madlib, andrew hill, alain goraguer

madlib has released tons of stuff. lots but not all of it is great. i like his approach, though. he presents a wealth of sounds for listener to dig through. it's like he's creating his own set of record crates. listening to him, you really get a sense of his "craft", for lack of a better term. there's a not-for-sale comp. called the crates that has a bunch of the songs he's sampled and another one called untinted that some of his blue note samples. both are worth checking out. i also really liked his track from the free design remix record.

listen to:
the free design "where do i go? (madlib remix)" from the free design: the now sound redesigned
andrew hill "illusion" from untinted
alain goraguer "le bracelet" from the crates