Angles Without Edges

by Yesterdays New Quintet

Angles Without Edges cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 September 2001
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:03
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A conceptual jazz project entirely written and performed by hip-hop producer Madlib under a fictional quintet moniker. The album is a brilliant, sample-free exploration of jazz fusion and instrumental hip-hop, characterized by incredibly mellow, warm, and nocturnal arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, sampling, experimental, spirituality, leftfield

Tracklist

  1. Prelude (1:58)
  2. Julani (3:05)
  3. Papa (4:33)
  4. The One Who Knows (4:36)
  5. Paladium (4:54)
  6. Life's Angles (3:07)
  7. Thinking Of You (3:15)
  8. Uno Esta (3:25)
  9. Rugged Tranquility (5:16)
  10. Daylight (4:20)
  11. Hot Water (3:41)
  12. Sun Goddess (3:32)
  13. Kuhn's Tune (2:31)
  14. Little Girl (Dakota's Song) (2:21)
  15. Broken Dreams (5:34)
  16. Last Day (0:55)

Credits

  • Yesterdays New Quintet - primary artist
  • Duncan Stanbury - lacquer cut by
  • Ahmad Miller - performer
  • Joe McDuphrey - performer
  • Malik Flavors - performer
  • Monk Hughes - performer
  • Otis Jackson Jr. - performer

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