Madlib The beat Konducta – WLIB AM: King Of The Wigflip

‘What do you do when somebody gives you complete musical freedom?'”
Short answer: You become Madlib – maverick, prolific, and tirelessly uninhibited. /W.L.I.B. AM. //King of the Wigflip/ plays like the days when AM radio ruled the airwaves, transmitting a crackling, low-fi mélange of endless sample fodder, vocal snippets, and sonic intuition, turning singles into stars and flipping wigs with each twist of the dial. Starting with the ominous, tribal overtones of “The New Resident,” its spiritual spank followed by the customarily aggressive Guilty Simpson on the brassy, stabbing “Blow the Horns On ‘Em,” /W.L.I.B. AM. King of the Wigflip/ finds Madlib venturing away from the deconstruction of world rhythms on recent projects and returning to his Western hemisphere roots in hip-hop and R&B.