AD became a buy-on-sight label for fans of lush & dreamy indie sounds

as limited edition 45s

“Skinny Love” and “For Emma” are the easy standouts on the record

How Do You Do is a more polished and mature effort

Sound Directions: The Funky Side Of Life (Madlib) Vinyl LP Pop Vinyl This time it's his 19712005 studio album from Madlib's Yesterday's New Quintet project, this time featuring a crew of live musicians who mostly seem culled from the Now Again roster & Connie Price group. With Madlib standing aside to do the directing rather than playing all the instruments himself, the sound is much tighter than past YNQ releases, but still retains his left brain, loping sense of musical structure. So fans will slide right in, and those of you who may have