Madlib Beat Konducta, Vol. 5-6: Dil Cosby

• For My Mans (Prelude)
• The Mystery (Dilla's Still Here)
• Beat Provider (Through the Years)
• J's Day Theme #3 (Support)
• In Jah Hands (Dilla's Lament)
• Get Dollaz (24-7)
• The String (Heavy Jones)
• Two for Pay Jay (No Dough, No Show)
• No More Time? (The Change)
• Do You Know? (Transition)
• Dirty Hop (The Shuffle)
• Floating Soul (Peace)
• Infinity Sound (Never Ending)
• Rolled Peach Optimos (Call Day)
• The Main Inspiration (Coltrane of Beats)
• The Get Over Move()
• Shades of Pete (Super)
• King Chop (Top Line)
• Sacrifice (Beat-A-Holic Thoughts)
• Rebirth Cycle (Super Soul)
• Dil Cosby (Interlude)
• Dill Withers Theme
• First Class (The Best Catalogue)
• Lifetime (Lifeline)
• The Electric Zone Plugged In()
• So Much (Music)
• Smoked Out (Green Blaze Subliminal Sould)
• Another Bag of Bomb (No Seeds)
• All Love (The Movement)
• Detroit Playaz (Gator Walk)
• Blast (Computer Rock)
• J.B. and J.D. (Interlude)
• Never Front (Ears Up)
• Dillalade Ride (Contact High)
• Suffer (Concentration)
• Show Me the Good Life (Chip Stack)
• Slapped Up (Slap N' Clap)
• Another Batch (Play It Again)
• Full Figure Pockets (Pay Jay)
• Smoke Interlude (Hawaiian Punch)
• The Sky (Beyond Sight)

The latest in Madlib’s Beat Konduta, this time, the Stones Throw luminary creates his two-part album as a tribute to the late J. Dilla. As always, Madlib brings a meticulous attention to detail and a wide range of musical influences to compose lush, visual tracks that express the artistic potential of hip-hop. Beat Konducta Vol. 5 & 6 is an instrumental affair, but Madlib’s strong jazz background always manifests itself in beats that are far more than just 4-bar loops played over and over again. His catalogue might be hard to keep track of with all the name changes, but Madlib by any other name is still just as sweet.

Abstract by Alex Thornton