Madvillain - Madvillainy (CD) |

Label:
Stones Throw Records – STH2065
Format:
CD, Album, Repress
Country:
US
Released:
2016
Genre:
Hip Hop
Style:
Jazzy Hip-Hop, Abstract, Experimental, Leftfield, Conscious
1        The Illest Villains
Producer – DOOM*
1:56
2        Accordion    1:57
3        Meat Grinder    2:11
4        Bistro    1:07
5        Raid
Rap [Featuring] – Medaphoar
Written-By – N. Rodriguez*
2:30
6        America's Most Blunted
Rap [Featuring] – Lord Quas*
3:54
7        Sickfit (Instrumental)    1:22
8        Rainbows    2:51
9        Curls    1:35
10        Do Not Fire! (Instrumental)    0:52
11        Money Folder    3:02
12        Shadows Of Tomorrow
Rap [Featuring] – Lord Quas*
2:36
13        Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test    1:30
14        Figaro    2:25
15        Hardcore Hustle
Rap [Featuring] – Wildchild (2)
Written-By – J. Brown*
1:21
16        Strange Ways    1:51
17        Fancy Clown
Featuring – Viktor Vaughn
Vocals [Additional] – Allah's Reflection
1:55
18        Eye
Vocals [Featuring] – Stacy Epps
1:57
19        Supervillain Theme (Inst.)    0:52
20        All Caps    2:10
21        Great Day Today
Written-By – Lord Scotch 79
2:17
22        Rhinestone Cowboy    3:59

Madvillain: Madlib, MF Doom.

Additional personnel includes: Lord Quas, M.E.D., Wildchild, Viktor Vaughn, Stacy Epps.

Personnel: Allah's Reflection, MF Doom (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Dave Cooley.

Recording information: Bionic (2003); Doom's Crib, Atlanta, GA (2003); The Bomb Shelter, Los Angeles, CA (2003).

Illustrator: James Reitano.

Two years in the making, and combining two of the best underground hip-hop artists of the early 2000s, this collaboration between MF Doom and Madlib has been appropriately dubbed MADVILLAINY. With both men known for their stunning soundscapes, rhyming skills, and schizophrenic personalities, the duo decided to have Madlib concentrate on the beats and let Doom handle the lyrics.

In mixing their comic-book-like personas, Madlib and Doom play to their nearly superhuman strengths; while some other collaborations of this caliber seems forced and lop-sided, there is absolutely no filler here--just undiluted beats and rhymes, best exemplified by the singles "America's Most Blunted" and "All Caps." Lib's inventive production leans towards the jazzy side of his repertoire, and Doom unleashes outrageous lyrics on par with his solo efforts (and even his work as Zevlove X in his stint with K.M.D.). Never flashy or glamorous, MADVILLAINY is served straight up, the way hip-hop was meant to be.

• Format: CD
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format Detail: CD
• Genre: Rap
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 2011-11-08