''Angles Without Edges'' is the first album released by hip hop producer Madlib's jazz project,

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. Presented as a fictional quintet or virtual band, Yesterdays New Quintet consists of members Monk Hughes, Ahmad Miller, Joe McDurfey, Malik Flowers, and Otis Jackson Jr, all of which are pseudonyms used by Madlib (except for the latter, which is the producer's legal name). The album was released in 2001 under

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. While not entirely devoid of samples from other music, Madlib used this album to experiment with live instrumentation, recording in his studio and arranging the recordings together.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Madlib.

Personnel

Credits adopted from liner notes. *

– keyboards, synthesizers, vibraphone, electric bass, kalimba, drums, percussion, electric guitar, clavinet, samples, loops, omnichord, programming * Jeff Jank – design *

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– executive producer * Dave Tompkins – liner notes * Gene Grimaldi – mastering * B+ – photography

Song appearances

From 2004 to 2010, several songs from Angles Without Edges appeared as background music in commercial bumpers on

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, including "Sun Goddess", "Daylight", "Paladium", "Life's Angles", "Little Girl (Dakota's Song)", "Keeper of My Soul", "Rugged Tranquility", "Papa", "The One Who Knows", "Uno Esta", "Julani", "Mestizo Eyes", "Hot Water", "The Birth of YNQ", and "Kuhn's Theme".

References

2001 debut albums Madlib albums Stones Throw Records albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub