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    Madlib Gives Update on Mac Miller Album and Teases New Erykah Badu Project

    In an interview with Sway in the Morning, producer and DJ Madlib reveals that he’s currently finishing a Mac Miller album. He’s also teasing a new project with Erykah Badu.

    Back in 2019, Madlib teased a possible Mac Miller project. Clips of the unreleased tracks surfaced online but were later scrubbed.

    Madlib Gives Update On Mac Miller Album

    Madlib, the prolific producer whose discography spans nearly three decades of collaborations and alter egos, recently revealed that he is working on an unreleased album with late rapper Mac Miller. The project titled “MacLib” was previously spoken about on Sway in the Morning with Talib Kweli, but this new update from Madlib has shed some light on the long-awaited project and its status.

    Originally posted on Rappcats in 2019, the post explained that Madlib and Miller first met while recording on Freddie Gibbs’ Pinata, leading to them sending each other beats every once in a while. In the future, they would meet in person to discuss ideas for new music.

    In the years that followed, Miller would send Madlib songs that he worked on and preview during his DJ sets. The two eventually created an “EP’s worth of music,” according to Madlib’s manager Eothen Alapatt, in a statement published in 2019.

    In a recent interview with DJ Booth, the producer’s label head Thelonious Martin revealed that Mac had an unreleased collaborative project with him titled “MacLib.” There are no plans for this album to be officially released. However, the rumors of an unreleased Mac Miller album have been floating around since the late rapper’s death in September 2018. It’s still possible that we may get to hear it this year.

    Teases New Erykah Badu Project

    Madlib delivered some good news to the hip-hop community this week, as he told Sway In The Morning that he has some new music on the way. During the interview, the producer mentioned that he is finishing up the Mac Miller album as well as albums with Planet Asia and Erykah Badu.

    Madlib’s announcement comes after producer Thelonious Martin revealed in a DJBooth interview that Miller had an unreleased project with the California native called Maclib. In early 2015, the rapper recorded songs over a batch of Madlib’s beats. He sent them back to the producer, who would later play them during his live DJ sets.

    Mac Miller’s final album, “Swimming,” was posthumously nominated for a Grammy in 2019. His estate also released a posthumous album entitled Circles in 2020.

    Earlier this year, Madlib announced that he has another Mac Miller album on the way, but it might not be ready to release until next summer. He said the album has received the blessing of Miller’s estate, so it might see the light of day soon.

    Stream Liberation 2

    Madlib gave an update on his rumored Mac Miller album during an interview with Sway in the Morning and also teased a new project featuring Erykah Badu. During the March 27 appearance, the producer/DJ revealed that he and Mac Miller are currently working on an EP’s worth of music and confirmed the late rapper’s estate has approved it.

    In the meantime, Talib Kweli and Madlib will release a sequel to their 2007 collaborative project Liberation next month. The Luminary-exclusive album will feature contributions from Q-Tip, Westside Gunn, Wildchild and Roc Marciano, as well as a posthumous Mac Miller performance.

    For the first track from Liberation 2, entitled “After These Messages,” Kweli and Madlib sample words from TikTok creator LevertTheBassman. The song also features singer-songwriter Amani, and it’s accompanied by a music video.

    On Saturday night, Kweli and Madlib performed a song from the album on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Amani rapped his own verse on the track, and both Kweli’s son and daughter were there to watch it happen. The pair also filmed a video of their performance. Check it out below.

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