J Dilla vs Madlib

[Tommy Gibbs]

Would be good to hear a full beat discography from both to compare.

You will NEVER hear Madlib's full beat discography. Dude has way too much shyt . I love 'em both, but I like more Madlib produced full albums. Georgia Anne Muldrow's Seeds is my favorite album from her. People like to praise Donus, as they should, but Madlib got over 20 instrumental albums like that alone (Peep the Beat Konducta series). The problem with questions like this is that 99% of the population will choose the artist that is deceased automatically thinking he/she is better, not knowing that the other artist was just as hot, if not hotter, when the deceased artist was alive and still hot today.

 

[I love Latina women]

I like Madlib but a lot of stuff just sounds too demo-ish and incomplete at times to me

Dilla shyt hit harder and more soulful to me too

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

I kinda agree, except my final answer might be different. I can't even call it. I do think that Dilla's later career was heavily influenced by Madlib, Donuts being a great example. I think they both influenced each other a lot, and it sounds so corny, but I have a hard time thinking of one and not the other. I wish Madlib got some more props from mainstream media now. Someone mentioned this on the Booth recently (it may have been you) but they said that we got Dilla in the history books, and that we have an opportunity to do that with Madlib now, while he's still here.

Now you know goddamn well hip hop fans and online forums only respect deceased artists

 

[EastsideRio]

Madlibs brother Oh No is better than Madlib

 

[Awesome Wells]

I like Madlib but a lot of stuff just sounds too demo-ish and incomplete at times to me

Dilla shyt hit harder and more soulful to me too

This right here.

I've been a fan of Madlib since the early Lootpack days, but he's nowhere near in the same league as Dilla.

That's just two different levels of production. One of my boys found all the samples to Madvillany and remade the beats, just for fun. You could barely tell the difference between his and Lib's. Ain't nobody gonna be able to remake any of Dilla's sh*t. Dude was way too prolific. You could have all the records and drum sounds he used for a beat, and you still won't be able to do it like he did it. You can't recapture the feeling. He was too soulful with it.

When you hear legendary producers speak on Dilla, you hear how much of a genius that dude was. Or if you've ever made beats, you can hear how intricate he was with chopping and even just with his drum programming. We'll never see another producer like him again. The real heads spoke on this way before his death. He was that special out the gate.

 

[I love Latina women]

This right here.

I've been a fan of Madlib since the early Lootpack days, but he's nowhere near in the same league as Dilla.

That's just two different levels of production. One of my boys found all the samples to Madvillany and remade the beats, just for fun. You could barely tell the difference between his and Lib's. Ain't nobody gonna be able to remake any of Dilla's sh*t. Dude was way too prolific. You could have all the records and drum sounds he used for a beat, and you still won't be able to do it like he did it. You can't recapture the feeling. He was too soulful with it.

When you hear legendary producers speak on Dilla, you hear how much of a genius that dude was. Or if you've ever made beats, you can hear how intricate he was with chopping and even just with his drum programming. We'll never see another producer like him again. The real heads spoke on this way before his death. He was that special out the gate.

Yessir, you get it

I respect his style and I like a lot of his stuff

But Madlib’s music sometimes feel incomplete and like a demo of an idea he has but not yet finished

Yessir! I always say the way Dilla was a master at the way he chopped, looped and sampled music.

Dilla was very strategic his his approach

Madlib is a lot more free with his approach


Madlib strikes me as the type who believes in imperfections with his music and goes with heat of moment and the moves on


Dilla would perfect his shyt

 

[Awesome Wells]

Yessir, you get it

I respect his style and I like a lot of his stuff

But Madlib’s music sometimes feel incomplete and like a demo of an idea he has but not yet finished

Yessir! I always say the way Dilla was a master at the way he chopped, looped and sampled music.

Dilla was very strategic his his approach

Madlib is a lot more free with his approach


Madlib strikes me as the type who believes in imperfections with his music and goes with heat of moment and the moves on


Dilla would perfect his shyt

Facts.

I definitely respect Madlib. And like you said, I like a lot of his music. But I can't recall anything he produced that made me go crazy and have to rewind the beat to hear it again because it was so crazy, lol. I've done that with Dilla's beats a million times since like '95-'96. You hear his joints and it's like "WTF is THIS?!?"

He took records I heard my parents playing all day and turned them into beats where I didn't even recognize the damn sample. He was a mad scientist with the production.

 

[I love Latina women]

Facts.

I definitely respect Madlib. And like you said, I like a lot of his music. But I can't recall anything he produced that made me go crazy and have to rewind the beat to hear it again because it was so crazy, lol. I've done that with Dilla's beats a million times since like '95-'96. You hear his joints and it's like "WTF is THIS?!?"

He took records I heard my parents playing all day and turned them into beats where I didn't even recognize the damn sample. He was a mad scientist with the production.

Same here

Exactly bruh!!!

I think that’s why I fade in and out with Madlib’s music and I sometimes i have to be in a mood to hear a lot of his music

With Dilla, I can listen to his music anytime and just zone out

It’s the soul and drums with Dilla’s music

Dilla’s beats just immediate speak to your inner psyche and soul

Hell yeah, and that’s part of Dilla’s genius.

 

[Metal Face]

Dilla beats are easier to listen to

I gotta be in a certain mood to listen to Madlib

 

[Awesome Wells]

Same here

Exactly bruh!!!

I think that’s why I fade in and out with Madlib’s music and I sometimes i have to be in a mood to hear a lot of his music

With Dilla, I can listen to his music anytime and just zone out

It’s the soul and drums with Dilla’s music

Dilla’s beats just immediate speak to your inner psyche and soul

Hell yeah, and that’s part of Dilla’s genius.

Truth be told, I downloaded all of his beat tapes way back in like '02-'03.

I still ride around just listening to the instrumentals. I don’t even need to listen to the actual songs he produced, all the time. Sometimes, I just wanna chill out to his beats and just zone. I found this joint with demo beats he made in '96. The "Stakes is High" demo beat is on there. And I can't even remember how many times I've played this sh*t, lol. It's just perfection. Not a vocal in sight. I just cool out with dude's beats.

 

[I love Latina women]

Truth be told, I downloaded all of his beat tapes way back in like '02-'03.

I still ride around just listening to the instrumentals. I don’t even need to listen to the actual songs he produced, all the time. Sometimes, I just wanna chill out to his beats and just zone. I found this joint with demo beats he made in '96. The "Stakes is High" demo beat is on there. And I can't even remember how many times I've played this sh*t, lol. It's just perfection. Not a vocal in sight. I just cool out with dude's beats.

Me too and then my external hard drive crash and i never looked back

I had all of Madlib’s music up until that point too, this was 2009


shyt crashed and I was distraught


Nice, Dilla made beats that you love to hear and literally didn’t need a single nikka rapping over them

A lot of nikkas make beats but most of them don’t make shyt that’s as soothing to the ear with no rhymes as Dilla’s joints are

 

[Awesome Wells]

Me too and then my external hard drive crash and i never looked back

I had all of Madlib’s music up until that point too, this was 2009


shyt crashed and I was distraught


Nice, Dilla made beats that you love to hear and literally didn’t need a single nikka rapping over them

A lot of nikkas make beats but most of them don’t make shyt that’s as soothing to the ear with no rhymes as Dilla’s joints are

Dilla really did have a soothing vibe to his production. Perfect for just chillin' and zoning out to. I love his sh*t from '95-'99. That sound he perfected with Tip was something else! Mad classic. A lot of the demo beats on that '96 tape ended up on this too:

 

[Majestyx]

Truth be told, I downloaded all of his beat tapes way back in like '02-'03.

I still ride around just listening to the instrumentals. I don’t even need to listen to the actual songs he produced, all the time. Sometimes, I just wanna chill out to his beats and just zone. I found this joint with demo beats he made in '96. The "Stakes is High" demo beat is on there. And I can't even remember how many times I've played this sh*t, lol. It's just perfection. Not a vocal in sight. I just cool out with dude's beats.

me too breh.
i remember i had Spacek - Dollar instrumental way before the album dropped. Them instrumentals are ill to vibe out to

 

[I love Latina women]

Dilla really did have a soothing vibe to his production. Perfect for just chillin' and zoning out to. I love his sh*t from '95-'99. That sound he perfected with Tip was something else! Mad classic. A lot of the demo beats on that '96 tape ended up on this too:

Yessir
It was like a Jazz approach to the music but with that soulful Detroit sound

I ain’t listened to What Up Doe on a minute

 

[Awesome Wells]

me too breh.
i remember i had Spacek - Dollar instrumental way before the album dropped. Them instrumentals are ill to vibe out to

That was another instrumental that was CRAZY!!