Originally Posted by Engine

I actually love Madlib's Shades of Blue but I see what you mean - he did very little with the music. It's mostly that I love the original Jazz so much that I like the album - he just added like a sprinkling of hip hop.

I feel the same way about his Blunted in the Bombshelter album. I like it and listen to it now and then but it just sounds so lazy considering how great the source material is. Trojan Records let him in their vault like Blue Note did, I think. I love Madlib but I feel like he should probably smoke less weed when he's (legally!) remixing the classics.