MADLIB — Doom And Madlib=Madvillain : Madvillainy (review)

MADLIB — Doom And Madlib=Madvillain : Madvillainy album cover Album · 2004 · Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
CounterClockWorld
This album, man this album. Madvillainy is a collaborative album between the lengadry Midlib and the lengadry MF DOOM to form the even more lengadry Madvillain. At the time DOOM and Madlib were underground figures within the hip hop circuit and these artists were powerhouses DOOM making such classics as Operation Doomsday, MM...Food and Vaudeville Villain, Madlib on the other hand was mainly known for his work as Quasimoto and this album The Unseen, so to see these two together is a match made in heaven. The album is chock full with samples from lots of from genres of music making feel more abstract its great probably my favorite samples here are from Progressive Rock artists FRANK ZAPPA and GENTLE GIANT as well as the other little obscure snippets Madlib digs up, instrumentally this almost feels like a fusion of The Unseen and J DILLA's Donuts it's a sound that can only be found on a Stones Throw record, lyrically DOOM weirdly reminds me of TOM WAITS not only do they both have gravely voices but DOOM is able to tell weird stories through his abstract lyrics for example the track Meat Grinder is about his encounter with a schizophrenic sex worker its really something only DOOM could make, this entire album is a treasure and is worth every minute of your time
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