{"title":"Quasimoto","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuasimoto is the utterly bizarre alter ego of production wizard\/MC Madlib (born Otis Jackson, Jr.), one of the leading underground producers on the West Coast hip-hop scene. Madlib got his start with the Oxnard, California-based Lootpack, which recorded an acclaimed album, Soundpieces: Da Antidote, for Peanut Butter Wolf's Stones Throw label in 1999. At Peanut Butter Wolf's urging, the initially reluctant Madlib subsequently began to concentrate on his Quasimoto side project, with which he'd been experimenting since 1996. Quasimoto's music had a decidedly different flavor: free-associative raps sped up during the recording process to sound like their creator had been inhaling helium, backed by liquid-flowing jazz loops and a heavy stoner atmosphere. Madlib debuted the Quasimoto voice on Peanut Butter Wolf's My Vinyl Weighs a Ton in 1999, and also used it sparingly on the Lootpack album. The first Quasimoto single, Hittin' Hooks, appeared later in 1999, and the Microphone Mathematics 12\" began to make Madlib's mysterious \"protégé\" an underground favorite. A second 12,\" Come on Feet, was released in 2000, and the first Quasimoto full-length, The Unseen, followed on its heels. The Unseen was greeted with generally glowing reviews (and some confusion as well), earning comparisons to legendary hip-hop eccentrics like Prince Paul and Kool Keith; some critics went so far as to call it a left-field masterpiece. An instrumental version of the album followed later, and as its reputation continued to spread, he returned in 2002 with the three-song, vinyl-only EP Astronaut. The Further Adventures of Lord Quas, the second full Quasimoto record, appeared in 2005 on Stones Throw. Yessir Whatever, a collection of rare tracks and unreleased material from the project, arrived in 2013. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"quasimoto-the-unseen","title":"| The Unseen (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLord Quas' first solo 12\" on Stones Throw Records! Features three songs also available on Quas's The Unseen, but get 'em here with artwork by DJ Design. Instrumentals too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ePersonnel includes: Quasimoto, Madlib, Mr. Herb, Medaphoar, Wildchild. Personnel includes: Quasimoto, Madlib. Quasimoto's The Unseen is one of the most imaginative albums of the new West Coast underground, a puzzling, psychedelic jazz-rap gem riddled with warped humor and fractured musical genius. Producer Madlib actually outdoes his inventive work on the Lootpack's debut album, Soundpieces: Da Antidote!, crafting deep, dreamy jazz loops littered with found sounds and wiggy vocal samples. Quasimoto's helium-huffing voice is actually Madlib's, electronically altered for an effect not unlike Prince's abandoned Camille project. It might put some listeners off as gimmicky, and it's really a shame if it does, because it isn't really the focal point of The Unseen's left-field brilliance. It's more of an added textural element for Madlib's off-kilter soundscapes and a vehicle for the cartoonish humor hinted at in his choice of samples. The lyrics are highly free-associative (that is to say, stoned beyond belief), and by turns paranoid, threatening, or hallucinatory. But it all melts into the warm, druggy haze of the music; unlike, say, the Wu-Tang Clan or Dr. Octagon, this dream isn't supposed to be a nightmare. Quas' scattershot flow isn't what you'd call technically accomplished, but that's by design -- he's supposed to be fragmented, not quite all there. The song structures are similarly loose, with rhymes coming from nowhere and disappearing just as quickly; the tracks are short (all under four minutes) and end abruptly, as though Quas is too blunted to think of anything else to say. (Madlib does appear as himself on occasion, and usually sounds just as noncommittal as his \"collaborator.\") Highlights are plentiful, and include the brilliant singles \"Microphone Mathematics\" and \"Come on Feet,\" the bizarre trash-talking of \"Bad Character\" and \"Put a Curse on You,\" and the joy-of-music cuts \"Return of the Loop Digga\" and \"Jazz Cats, Pt. 1,\" which recount Madlib's obsession with record collecting and name-check his favorites. It takes some time to assimilate, but The Unseen gradually reveals itself as one of the most unique and rewarding albums of its era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eA1        Welcome to Violence\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA2        Bad Character\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA3        Microphone Mathematics\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA4        Basic Instinct\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA5        Goodmorning Sunshine\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA6        Discipline 99, Pt.0\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB1        Low Class Conspiracy\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB2        Return of the Loop Digga\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB3        Real Eyes\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB4        Come on Feet\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC1        Bluffin\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC2        Boom Music\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC3        MHB's\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC4        Put a Curse on You\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC5        Astro Black\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC6        Green Power\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD1        Jazz Cats, Pt.1\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD2        24-7\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD3        The Unseen\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD4        Phony Game\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD5        Astro Travellin'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e*Audio and\/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLabel: SNHO\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCatalog: 2025\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRel. 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This is par for the course on THE FURTHER ADVENTURES, a deliriously inventive record that combines artful sound-sculpting, funk, hip-hop, and more into a brilliant stew for one of the most inspired records of 2005.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JITRE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 11\/08\/2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quasimoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44586376200425,"sku":"K42776-47K9-00","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Quasimoto-The-Further-Adventures-of-Lord-Quas_v5dSQ.jpg?v=1747125882"},{"product_id":"quasimoto-microphone-mathematics-12","title":"Microphone Mathematics - 12\"","description":"Lord Quass first solo 12 on Stones Throw Records! 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Quasimoto is actually versatile producer Madlib, at his most demented, bizarre, and magnificent. The album opens with maniacal, Vincent Price-style laughing, before Madlib announces his alter ego, who launches into a twisted sermon somewhere between the Geto Boys and Eminem. At one point Quas quips \"I flow similar to cool whip Tabasco,\" about as valid a description of his quirky style as any. That track, \"Bullysh--,\" is diverted into a 1950s radio-announcer skit, then returns to the sound of psychotic rhymes. This is par for the course on THE FURTHER ADVENTURES, a deliriously inventive record that combines artful sound-sculpting, funk, hip-hop, and more into a brilliant stew for one of the most inspired records of 2005.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JITRE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 06\/04\/2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quasimoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44586732454121,"sku":"Q5UJTZ-101Q-00","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/quasimoto-the-further-adventures-of-lord-quas_ruatP.jpg?v=1758764433"},{"product_id":"quasimoto-come-on-feet-b-w-boom-music-mhb","title":"COME ON FEET B\/W BOOM MUSIC \u0026 MHB","description":"Lord Quas, Madlib and Melvin Van Peebles on some fantastic, nightmarish planet, tripping hard. 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In fact, Quasimodo's never been seen in the same room with anyone: he's the Unseen. But you can hear him - and there's no mistaking what he sounds like.\r\n\r\n \r\nTracksCredits\r\n1 Broad Factor\r\n2 Seasons Change\r\n3 The Front\r\n4 Youngblood\r\n5 Astronaut\r\n6 Planned Attack\r\n7 Brothers Can't See Me\r\n8 Catchin' the Vibe\r\n9 Am I Confused?\r\n10 Sparkdala\r\n11 Green Power\r\n12 Lax to JFK\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JITRE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 06\/18\/2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quasimoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44587279810793,"sku":"S5HX88-5RAY-00","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/quasimoto-yessir-whatever_SKEqQ.jpg?v=1759372600"},{"product_id":"quasimoto-yessir-whatever-1","title":"Yessir Whatever","description":"Madlib's original Bad Character emerges again. Yessir Whatever is 12-tracks recorded over roughly 12 years. The CD is packaged with a peel-off sticker revealing Lord Quas's guts. 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Producer Madlib actually outdoes his inventive work on the Lootpack's debut album, Soundpieces: Da Antidote!, crafting deep, dreamy jazz loops littered with found sounds and wiggy vocal samples. Quasimoto's helium-huffing voice is actually Madlib's, electronically altered for an effect not unlike Prince's abandoned Camille project. It might put some listeners off as gimmicky, and it's really a shame if it does, because it isn't really the focal point of The Unseen's left-field brilliance. It's more of an added textural element for Madlib's off-kilter soundscapes and a vehicle for the cartoonish humor hinted at in his choice of samples. The lyrics are highly free-associative (that is to say, stoned beyond belief), and by turns paranoid, threatening, or hallucinatory. But it all melts into the warm, druggy haze of the music; unlike, say, the Wu-Tang Clan or Dr. Octagon, this dream isn't supposed to be a nightmare. 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