Madvillainy

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Madvillainy
Madvillainy cover
Studio album by Madvillain
Released March 24, 2004
Recorded circa 2002-2004
Genre Hip hop
Length 46:50
Label Stones Throw Records
Producer Madlib
MF DOOM
Professional reviews
Madvillain chronology
Madvillainy
(2004)		 Madvillainy Instrumentals
(2004)
Madlib chronology
Champion Sound
(2003)		 Madvillainy
(2004)
MF Doom chronology
Vaudeville Villain
(2003)		 Madvillainy
(2004)		 Venomous Villain
(2004)

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 24, 2004 on Stones Throw Records to overwhelmingly positive reviews.[1]

Contents

[edit] Album information

Madvillainy was praised for its unique and innovative approach to hip hop: short songs, recondite lyrics, few choruses and a sound which was generally unfriendly to commercial radio. The album nevertheless achieved moderate commercial success, peaking at #179 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and attracted much attention from media outlets not usually covering hip hop music, including The New Yorker.

Three videos were made for the album: "All Caps", "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Accordion". "All Caps" and "Rhinestone Cowboy" appear on the DVD "Stones Throw 101" along with a fan-made video for "Shadows Of Tomorrow" as a hidden feature. A 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 and a Boss SP303 sampler[2] 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.

An instrumental version of the album was released only in vinyl format and Digitally through various online stores, with the tracks "The Illest Villains", "Bistro", "Sickfit", "Do Not Fire!", and "Supervillain Theme" being omitted. Two remix EPs of Madvillainy were released on Stones Throw. The remixes were done by Four Tet and Koushik.

The album's cover, designed by Jeff Jank, is a homage to Madonna's first album.[3]

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by MF DOOM (D. Dumile - LORD DIHOO MUSIC, ASCAP) and Madlib (O. Jackson Jr. - Madlib Invazion, BMI), except:

  • "Sickfit", "Do Not Fire!" and "Supervillain Theme" written by Madlib
  • "Raid" written by MF DOOM, Madlib and M.E.D. (N. Rodriguez)
  • "Hardcore Hustle" written by Madlib and Wildchild (J. Brown - KRB Music, BMI)
  • "Great Day" written by MF DOOM, Madlib and Lord Scotch 79
# Title Length Producer(s) Performer(s) Samples
1 "The Illest Villains" 1:55 Madlib & MF DOOM n/a
2 "Accordion" 1:59 Madlib MF DOOM
  • "Experience" by Daedelus (from the 2002 album Invention [4])
3 "Meat Grinder" 2:12 Madlib MF DOOM
  • "Sleeping In A Jar" by Frank Zappa (as the intro)
  • "Hula Rock" by Lew Howard & The All-Stars
4 "Bistro" 1:08 Madlib MF DOOM
5 "Raid" 2:31 Madlib MF DOOM & M.E.D. (a.k.a. Medaphoar)
6 "America's Most Blunted" 3:54 Madlib MF DOOM, Madlib & Lord Quas
7 "Sickfit" (Instrumental) 1:22 Madlib n/a
8 "Rainbows" 2:52 Madlib MF DOOM
9 "Curls" 1:36 Madlib MF DOOM
10 "Do Not Fire!" (Instrumental) 0:53 Madlib n/a
11 "Money Folder" 3:03 Madlib MF DOOM
12 "Shadows of Tomorrow" 2:36 Madlib Lord Quas & Madlib
13 "Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test" 1:30 Madlib MF DOOM
14 "Figaro" 2:26 Madlib MF DOOM
15 "Hardcore Hustle" 1:22 Madlib Wildchild
16 "Strange Ways" 1:52 Madlib MF DOOM
17 "Fancy Clown" 1:56 Madlib Viktor Vaughn & Allah's Reflection
  • "That Ain't The Way You Make Love" by Z. Z. Hill
18 "Eye" 1:58 Madlib Stacy Epps
19 "Supervillain Theme" (Instrumental) 0:53 Madlib n/a *"Cold Gettin' Dumb" by Just-Ice
20 "ALL CAPS" 2:10 Madlib MF DOOM
21 "Great Day Today" 2:17 Madlib MF DOOM
22 "Rhinestone Cowboy" 4:02 Madlib MF DOOM

[edit] Credits

  • Executive producer: Peanut Butter Wolf
  • Project coordinator: Egon
  • Project consultant: Miranda Jane
  • Mastering: Dave Cooley
  • Engineering: Dave Cooley, Madlib, MF Doom
  • Mixing: Dave Cooley
  • Design: Jeff Jank
  • Illustration: James Reitano

[edit] Notes

  • "All Caps" can also be found in QuickTime format when the Madvillainy disc is placed in a computer.
  • 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."
  • Viktor Vaughn's anger in the song "Fancy Clown" is directed not only to his fictional girlfriend but to DOOM himself ("Don't make me have to pound his tin crown face in"}, {"Thats you if you want a dude who wears a mask all day"}, ironically an alter-ego of Vaughn himself (Daniel Dumile).
  • The Madvillain track "Raid" is a part of Thom Yorke's Celebrity Playlist on iTunes as well as the Quasimoto track "Closer", which featured DOOM.
  • Beats for "Strange Ways" and "Rhinestone Cowboy" were partially produced in a hotel room in Brazil, late 2002.[5]
  • The song "Rainbows" was covered by rapper Mos Def and the Hypnotic Brass Ensenble at least once, during a concert soundcheck which can be seen on Youtube.com[1]
  • The album's sequel is tentatively referred to by fans as Madvillainy 2. On August 21, 2007, Peanut Butter Wolf confirmed that Doom had finished working on 6 new songs.[citation needed]

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Top Independent Albums Top Heatseekers
2004 Madvillainy #179 #80 #10 #9

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Madvillain: Madvillainy (2004): Reviews
  2. ^ Stones Throw Records
  3. ^ http://www.flowmagazine.net/read.php?id=51
  4. ^ Madvillain - Madvillainy (liner notes)
  5. ^ Stones Throw Records
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