Where the hell does Madlib store his records and what ARE those records. His Medicine Show Series alone has at last count twelves volumes of all different gneres, what feel like hundreds of samples on each, and that is just one series in his line of mix CDs
The Flight To Brazil mix simulates what it says: an airline pilot starts the proceedings into all kinds of Brazilian music:rock tropicalia, more modern, fat bass confections, and all the cross breeding you can shake a turntable at.
I'm no expert on this genre, and don't know most of the music here---I spy, no surprise, a Catano Veloso track--but I know good music when i hear it. This sticks to it's south of the border target, but with a wide range of styles and textures. It threads on hot tropical beats to maintain a high level of energy throughout, but never loses its cohesion: the beats and tempos are timed so well, they provide perfect backbone for the amount of diversity Madlib works with here.
How does one guy know SOOOOOOOOOO! much music, he puts a collector like me to shame. Do what you love, and thy vinyl will follow.
I'm terrible with reviews so I'll just say: if you're open minded and you loved Shades of Blue and Madlib's other jazz projects then buy this! It's a lengthy 80 mins of great Brazilian tunes mixed together. It says there's 9 tracks but in reality it's just one long mix of about 30.