Madvillainy
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Madvillainy is a hip hop album released on March 24, 2004 on the independent label Stones Throw Records by Madvillain, a hip hop group consisting of MF DOOM (MC) and Madlib (producer). Madvillainy was met with critical acclaim for its unique approach - short songs, obscure lyrics, few choruses and a sound which was generally unfriendly to commercial radio. This was directly opposite to the formulas of popular hip hop of the time.
2 remix EPs of some tracks from Madvillainy were released, one by Four Tet and one by Koushik. These were also released by Stones Throw Records.
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 was supposedly produced entirely by using a portable turntable and an SP-303.
MF DOOM and Madlib are currently working on a second installment of Madvillainy.
Track listing
- "The Illest Villains"
- * Contains elements from "The Justice League of America Theme Song"
- "Accordion"
- * Contains elements from Daedelus's "Experience" (Invention, 2002)
- "Meat Grinder"
- * Contains elements from Frank Zappa's "Sleeping in a Jar (Uncle Meat) and The Howard All Stars' "Hula Rock"
- "Bistro"
- * Contains elements from Atlantic Starr's "Second to None"
- "Raid"
- * Featuring MED a.k.a. Medaphoar
- * Contains elements from Bill Evans' "Nardis"
- "America's Most Blunted"
- * Featuring Lord Quas
- * Contains contains elements from Fever Tree's "Ninety-Nine and One-Half", The Fat Boys' "Beatbox", Firesign Theatre's "A Child's Garden of Grass", The Dramatics' "In The Rain", and Steve Reich's "Come Out"
- "Sickfit" (Instrumental)
- * Contains elements from The Generation Gap's "Family Affair"
- "Rainbows"
- * Contains elements from John Klemmer's "Crystaled Tears"
- "Curls"
- * Contains elements from Waldir Calmon's "Airport Love Theme"
- "Do Not Fire!" (Instrumental)
- * Contains elements from Street Fighter II
- "Money Folder"
- "Shadows of Tomorrow"
- * Featuring Lord Quas
- * Contains several audio snippets of Sun Ra from Space is the Place
- "Operation Lifesaver a.k.a. Mint Test"
- * Contains elements from George Duke's "I Love The Blues"
- "Figaro"
- * Contains elements from Lonnie Liston Smith's "In The Beginning" (The same sample was also used in D12's "Shit On You")
- "Hardcore Hustle"
- * Performed by Wildchild
- * Contains elements from Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing A Simple Song"
- "Strange Ways"
- * Contains elements from Chinkabun's "Days Seem Strange" and Gentle Giant's "Funny Ways"
- "Fancy Clown"
- * Performed by Viktor Vaughn
- * Contains elements from ZZ Hill's "That Ain't The Way You Make Love"
- "Eye"
- * Performed by Stacy Epps
- "Supervillain Theme" (Instrumental)
- "All Caps"
- * Contains elements from Jeremy Storch's "Delia"
- "Great Day"
- "Rhinestone Cowboy"
Notes
- On The Boondocks episode titled Let's Nab Oprah, three songs from Madvillainy are used: Raid, All Caps, and Strange Ways. Also the episode Wingmen features "Fancy Clown".
- At the end of an MTV special for the movie "V for Vendetta", the titular character interrupts the show, ending his message with "and remember, all caps when you spell the man's name."
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Billboard 200 | 179 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Money Folder" | – | – |
See also
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