Madvillain - Madvillainy - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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 InchAmerica's Most BluntedInch and InchAll Caps. Inch 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. Album Tracks 1. The Illest Villains 2. Accordion 3. Meat Grinder 4. Bistro 5. Raid 6. America's Most Blunted 7. Sickfit 8. Rainbows 9. Curls 10. Do Not Fire! 11. Money Folder 12. Shadows of Tomorrow 13. Operation Lifesaver Aka Mint Test 14. Figaro 15. Hardcore Hustler 16. Strange Ways 17. Fancy Clown 18. Eye 19. Supervillain Theme 20. All Caps 21. Great Day 22. Rhinestone Cowboy