Tuesday, March 31, 2009

New/Old discoveries part one: Madvillainy album

MF DOOM & MADLIB are MADVILLAIN = the MADVILLAINY album
As each year goes by and more horrible music is being played for the masses, I fall farther out of love with hip hop... But it's these times, that I start to look for some raw organic shit with no gimic.... something that has zero radio play, never went platinum, but an artist that can pack out a show every night in any state and is very slept on... That brought me to this 2004 released Madvillainy album.... The rhymes were raw, up front, nothing too fancy, no tricks... they were what they were... and the production by Madlib is by far some crazy GENIUS shit that I haven't really heard since I bought J-Dilla's rough draft...they beats are grimey, dirty, sounds like tape air in the mix, two track, scratched up vinyl, and thick bass heavy drums and bass lines...There are hardly any hooks on the album, most tracks are like a verse and a half..two minutes long... this is good....no GREAAAT MUSIC... you can't fake this kind of stuff... This album accomplishes what a lot of my favorite mainstream artists like Jay, Kanye, and whoever cannot achieve.  This music is extra extra personal... I've been listening to this recsord for just a few days and it affected me more than a lot of my old favorite music has.  It even influences me on how I want to approach making my own records from now on.  The track below is called "Fancy Clown", it's my favorite record right now, and possibly one of the best rap records I've ever heard in my life. In the background during the record, a phone conversation is going on...WHO DOES THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Madlib is about to be my new favorite producer JayDee rest in peace... try and listen to this song below and not snap your neck from the enjoyment!!!! 


2 comments:

gyasi said...

yooo madlib and dilla did some shit together too...crazy..thats some good stuff

gaming and tech blog said...

Madvillain is crazy ill, period.