| Madvillainy (LP)

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

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


Tracklist

A1        The Illest Villains
A2        Accordion
A3        Meat Grinder
A4        Bistro
A5        Raid
B1        America's Most Blunted
B2        Sickfit (Inst.)
B3        Rainbows
B4        Curls
B5        Do Not Fire! (Inst.)    
B6        Money Folder
C1        Scene Two (Voice Skit)    
C2        Shadows Of Tomorrow
C3        Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test
C4        Figaro
C5        Hardcore Hustle
C6        Strange Ways
D1        (Intro)
D2        Fancy Clown
D3        Eye
D4        Supervillain Theme (Inst.)
D5        All Caps
D6        Great Day
D7        Rhinestone Cowboy

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Label: STONES THROW
Catalog: 2065
Rel. Date: 11/08/2011
UPC: 659457206512