Madlib - The Beat Konducta Vol 5-6 A Tribute To J Dilla

Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: Dil Cosby & Dil Withers is a 42-track tribute to the late J Dilla. Madlib and J. Rocc – arguably Dilla’s closest musical compatriots during his time spent in Los Angeles – lovingly remember their friend and reflect on his boundless influence. As was the case with Donuts and in keeping with the Beat Konducta’s all-embracing musical bent, this album does not settle into one groove for too long. The result is a transfixing, sometimes jarring, and always soulful homage to the man Madlib crowned “King Of The Beats.”

Madlib & Dilla released the classic Champion Sound album under the Jaylib moniker in 2003. Madlib is also responsible for recent tracks from Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah and more, and is the genius behind Madvillain, Quasimoto and many more.

When Madlib followed J Dilla’s now-classic Donuts with an instrumental concept album of his own, a series was born with a simple concept: put Madlib’s raw beat tapes into album form – one by one on vinyl, with two volumes at a time appearing on sporadically released CDs.

The first two volumes of Beat Konducta, Movie Scenes, were a soundtrack to a movie that existed only in Madlib’s mind. The second installment took its listeners on a tour of Bollywood, circa 1975. Beat Konducta In India paid sincere tribute to musical giants largely unheard of by Western ears. And kept the funk levels up all the way.

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