Madlib Says Posthumous Mac Miller EP Has Been Greenlit by Estate
variety.comThania Garcia The estate of Mac Miller has approved the release of a long-awaited EP put together by MadLib and the late rapper.
The producer and DJ spoke of the unreleased record to “Sway In The Morning” on March 27, while he and Talib Kweli were promoting their new joint album, “Liberation 2.” Madlib told Sway that he was in the process of finishing several projects, including an EP with the late rapper as well as a record with Erykah Badu. “Right now, I’m finishing up the Mac Miller album, Planet Asia album, Erykah Badu album, different stuff,” Madlib said. “[Erykah and I] just started on an album … We have a lot of unreleased stuff.” He also confirmed that Miller’s estate had approved the release of the set.
Miller also posthumously appears on “Liberation 2” alongside featured guests Q-Tip, Westside Gunn, Roy Ayers and Jamie Branch, among others.
The EP, nicknamed “Maclib,” was first mentioned in 2019 by Chicago producer Thelonious Martin in an interview with DJBooth where he briefly nodded to its existence.
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