Formed in 2009, Late Bloomers are a hip hop trio based in the Los Angeles area. Look for their debut EP, Three Shades Brown, to drop January 18th on Tres Records. With influences ranging from soul music to classic west coast rap, Late Bloomers have a sound that is uplifting and serious, yet often countered by a playful tone (listen to “Never Don’t Grow” below). Elevator recently caught up the trio for a quick e-mail interview.
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It was Tone Loc… at some rich kid’s birthday party. Some may think that’s a recipe for disaster, but it was a great experience. It was 2010, but he still killed it.
LA Weekly Newspaper recently published an interview with the elusive producer commonly know as Madlib. You may know Otis Jackson, Jr.’s musical works from one of his many aliases; Beat Konducta, DJ Rels, Loopdigga, Quasimoto, Madlib and many many more. His discography stretches from the 90’s to present day from producing the early works of the Lootpack to his newest Medicine Show series where he set out to release a project every month for a year straight to re-cap the Madlib Invasion. As an multi-dimensional musician he produces music from hip-hop to jazz and anything in between. Experimenting with samples from around the world Madlib has been know to create styles and rhythms that are completely original to which ever character he’s producing under. Read more for the LA Weekly Interview by Jeff Weiss below.
