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MADLIB - Shades Of Blue (2023 Repress) THE BIRDS While Daft Punk’s second recording2LP 180g Black Vinyl housed in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve. The sound of Blue Note had been embedded in hip hop through sampling and remixes since its early days but Madlib raised the bar when the DJ, producer, rapper and multi instrumentalist invaded the Blue Note vaults for his 2003 masterpiece Shades of Blue, a visionary album featuring remixes and reimaginations of classics by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Foster, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne