Madlib Talks Sampling, Freddie Gibbs, J Dilla And More | Red Bull Music Academy

Reclusive producer extraordinaire Otis Jackson Jr. AKA Madlib discussed Prince, the importance of doing taxes, the death of his Quasimoto alter-ego, collaborating with Kanye West and his love of industrial music in this rare public lecture as part of RBMA Festival NYC 2016. #RBMA #madlib #beats TOPICS: 4:08 - Growing up 20:29 - Sampling 27:07 - Freddie Gibbs 33:12 - J Dilla 45:38 - Quasimoto 56:10 - MF Doom Since the early ‘90s, the reclusive Madlib has been producing music at a relentless pace. Whether he’s working with artists like Freddie Gibbs, MF Doom or Erykah Badu, collaborating with the late J Dilla, or working under one of his own aliases, like the drugged out party creature Quasimoto, Madlib has carved out his own idiosyncratic corner in the massive hip-hop universe. The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Ac