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Madvillain’s forthcoming Madvillainy is possibly the best offering yet from two of the last heads still making truly exuberant boom-bap. Madlib and MF “Metal Face” Doom are both obsessed with samples: the former remixed Blue Note’s back catalog in Shades of Blue and fashioned himself a rapper on helium by essentially sampling and speeding up his own voice in Quasimoto’s The Unseen; the latter reworked tacky Eighties hits and cartoon themes into eerily poignant hooks on Operation Doomsday. Both are bold enough to let their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diamonds in the Rough | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

...from a roomful of records with a love nearing infatuation for their musical foundations. The “Frankenstein effect” hasn’t been done this well since RZA laced the Wu’s debut album, but whereas he had a penchant for the cinematic, Madlib and MF Doom just want beats that can flow with them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diamonds in the Rough | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

Whereas the likes of Madlib are celebrated for how creatively they can flip samples, Kanye sticks his neck out—stretching and fitting them together into sweeping intros, ornate choruses and hooks aplenty (best example: “Family Business”). He makes the art more like a genuine songcraft, for better or worse—no riff or melodic phrase repeats itself for long before it’s quickly interrupted or joined by new instruments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diamonds in the Rough | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

...most refreshing voices in the underground, Slug, who performed at the Middle East last Friday, is helping to push independent hip hop firmly into the public consciousness. The renaissance at the fringes has been winning over critics and fans alike, ranging from the lo-fi sampler virtuosity of Madlib and MF Doom and seething electronic grime of El-P (the anti-Timbaland) to the obtuse bohemian leanings of the Anticon clique. Though he’s flexed his lyrical muscles with nearly all of them, Slug brandishes his own critic-approved designations: “emo rap?...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fresh Air | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

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