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Madvillainy

Madvillainy
Grayscale photo of DOOM's face behind his metal mask, with word "MADVILLAIN" in pixelated black font at the top left corner and small orange square at the top right corner.
Studio album by Madvillain
Released March 23, 2004
Recorded 2002–2004
Studio Bionic
(Los Angeles, California)
The Bomb Shelter
(Glendale, California)
DOOM's Crib
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre
Length 46:22
Label Stones Throw
Producer
Madvillain chronology
Madvillainy
(2004)		 Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
(2008)
Madlib chronology
Champion Sound
(with J Dilla as Jaylib)
(2003)		 Madvillainy
(2004)		 Stevie
(2004)
DOOM chronology
Vaudeville Villain
(2003)		 Madvillainy
(2004)		 Venomous Villain
(2004)
Singles from Madvillainy
  1. "Money Folder" / "America's Most Blunted"
    Released: November 11, 2003
  2. "All Caps" / "Curls"
    Released: February, 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 93/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
Alternative Press 5/5
Entertainment Weekly B
Mojo 4/5 stars
The Observer 4/5 stars
Pitchfork 9.4/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
URB 4/5 stars
The Village Voice A−

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. The album was recorded between 2002 and 2004 and was produced entirely by Madlib, with the exception of "The Illest Villains" which was produced by both Madlib and DOOM. Madlib created most of the album's instrumentals during a trip to Brazil, where the production was composed in his hotel room using minimal amounts of equipment. Fourteen months before the album was officially released, an unfinished demo of the album was stolen and leaked onto the internet. Frustrated over the leak, the duo stopped working on the album and returned to it only after they released other solo projects.

While Madvillainy achieved only moderate commercial success, it still became one of the label's best-selling albums. The album peaked 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. Madvillainy received rave reviews from most music critics, who praised both DOOM's lyricism and Madlib's production. The album appeared in various publications' lists of the best albums, including NME magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

In 1997, after death of his brother DJ Subroc and rejection of his group's album Black Bastards by label Elektra Records, rapper Zev Love X of KMD returned as masked rapper MF Doom. In 1999, he released his debut solo album Operation: Doomsday on Fondle 'Em Records. According to Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club, the album "has attained mythic status; its legend has grown in proportion to its relative unavailability". Soon after release of the album, in the interview with Los Angeles Times, Madlib stated that he wants to collaborate with two artists: J Dilla and DOOM.


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