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Madlib's Unreleased Collab Albums
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Madlib & Mac Miller
"MacLib"
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Mac Miller and Madlib began collaborating after Mac's appearance on "Piñata," exchanging beats and vocals without a release plan. Initially described as an EP's worth of material, "MacLib" became a potential posthumous release. In 2023, Madlib said he was finishing it with approval from Mac's estate, though no release date followed.
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Madlib & Mac Miller
Wilt Chamberlain
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Madlib & Freddie Gibbs
"Montana"
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Announced in 2019, "Montana" is intended to complete Freddie Gibbs and Madlib's trilogy after "Piñata" and "Bandana." Gibbs revealed the title before "Bandana" even arrived, while both left the timing open. Asked whether it could take another five years, the gap between their first two albums, Madlib said it was possible.
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Madlib & Freddie Gibbs
John Gotti Karate
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Madlib & MF DOOM
"Madvillainy 2"
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The follow-up to "Madvillainy" was underway by 2009, with "Papermill" released in 2010 as its first preview. The album remained unfinished publicly when DOOM died in 2020, and Madlib discussed completing it in 2023. It is a separate project from "Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix," the reworking of their debut released in 2008.
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Madvillain
Papermill
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Madlib & Your Old Droog
"Droogie Otis"
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Your Old Droog and Madlib record together as Droogie Otis, with a full project still pending. Their singles have brought in Boldy James on "Everything Designer," Killer Mike on "The Edge," and Wiz Khalifa and Jay Electronica on "Woodstock 2029."
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Droogie Otis
The Edge (Feat. Killer Mike)
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Madlib & Logic
"MadGic"
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Logic and Madlib introduced MadGic in 2021 through "Mars Only Pt. 3," followed by "Raddest Dad" and "Mafia Music." Logic said he built an entire album from Madlib's beat archive over a weekend. In 2022, he explained that sample clearance problems were holding it up because Madlib could no longer identify some of the records he had sampled.
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MadGic
Mars Only Pt. 3
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Madlib & Westside Gunn
"GunnLib"
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Westside Gunn promised "GunnLib" as a full collaboration with Madlib, including plans to release it in 2020. Their chemistry can already be heard on "Ferragamo Funeral" and "Gunnlib," both from Gunn's 2019 album "Flygod Is an Awesome God." The song bearing the project's name came out, but the joint album never followed.
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Westside Gunn
Gunnlib
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Madlib & Thundercat
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Madlib revealed in 2021 that he had recorded an indie rock album with Thundercat, a departure from their jazz and hip-hop work. Both contributed to Erykah Badu's 2010 track "Umm Hmm," with Madlib co-producing and Thundercat on bass. Madlib also previewed an unreleased track featuring Thundercat and Mac Miller during a 2018 DJ set.
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Mac Miller & Madlib
Lightning Dog (Feat. Thundercat)
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