Bad Neighbor is the first full length project by MED, Blu and Madlib, released on 30th October 2015 via MED’s own label Bang Ya Head. This trio had previously worked together and released two 2013 projects The Burgundy Whip EP and The Buzz EP. Songs like “Burgundy Whip” and “Peroxide” were also on the previous projects, so this LP combines these tracks and unreleased material to forge this full length album. During an interview with Rolling Stone, Blu explained why it took them two years to release this full length LP: We weren’t in a rush, because we knew we were working with one of the most classic producers of all time. And that Freddie Gibbs [Piñata] is crazy. So we knew we had to give the people something nice. After his trouble with the LAPD in 2015, Blu took to Twitter to promote the album: Bad Neighbor was well received critically, with the likes of Pitchfork and HipHopDX. However, some felt the album’s vocal mixing was noticeably sub-par by comparison to the lo-fi production.