Madlib has debuted some new, unreleased songs he made with Freddie Gibbs and the late Mac Miller, and confirmed during a recent tour stop that heās got a ton of new music in the works.
On Saturday (June 10), the Bandana producer previewed some new tracks during a performance in Sydney, Australia, including a song called āJohn Gotti Karateā off his and Gibbsā forthcoming collab album Montana.
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He also previewed another new song called āNosy Neighbourā featuring Mac Miller, which he said will appear on their long sought-after collab project Maclib.
Elsewhere during his show, Madlib confirmed he had even more albums in the works with Fly Anakin and Meyhem Lauren, and said they were all coming soon.
Madlib previews "John Gotti Karate" from Montana and "Nosy Neighbour" from Maclib at his show in Sydney. He also said that Maclib, Montana, The Fly Anakin album and another with Meyhem Lauren are coming soon. pic.twitter.com/yffw9INBzK
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This is the most concrete update Madlib has given in regard to his highly-anticipated Maclib mixtape and comes after the famed producer told Sway in the Morning back in March that he was putting the finishing touches on the long-lost project. He confirmed that itās the same project spoken about years ago when Mac was still alive, and said the late rapperās estate have green-lit it.
The producer has previously played unreleased music from his sessions with Mac Miller on two other occasions, both in 2019: at a concert in San DiegoĀ andĀ another in Queens alongside Freddie Gibbs.
As for hisĀ Bandana follow-up with Gangsta Gibbs, the latter confirmed during a sprawling interview with XXL in January thatĀ Montana was one of four albums he has in the works this year.
āIāma hit yāall with some shit that yāall thought yāall was ready for, but you really aināt ready for,ā he said. āAlchemist and Madlib aināt goinā nowhere, so keep that in mind. And me and Boi-1da in the studio now real, real, real heavy. Iām making the best music of my life, so itās no reason to stop. And Iām the king of R&B, so I gotta do that album as well.ā
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Madlib most recently linked with Talib Kweli on their new joint project Liberation 2, which dropped on Luminary back in March. Later that month, he also confirmed Madvillainy 2 with the late MF DOOM was also high on his to-do list, though couldnāt speak on when fans could expect it.
āWe have like 10 joints,ā Madlib told Peter Rosenberg during an interview on Hot97. ā[Itās] just not complete. Itās more like a demo to me because we didnāt piece it together or anything and some of them it sounds like he just did one take and thatās it. [But] Iām gonna finish it. I gotta change a lot of the beats because some of the beats were used also.ā