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YESTERDAYS NEW QUINTET - Yesterday's Universe

Yesterday's Universe continues to expand with astral speed.

This will mark the 5th Full-length for YNQ album. All produced by Madlib

Special Guests include the likes of Mamao (Azymuth), Karriem Riggins (Common, Slum Village, J Dilla)

NY TIMES on Madlib's jazz projects: 'Madlib's jazz project rolls in a fetishism of a time long past, but Madlib's extreme evocation of this kind of music is an
achievement'

URB: 'Only a mind as eccentric as Madlib's could invent not one, but five new alter egos to inhabit. The producer behind the Lootpack and Quasimoto masquerading as
Yesterdays New Quintet's Malik Flavors, Monk Hughes, Ahmad Miller, Joe McDuffrey and his true namesake, Otis Jackson Jr.'

AMAZON: 'From twisted hip hop bliss to one-man-band vinyl alchemy Madlib delivers yet another genre-exploding album, further proving that there is no end to Yesterday's Universe, nor the mind of Echo Park's illest.'

 
Back in the year 2000, Madlib saw the cusp of the millennium as a place in time to look back in history while looking forward to the future. Musically, this meant a Big Bang ­ the sonic collision of classic jazz, funk and fusion with present-day hip-hop. Madlib set in motion Yesterday's Universe with his Yesterdays New Quintet, a combo of five esoteric jazz cats who were unheard of then and unseen even now. All his listeners needed to know about Madlib's new crew of instrumentalists was what they heard coming from the grooves of the debut LP, Angles Without Edges.  Today, all five 'players' ­ by now, obviously all alter-egos of Madlib himself ­ alongside a host of new incarnations showcase their talents on Yesterday's Universe. They represent a distinct facet of Madlib¹s musical universe, which we have finally come to realize is the universe of his mind.
 

TRACKLISTING:

01. Otis Jackson Jr Trio - Bitches Brew (M. Davis)
02. The Jahari Massamba Unit featuring Karriem Riggins Trio - Umoja (Unity)
03. Young Jazz Rebels - Slave Riot (D. Smith)
04. The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - One for the Monica Lingas Band
05. Kamala Walker and The Soul Tribe - Street Talkin'
06. The Jazzistics - Marcus, Martin & Malcolm
07. Suntouch - Two for Strata East
08. Sound Directions - She's Gonna Stay
09. The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Cold Nights And Rainy Days
10. Otis Jackson Jr Trio - Free Son
11. Jackson Conti - Barumba (L.Eca, Bebeto)
12. Ahmad Miller - Sunny C (California)
13. The Eddie Prince Fusion Band - Mtume's Song
14. Yesterday's Universe All Stars - Vibes from the Tribes Suite (For Phil)
15. Jackson Conti - Upa Neguinho

YESTERDAYS NEW QUINTET - Yesterday's Universe is available through Stones Throw/Basement Digs, and distributed by Creative Vibes

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