18.05.12

Madlib put out his first privately with Lootpack through his own imprint that his dad funded. So I took a meeting with his dad originally because I worked for a distance distributor at the time but still had my own label. And the guys in Lootpack were already familiar with the music on Stones Take advantage of back in 1997 when we’d only put out a few records. So it seemed like they believed in what I was doing early on. With Dilla, I in actuality knew him because I’d put out a record called "Peanut Butter Breaks" in 1994 before Stones Out b shake off happened, and DJ House Shoes introduced me to J Dilla back then, and he was really into the Lootpack guys, so he was genuinely supportive.

This label wasn’t the end-all-be-all for these guys, obviously, but the records we did with these guys, I’m very proud of. That’s what’s high-ranking for me. I don’t wanna put something out that someone’s going to listen to 10 times in a row and get sick of it.

Source: Los Angeles Times

by Duncan Master

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