Oh No — Dr. No’s Oxper­i­ment | Madlib — Beat Kon­ducta Vol. 3–4: India
In some ways, I feel like I just heard these two albums, so there must be some­thing in the air, as every­one is putting out their East­ern sam­ple instru­men­tal hip-hop records. These two and the above linked Dee­jay Om release all have their spe­cific charms. Dee­jay Om’s is cer­tainly the most fun and wacky, with a vari­ety of styles. Oh No’s is def­i­nitely the hard­est in terms of thun­der­ing drums and swag­ger, with Madlib’s just hav­ing that won­der­ful rough and loose Madlib aes­thetic, like it was thrown together in 2 min­utes, but walks around like it owns the place all the same. I can’t say that I don’t rec­om­mend get­ting them all. It’s quite an inter­est­ing way to take a hip-hop influ­enced tour of the world! Dr. No’s Oxper­i­ment and Beat Kon­ducta Vol. 3–4: India are both out from Stones Throw now.