The sound of Blue Note had been embedded in hip-hop thru sampling & remixes since its early days butMadlib raised the bar when the DJ, producer, rapper & multi-instrumentalist invaded the Blue Notevaults for his 2003 masterpiece Shades of Blue, a visionary album featuring remixes & reimaginations ofclassics by Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Foster, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter &more. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition was mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180g vinyl atOptimal.