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

Madlib Otis Jackson Jr. (born October 24, 1973), known professionally as Madlib, is an American DJ, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. He is widely known for his collaborations with MF DOOM (as Madvillain), J Dilla (as Jaylib), ...

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

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and krautrock 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 rock,

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, krautrock and psychedelic rock songs from the 60s to the 80s.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

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