Madlib has been involved in many projects both as a rapper and producer that Hip-Hop fans highly praise, but few have reached critical heights Madvillainy. On the 20th anniversary of the collective project with Madlib and the deceased MF DOOMBeat Konducta gave a loud salute to the masked supervillain.
Via Instagram, Madlib shared a clip of a video for Madvillainy who singled out “All Caps” and captioned it “20 years. RIP to the thug.”
It was remarkable considering the Oxnard, California native is not on social media at all. As it is, Madvillainy it is considered a modern day classic and influenced several rappers such as many members of the Pro Era collective (Joey BadA$$, Chuck Strangers, Kirk Knight, etc.) and Yasiin Bey among others.
Peanut Butter Wolf, the founder of Stones Throw Records who released the album, also weighed in on Complex Music's post about Madvillainy and shared that it is the label's only gold-certified album.
From IG:
Here are some more facts. This was an album where Madlib chose to record the beats in my basement which we called The Bomb Shelter (it was literally a concrete bomb shelter). DOOM recorded his vocals in my bedroom down the hall where we also had @ecoleye do a photoshoot that became the album cover. The Los Angeles release party was at The Fonda (a medium sized venue) and we stacked the bill with me, J Rocc, Madlib, Dilla and Common, in addition to DOOM (the headliner) because we were afraid they wouldn't sold out. We played a few more shows this month with the same lineup in some major markets to small but very excited crowds. That was it in terms of promotion, apart from doing 3 LOW BUDGET music videos (2 on the same day) which I reluctantly convinced DOOM to do. It's the first (and only) album on my 28-year-old label to go gold.
The dense poetics of Madvillainy They have never been reproduced as MF DOOM had a style so unique in his vocal tone that it wouldn't sound right by another artist. Adding to the lore, the production from The Bad Kid took place on what some might consider simple equipment.
Most of the beats were done on a Boss Dr sampler. Sample Sp-303, a cassette player and portable record player discovered in Brazil and other travels. Mixing and mastering was overseen by Dave Cooley, who has previously worked on records with J Dilla, Adrian Younge and remastering projects by the late Isaac Hayes and others.
Checkout Madvillainy below along with Madlib's tribute to DOOM.
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