Category: Madlib Samples

Jimmy Scott has recorded some of the most beautiful and passionate soulful ballads in music history. His voice and auraContinue Reading

Isaac Hayes’ music is iconic. Having crafted some of the best albums of all time, it is no surprise toContinue Reading

In terms of compositions, sounds, grooves and melodies producers look to sample, no album or soundtrack has really attained aContinue Reading

Mandrill are a Brooklyn-based soul and funk band which formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968. The group consists ofContinue Reading

Few keyboardists have been as influential and central to the legacy and image of a band as Bernie Worrell. OneContinue Reading

On this Sunday’s ‘Madlib Samples’ we go to Brazil in 1970 to rediscover a rare but essential gem. Waldir CalmonContinue Reading

Born in Sunflower, Mississippi in 1939, Jerry Butler had an incredibly difficult childhood, growing up within the slums of a raciallyContinue Reading