Watch Madlib’s Lecture w/ RBMA New York 2016 (Video)

Madlib made a rare appearance with the Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) New York, as he sat on the infamous couch chair for over an hour and talked about a variety of subjects. For everyone that follows along with The Beat Konducta, you know that he doesn’t do a lot of public speaking, so this is definitely a gem. Press play and dive into his world a bit.

Since the early โ€˜90s, the reclusive Madlib has been producing music at a relentless pace. Whether heโ€™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.

Luckily, we were able to coax him out of his studio for a rare discussion at the Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York 2016 about Prince, the importance of doing taxes, the death of his Quasimoto alter-ego, collaborating with Kanye West and his love of industrial music.

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 Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year.

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