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CHROME CHILDREN VOL. 2: FREE ALBUM ON JANUARY 29TH
Another Stones Throw & [adult swim] collab, and another album of all-new material. Artists include Guilty Simpson, Percee P, Four Tet, Dabrye, Aloe Blacc, Roc C and Oh No. Chrome Children Vol. 2 will be a free download on stonesthrow.com for a month starting January 29.

THANK YOU JAY DEE, ACT 2
J Dilla's birthday is February 7. Stones Throw Podcast #17, "Thank You Jay Dee, Act 2" by J.Rocc will launch online in early February. There are several tributes to J Dilla being planned in London, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities to be annouced. All will listed on stonesthrow.com and the J Dilla Myspace

MADLIB & BADU
This phone message from Madlib a few days back: “In the studio with Badu ... she’s working on one track right now. It’s going to be a tribute to Dilla.”

MADLIB & KWELI & NORAH
Liberation continues to receieve attention with a review this week in Rolling Stone. One Madlib production from Liberation and another with Norah Jones will appear on Talib Kweli's upcoming album Eardrum.

MADLIB & JOE & MALIK & AHMAD & MONK
Madlib is compiling a new album of new material he has been working on by Yesterdays New Quintet, Sound Directions, The Joe McDuphrey Experience, Kamala Walker & the Tribe, The Electro Accoustic Space Jazz Ensamble, Young Jazz Rebels, The Otis Jackson Experimental Trio, and other yet-unheard creations. The album will be called "Yesterdays Universe" and it will be released in Spring.