Word: madvillain
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...success these two legends found by committing themselves to old-fashioned, long-forgotten things—like, say, personality and good songwriting—will inspire record labels to demand higher artistic standards in their other acts. And lest we forget, 2004 also had lots of great rap albums. Madvillain, the brainchild of emcee MF Doom and producer Madlib, broke out of the underground with a relentlessly unique Lo-Fi collaboration. The absurdly gifted young producer Kanye West picked up the microphone and silenced his doubters, proving himself a witty and charming new voice. Eminem returned from a two-year...
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...Audiences love to hate,” the 50s style monotone intones beginning the introduction of MF Doom and Madlib, the duo known as Madvillain. And these snide guys are off at the races, galumphing off from rhyme to rhyme and hitting off everything from Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four years—the influence for MF Doom’s style—to Mutley, the dastardly companion of acid-washed 70s cartoons starring Dick Dasterdly...
...interesting thing about Madvillain is that they are clearly having a blast chilling with their friends and occasionally recording. In contrast, College Dropout, for all its wit and creativity, often seems put on, a show to replace J-Hova in America’s hearts and minds...
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