From twisted hip hop bliss to one-man-band vinyl alchemy, Madlib the producer behind Quasimoto, Madvillain, Jaylib, Yesterday"s New Quintet and Shades of Blue (Blue Note remixes) delivers yet another genre-exploding project further proving that there is no end to Yesterday"s Universe, nor the mind of Echo Park"s illest. With this latest instrumental excursion, Madlib offers up a funky side project for his blunted-out, jazz-cat legions. He"s put the curse on some of L.A."s most in-demand session musicians and dubbed the resulting madness Sound Directions. Stones. 2005.