Rock Konducta is an ongoing album series released by hip hop musician

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. The term "Rock Konducta" comes from Madlib producing hip hop instrumentals using

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samples. The series began officially in 2013 with the introduction of ''Rock Konducta 45''.

Rock Konducta 45

''Rock Konducta 45'' is the introductory project to the ''Rock Konducta''

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albums by hip hop producer

. It was released on vinyl on Madlib Invazion Records and introduced five selected tracks from the Rock Konducta project.

Track listing

*All tracks are produced and arranged by Madlib. # "Water Or Bread (Raining)" # "Licorice (The Beginning)" # "The Mad March (Skipping Drunk)" # "Stumbling (Cobblestones)" # "Welcome (The End)"

Rock Konducta Pt. 1

''Rock Konducta Pt. 1'' is the first full-length album in the ''Rock Konducta''

albums by hip hop producer

. It features approx. 40 minutes of hip hop instrumentals made by Madlib using numerous samples from

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songs from the 60s to the 80s.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

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