• Quasimoto Further Adventures Lord Quas Ziplining
• Quasimoto Further Adventures Lord Quas Zipline

The Further Adventures of Lord Quas is the second studio album by Quasimoto, a hip-hop duo composed of Madlib and his animated alter ego Lord Quas. It was released via Stones Throw Records on May 3, 2005.

Madlib resurrects his sticky-green obsessed, helium-huffing alter-ego, Quasimoto, for the The Further Adventures of Lord Quas. While Madlib has always been one of the most experimentally savvy beatmakers in the underground, his creation of the electronically altered narrator Quasimoto, has become one of his biggest selling points for alternatively minded fans. The Further Adventures plays something like a smoked-out comedy/crime Blaxploitation flick, with Madlib and Quas in a more chaotic state then on The Unseen. Further Adventures thrills some, confuses and frustrates others, and in the end, continues to cement Madlib's reputation as one of the most creative and fearlessly skewed creators in hip-hop.

Reception[edit]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Further Adventures of Lord Quas received an average score of 79% based on 23 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.^[1]

Jonathan Forgang of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of A-, saying, 'The Further Adventures of Lord Quas features some of Madlib's most difficult and most accomplished production work to date.'^[9]

Track listing[edit]

• All tracks produced by Madlib

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas by Quasimoto'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
2. ^Bush, John. 'Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas'. AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
3. ^Gabriel, Robert (June 10, 2005). 'Quasimoto'. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
4. ^Webb, Adam (2005). 'Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas - Review'. BBC. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
5. ^Dix, Noel (May 1, 2005). 'Quasimoto: The Further Adventures of Lord Quas'. Exclaim. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
6. ^Durig, Jim (May 12, 2005). 'Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas'. IGN. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
7. ^Keyes, J. Edward (April 28, 2005). 'Quasimoto'. Phoenix New Times. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
8. ^Warren, Jamin (May 26, 2005). 'Quasimoto: The Further Adventures of Lord Quas'. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
9. ^ ^abForgang, Jonahtan (May 3, 2005). 'Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas'. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
10. ^Serwer, Jesse (June 14, 2005). 'Quasimoto: The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas'. XLR8R. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
11. ^'Quasimoto - Chart history - Billboard 200'. Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
12. ^'Quasimoto - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
13. ^'Quasimoto - Chart history - Independent Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
14. ^'Quasimoto - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2015.

External links[edit]

• The Further Adventures of Lord Quas at Discogs (list of releases)

Quasimoto is a side project of hip hop producerMadlib, from Oxnard, California. Quasimoto is composed of Madlib and his animated alter ego Lord Quas. Lord Quas is known for his high pitched voice, which often interacts with Madlib's regular voice. Quasimoto was conceived one day in the studio, when Madlib decided to rap to his own beats. Madlib did not like the sound of his voice (his friends in Oxnard call him 'Barry White' in reference to his deep voice) so he decided to slow his recorder down, rap slowly, then speed the recording back up to produce Lord Quas' distinctive high pitched sound. Quasimoto's lyrics frequently address themes such as violence and drug use in a comedic fashion, and the character of Lord Quas has frequently been interpreted as a satirical take on gangsta-rap.^[1]

History[edit]

Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ and owner of Stones Throw Records, heard Quas' demo tapes and encouraged Madlib to release more tracks under this alias. Quasimoto was featured on Wolf's My Vinyl Weighs a Ton album in 1998, on the song 'Styles Crews Flows Beats.' Later, Madlib put out Quasimoto's debut album - The Unseen - in 2000. This album received much praise from underground fans and from mainstream media, making it onto Spin Magazine's top albums of the year list.

After the release of The Unseen, Madlib spent the next few years working on different projects such as Yesterdays New Quintet and his album Shades of Blue. Quas re-emerged in 2003, making a few guest appearances, notably on Jaylib's Champion Sound and Madvillain's Madvillainy (Madlib and MF DOOM). Quasimoto officially returned with the vinyl-only Bus RideEP in 2005, continuing his distinctive style of high pitched rhymes and unorthodox samples.

In 2005, Quasimoto dropped The Further Adventures of Lord Quas which featured M.E.D. and MF DOOM. The album cover features a reference to Frank Zappa's debut album, Freak Out!, a picture of super-producer J Dilla, and a picture of Wild Man Fischer, who is also referenced in one of the songs. The voice of Melvin Van Peebles is sampled on several tracks from both albums.

Quasimoto released their third studio album entitled Yessir Whatever in June 2013, which is a compilation of several previously unreleased works. It collects 12-tracks made by Madlib and Quas over a roughly 12-year period. A few were released on rare and out-of-print vinyl, while a few others are previously unreleased, now mixed and mastered for the first time.^[2]

Influences[edit]

In an interview, Madlib said that the atmosphere and sound on the Quasimoto albums owe much to the work of Alain Goraguer on the soundtrack of La Planete Sauvage.^{[citation needed]} An early Quasimoto video features excerpts from the film, and the song 'Come On Feet' contains a sample from its soundtrack.

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

• The Unseen (2000)
• The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (2005)
• Yessir Whatever (2013)

Singles[edit]

• 'Hittin' Hooks' (1999)
• 'Microphone Mathematics' (1999)
• 'Basic Instinct' (2000)
• 'Come On Feet' (2000)
• 'Astronaut' (2002)
• 'Broad Factor' (2004)
• 'Bus Ride' (2005)
• 'The Front / Youngblood' (2005)
• 'Bullysh!t/Seasons Change' (2005)

References[edit]

Quasimoto Further Adventures Lord Quas Ziplining

1. ^Peter Macia (2005-08-31). 'Quasimoto: The Unseen Album Review'. Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
2. ^'Quasimoto - Yessir Whatever | Stones Throw Records'. Stonesthrow.com. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2016-10-28.

External links[edit]

Quasimoto Further Adventures Lord Quas Zipline