2022 reissue on sky blue vinyl, originally released in 2010 - Back in the 90s, “beat tapes” were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, friends, or potential collaborators. Madlib made a bunch of them in the days between his early productions for the Alkaholiks (circa ’92) and the release of his Quasimoto album (2000), after which he took a couple of years off of the beats to focus on making jazz music before beginning a new era of hip-hop with Madvillain, Jaylib and Beat Konducta.
This collection of beats showcases the way that Madlib’s early hip-hop demos were filtered out to his crew of friends and associates, providing an opportunity for a unique view into Madlib’s working process. These beats, often freestyled on SP1200 or whatever machine he had at the ready, were picked up by rappers over a period of many years. Trainspotters will find it interesting that beats later destined for the likes of Wildchild and Percee P were made some years before those albums saw release.
This album is punctuated with a series of early solo-raps by Madlib and his Quasimoto alter ego and features the crew known collectively as CDP – those rappers who worked side by side with Madlib during the days of his Oxnard CA-based “Crate Diggas Palace” studios. The Madlib Medicine Show series is a combination of Madlib's new hip-hop productions, remixes, beat tapes and jazz, as well as mixtapes of funk, soul, Brazilian, psych, jazz and other undefined forms of music.
| A1 | Warning (Intro) |
| A2 | Static Invazion |
| A3 | Stakeout |
| A4 | Rapper X Radio |
| A5 | Last Day's Music |
| A6 | Nothing From Nothing |
| A7 | Episode VII |
| A8 | Episode VIII |
| A9 | Episode IX |
| A10 | Episode X |
| B1 | Episode XI |
| B2 | Episode XII |
| B3 | Episode XIII |
| B4 | Episode XIV |
| B5 | Episode XV |
| B6 | Episode XVI |
| B7 | Episode XVII |
| B8 | Episode XVIII |
| C1 | Episode XIX |
| C2 | Episode XX |
| C3 | Further Adventures Of Walkman Flavor |
| C4 | Episode XXII |
| C5 | Episode XXIII |
| C6 | Episode XXIV |
| C7 | Episode XXV |
| C8 | Episode XXVI |
| D1 | EpisodeXXVII |
| D2 | Live From Outer Space |
| D3 | Real Days |
| D4 | C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 1 |
| D5 | C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 2 & 3 |
| D6 | C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 4 |
| D7 | C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 5 |
| D8 | C.D.P. Assassins Pt. 6 |
