The Madlib/Strong Arm Steady collaboration album Stoney Jackson came together in a flurry of creative energy over the past six months. Prompted by Madlib�s stalwart DJ J.Rocc, who supplied SAS�s Krondon and Phil Da Agony with 14 new Madlib beats CD, this album�s conception and delivery bear resemblance to the trajectory took by 2003�s Jaylib (with J.Dilla) and 2004�s Madvillain (with DOOM). The SAS had previously rapped over Madlib�s music on their mixtape/album Deep Hearted and on the Talib Kweli/Madlib album Liberation. The Stoney Jackson album unfolds over sixteen tracks and is a brisk, exciting hip hop record. Krondon and Phil supply the majority of the vocals with the third SAS member Mitchy Slick, guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Little Brother�s Phonte, Planet Asia and a host of underground Los Angeles�s emerging rap talent. Stoney Jackson represents Madlib�s return to the hip-hop form and sets the state for the OJ Simpson collaboration he�s finishing with Guilty Simpson.