It should be made clear immediately that Madvillain is in many ways Of course, Madvillainy is only the start for these two this year Doom has the newest Special Herbs coming out simultaneously, Yesterday's New Quintet instrumental tribute to Stevie Wonder is set to drop later this spring, and rumors of a follow-up to Quasimoto's The Unseen abound. His Champion Sound album with Jay Dee brought him back to his hip hop roots and showed him as a more focused and also wider-ranging producer than ever. The equally prolific Madlib one-upped 2002's Trojan Records remix project Blunted in the Bomb Shelter with the terrific Shades of Blue, expanding on the jazz work he did as Yesterday's New Quintet. Vik Vaughn's Vaudville Villain and King Geedorah's Take Me To Your Leader propelled Doom to the forefront of the underground (although this wasn't much of a leap after 1999's instant classic Operation Doomsday and his Special Herbs beat series). Quasimoto, Yesterday's New Quintet) takes the beats and the masked MF Doom (a.k.a Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, and formerly Zev Love X of the influential KMD) rocks the mic.Д«oth Madlib and Doom are coming off great years in 2003.

Easily the most anticipated underground hip hop album in recent memory, Madvillainy brings together two giants in the underground Madlib (a.k.a. After a year of delays, millions of files shared, rumors that made this out to be the second coming, and most likely several pounds of 'dro, Stones Throw records, bastion of all things cool in this country, has let the album drop.

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