Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms

"The basic conceit of Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms, that hip-hop producer Oh No sampled exclusively from the catalogue of composer Galt MacDermot, is a clever one. Oh No, aka Mike Jackson aka Madlib's little brother, getting permission to raid the archives of a jazz/funk cult hero is a big deal and a smart sales strategy -- a sort of Willy Wonka for crate diggers. But Exodus is more than a gimmick, because, as strange as it might sound, Oh No and his main source MacDermot seem to share a genuine rapport. Oh No gracefully layers these compositions the way MacDermont did with his own, fusing inspirations with the same wide-eyed gusto and ending up with the same kind of buoyant and elegant songs. The resulting record is a few things: exceptionally cohesive, revelatory, smart as hell, and livelier than any other hip-hop record this year."- Pitchfork

Stones Throw star and younger brother of Madlib samples exclusively from the catalogue of jazz/funk cult hero Galt MacDermot, but this buoyant and elegant record is no mere gimmick.

Not even Madlib can transform Dudley Perkins into a proper soul-man, but on the unexpectedly moving "T. Biggums"—the standout track from Oh No's Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms—Perkins finds greatness, if only for a song, by slipping into the itchy skin of Dave Chappelle's crackhead character Tyrone Biggums. While a…

The beats on the first album by Madlib's brother, Oh No, proved that you can't consider nepotism to explain why he was recording for Stones Throw, one of the best hip-hop labels in America.