Madvillainy
Madvillainy is the debut album by American hip hop duo Madvillain, a group consisting of MF Doom (MC) and Madlib (producer). It was released on March 23, 2004 on Stones Throw Records to widespread critical acclaim, scoring a 93 out of 100 on Metacritic. The album also achieved moderate commercial success, peaking at number 179 on the US Billboard 200, and attracted much attention from media outlets not usually covering hip hop music, including The New Yorker.
Album information
Four videos were filmed for the album: "All Caps" (directed by James Reitano), "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Accordion" (both directed by Andrew Gura), and "Shadows of Tomorrow" (directed by System D-128). "All Caps" and "Rhinestone Cowboy" appear on the DVD Stones Throw 101 along with a hidden easter egg video for "Shadows Of Tomorrow" as a hidden feature. An impromptu video for "Accordion" was filmed in 2004 but not released until 2008's In Living the True Gods DVD.
At least two tracks on Madvillainy ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "Strange Ways") were produced using a portable turntable, a cassette deck and a Boss SP303 sampler by Madlib in Brazil. The first music to be publicly debuted from Madvillainy was the song "America's Most Blunted" which was played by Madlib at the Red Bull Music Academy in Brazil, November 2002.
Madvillainy 2
Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix is a studio album by hip hop duo Madvillain. The album is a complete remix of their highly acclaimed debut album Madvillainy. According to Stones Throw Records, Madlib could not wait for the official sequel of Madvillainy to be released, so he chose to remix their debut album completely. It has been released on the Stones Throw Records online store as a box set including the primary CD, a 7-inch vinyl of Madlib's remix of MF DOOM's "One Beer", "One Beer (Drunk Version)", a cassette tape containing an official demo of the Madvillainy leaked demo tape Are Madvillain, a T-shirt, a comic book continuing the "ALL CAPS" video, and the silver wrapped box.
Track listing
Podcasts:
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by Madvillain
Madvillainy
by: Madvillain[As luck would have it, one of America's two most
powerful villains of the next decade is turned loose to
strike terror into the hearts of men.]
(grunting)
[To shock women into uncontrolled hysteria.]
(woman screaming)
"Don't touch that!"
[The villains themselves were ultimately responsible
for much of the popularity. Audiences loved to hate.
The importance of the villain was not overlooked, of
course one of the worst of all was Madvillain. They had
no code of ethics.]
"What's the matter, a guy was only tryin' to have fun-
"
"Get to work on these boys, anybody bring a gun for
me?"
"Yeah here's one."
[Not one but two - typical villain releases
included...]
"I know they wanna kiss me, but don't let anyone see
me like that - please doctor help me!"
[...and a sequel...]
"Master of all-"
(woman screaming)
[Both the villains were to meet in-]
"Your mother was the lightning!"
[Two historical figures, outlaws and desperadoes if
that, the villainous pair of really nice boys who just
happened to be on the wrong side of the law. Three
hundred and sixty degrees. Similar sequences could not
be defeated. Villains who possess supernatural
abilities - villains who were the personification of
carnage. Madvillain, more accurately, the dark side of
our beings. Perhaps it is due to this Seminole
connection that audiences can relate their experience
in life with the villains and their dastardly doings.]