Talk:Madlib/Comments

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1) I am not sure, but I don't think Madlib is from Oakland, CA. He is listed in this category ("People from Oakland, CA"), but his article says he is from Oxnard, CA. I don't actually know where he is from, but I love hip hop, and I love Madliib, and I am doing research on Oakland, CA, and I have never heard that he was from Oakland before. Also, I know for a fact that his record label (Stones Throw Records) is based in LA, so it seems likely to me that he is from OXNARD and not OAKLAND, since Oxnard is in So. California.

2) Madlib has many recording personalities (Quas, Yesterday's New Quintet, Jaylib, Madvillian, etc.), and these should each have their own page simply because they are different artistic personalities. Someone looking for info on Quasimoto won't find a Madlib article unless it redirects to there -- but I think they might just be looking for info on Quas, and it would disorient them to redirect them to Madlib.

3) It is indisputable -- Madliub is one of the most important figures in hip hop right now. There seems to be some confusion about this. Anyone listening carefully to current hip hop (i.e. not just listening to what gets radio play) knows his name an his influence. He is the main force unifying or fusing jazz and hip hop, and, in my opinion, the most accessible frontiersman in hip hop today. That is to say, he is innovating, no question, but in a way where his influence can be clearly seen. He is underground, but interacting with the mainstream -- J Dilla and Talib Kweli, to name two.

That is all.