Madlib and New York rapper Your Outdated Droog—who report collectively as Droogie Otis—have recruited Killer Mike for a brand new track. “The Edge” options one of many first beats Madlib despatched out after his life was upended by the California wildfires, a press launch notes. Watch the observe’s animated video beneath.
“The Edge is a kind of songs I dreamed of constructing,” Your Outdated Droog stated in a press release. “It feels elevated. It looks like a suit-and-tie affair. It looks like an award present. It’s nice to share that figurative stage with Killer Mike.” “The Edge” will seem alongside earlier collaborations with Boldy James and Black Thought on a forthcoming Droogie Otis challenge, the press launch provides.
Final 12 months, Killer Mike shared the album Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs for Sinners and Saints. He and Madlib are each within the midst of authorized woes: Mike is at the moment suing the safety firm chargeable for his arrest on the 2024 Grammys and Madlib is within the midst of a courtroom battle along with his former supervisor.
Learn Paul A. Thompson’s assessment of the demos for Madlib and MF Doom’s 2004 album as Madvillain, Madvillainy.
