Let’s Talk a Little Bit About Hip-Hop. Most of the time, a Hip-Hop duo is composed of the MC and the DJ - The Beat and the Soul of Hip-Hop itself. Most MCs create a persona with which to attack other MCs while in the cipher. In the cipher, the persona helps establish a mythology and signature appearance/sound for the MC, this being no different than an artist’s personal life and their artistic caricatures of themselves. With commercialization of Hip-Hop, these personae have become less differential - mostly the thuggish persona that builds reputation like that of a Classical Greek hero set upon the Negroid streets and ghettos opposed to a spear-bedded field outside of Troy. But this commercialization has proven itself a true Greek hero, an Achilles dragging the ravaged soul of Hip-Hop around the radios, thrice, disrespecting its origins and spirituality. Now, Hip-Hop is seen as party music, club bangers, etc, and not the artistic onus of putting witty lyrics to hardhitting and throbbing beats.
With this status of Hip-Hop [and black music overall I’d say], Madvillain comes through resurrecting the lost Hip-Hop scriptures, with an unorthodox and perhaps even sacrilegious appeal. MF DOOM and DJ Mablib come together to birth one of the most exciting Hip-Hop albums of the decade. Madvillainy evokes images of Marvel Comics, although, as the title implies, without the heroes. MF DOOM dons a mask much like that of the Supervillain Viktor Vaughn (Dr. Doom) and with this evocative persona established, MF DOOM and his villainous accomplice spin tales of Hip-Hop heads ripping rhymes with a stoned face and getting that money like curls.
There are a lot of tracks on this album and this blog is somewhat slow with the uploads, so I won't even list the tracks. I'll just tell you this, the album has superior production thanks to Madlib, so the beats are blunted [as in short and probably Mary Jane-inspired] and sweet. MF Doom is smooth like butter on these tracks and it's pretty awesome. Not much more I can say in words. Check it.
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