Twenty-two short and blunted tracks bang out mythical stories of villains and urban (anti) heroes trying to make it through with their ganja and wits still intact

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HipHopDX

Madvillainy is DOOM and Madlib at their best, and the sum or their talents is actually greater than its equal parts.

While Doom's entire career has been shadowed by consistently strong production efforts, never has such chemistry developed between him and another beatmaker.

10y

It's an unstoppably blunted, soupy-surreal, sampledelic, garrulous, ridiculous/goofy, and timeless raw beat blast that you don't want to skip out on.

10y

This is an absolute must-hear for 2004, and you're certainly going to be seeing plenty more of it come list-making time this winter.

Out of hip-hop’s constant conflicted state comes Madvillainy, showing us that it’s not wrong — but that it’s damn right — to keep it “unreal” in hip-hop culture.

It’s the fact that each piece, despite sometimes ending up fragmented and fleeting, builds into a unique presentation that makes Madvillainy a pleasure.

Musically innovative in a way that is nearly impossible to do justice to in print, Madvillainy is a chameleonic masterpiece that alone validates the artistry of sampler culture.

Madvillainy does not match the sharp comic storytelling of last year’s Vaudeville Villain; it’s more of an indie rap blowing session by two guys near the top of their game.

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Chode

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Simply put, MF DOOM is the greatest rapper of all time. Kanye may be my personal favorite, but MF DOOM was the best. Very few rappers possess the same sense of humor, level of wit, and originality that DOOM possessed during his lifetime. Being as enigmatic as he was, not much was known about MF DOOM prior to him taking up his villainous name. After he founded the group KMD with his younger brother in 1988, whose passing in 1993 broke the group up, DOOM went on to become homeless from the year ... read more

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Matt

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In honor of the rapper MF DOOM, I will be reviewing this legendary classic in hip hop. Rest in Peace Daniel Dumile. Rest easy legend, fly high. <3

"Madvillainy" is an album that I've been delaying an review for quite a while, and why's that? Because this album is a work of art that merits the most extreme regard and love it deserves. I can't really put into words on how exceptional this album is. The duo group, "Madvillain", contains 2 artists of the likes of MF DOOM and ... read more

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Charlise

Rest in peace to an inspiration, a boundary pushing, and deeply important rapper. Pay your respect to DOOM; he and his family deserve your love.

6mo

exception

this record is now my favorite from mf doom. he has some of the most talent out of any rapper, and the production from madlib puts this on another level. one of the best collab LPs from 2 incredible people.
fav tracks: accordion, americas most blunted, fancy clown, rhinestone cowboy
least fav tracks: rainbows

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Track List

1	The Illest Villains 1:55	88
2	Accordion 1:58	96
3	Meat Grinder 2:11	96
4	Bistro 1:07	90
5	Raid 2:30 feat. MED	93
6	America's Most Blunted 3:54 feat. Quasimoto	90
7	Sickfit (Instrumental) 1:21	87
8	Rainbows 2:51	88
9	Curls 1:35	95
10	Do Not Fire! (Instrumental) 0:52	86
11	Money Folder 3:02	90
12	Shadows of Tomorrow 2:36 feat. Quasimoto	89
13	Operation Lifesaver a.K.A. Mint Test 1:30	87
14	Figaro 2:25	96
15	Hardcore Hustle 1:21 feat. Wild Child	87
16	Strange Ways 1:51	92
17	Fancy Clown 1:55 feat. Viktor Vaughn	96
18	Eye 1:57 feat. Stacy Epps	88
19	Supervillain Theme (Instrumental) 0:52	91
20	All Caps 2:10	98
21	Great Day 2:16	91
22	Rhinestone Cowboy 3:59	95