Quasimoto

About

Quasimoto is an alter ego of Madlib. Quasimoto first came to life on Madlib’s personal beat tapes in the producer’s early years in Oxnard CA, circa mid/late 1990s, in recordings that were meant for his own personal listening. After Madlib began working with Stones Throw Records, he was convinced to release Quasimoto, first as a featured MC on Peanut Butter Wolf’s “Styles Crews Flows Beats” 1998. Finally, Madlib put out Quasimoto’s debut solo album - The Unseen - in 2000. This album received much praise from both underground hip-hop press and mainstream media, making it onto Spin Magazine’s top albums of the year list. After a subsequent journey through jazz production and collaborations with MF DOOM & J Dilla, Madlib called on Quasimoto again for his second album, The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (2005). Stones Throw describes the album, “playing like something like a smoked-out comedy/crime Blaxploitation flick,” and with further critical acclaim, it continued to build Madlib’s reputation as one of the most creative and fearlessly skewed creators in hip-hop. In 2013, a third Quasimoto album was released, Yessir Whatever. This album is compiled of “12 tracks recorded over 12 …