Madvillain - Madvillainy

Reviews of Madvillainy

Rating Summary
n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com While every Ivy League dog kennel worker with a paycheck from Blender or Revolver may write dissertations about how Outkast re-invented pop music (and if we follow that logic) then Madvillain simply destroys the boundaries. Read more
n/a by Pitchfork Media Madvillainy is inexhaustibly brilliant, with layer-upon-layer of carefully considered yet immediate hip-hop, forward-thinking but always close to its roots.... Good luck finding a better hip-hop album this year, mainstream, undie, or otherwise. Read more
n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com A dizzying synergy of heavy brains and chemistry, culminating in blissfully fun, irreverent, and engaging brand of record-making magic. Read more
n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com A definite tour de force for indie hip hop. Read more
n/a by www.adequacy.net It’s easily one of the best pieces of work of both participants’ careers and a mark of the incredible talent both possess. Read more
n/a by Popmatters The problem with Madvillainy, if it can even be termed a problem, is that Doom and Madlib just have too many ideas. Read more
n/a by www.splendidmagazine.com Madvillainy isn't really an inaccessible record. It may take a couple of spins for you to get involved, but once you've passed that initial adaptation, it stays with you. Read more
n/a by www.austinchronicle.com Not only does it capture the unstructured verse of a masked maniac within a sheer net of plausibility, it parades his inner dementia among instrumental adornments of the highest order. Read more
n/a by www.shakingthrough.net Madlib creatively melds electronic and jazzy elements, entertaining voiceovers akin to the kind heard on Batman or Superman cartoons, and snippets of Sun Ra to fashion a wildly diverse yet coherently executed tableaux of brainy, original noise-art. Read more
n/a by www.villagevoice.com An outlandishly imaginative collaboration. Read more
n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com By trimming excess fat (read: R’n’B choruses), Madvilliany keeps a sense of spontaneity, cutting off unexpectedly and never allowing anything to get stale. Read more
7 by Aftonbladet Andra gången gillt, kan man väl säga. Det är nämligen andra gången jag recenserar “Madvillainy” på ungefär lika många veckor. Eller ja, nästan. Förra gången det begav sig satt jag nämligen... Read more
7 by Dagensskiva.com Andra gången gillt, kan man väl säga. Det är nämligen andra gången jag recenserar “Madvillainy” på ungefär lika många veckor. Eller ja, nästan. Förra gången det begav sig satt jag nämligen... Read more