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Hip-hop producer Madlib’s home and record collection destroyed in LA fires

Influential musician confirms loss of extensive record collection amassed over 30 years

The influential musician, who has worked with some of the most prominent names in rap including Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and MF DOOM, is known for his sample-heavy production style. His best known collaborator is probably the late MF DOOM, with whom he used his archive and equipment to produce the critically acclaimed album Madvillainy in his LA studio. Among the other as-yet-uncounted musical losses in the fire are large chunks of the archives of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg and the studio of the band Poolside.

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