History Music / Madvillainy

->''As luck would have it, [[Music/MFDOOM one]] of America's two most powerful villains of the next decade is turned loose to strike terror into the hearts of men; who shock women into uncontrolled hysteria. The villains themselves were ultimately responsible for much of the popularity. Audiences loved to hate. The importance of the villain was not overlooked, of course one of the worst of all was [[SingerNameDrop Madvillain]]. They had no code of ethics.''

''Madvillainy'' is the debut album by American HipHop duo Madvillain (Music/MFDOOM as MC and Madlib as producer and occasional rapper), released on March 23, 2004. It continues DOOM's concept of [[PlayingWithATrope playing with]] themes of supervillainy and trademark wordplay, while introducing Madlib's production ability.

->''As luck would have it, [[Music/MFDoom one]] of America's two most powerful villains of the next decade is turned loose to strike terror into the hearts of men; who shock women into uncontrolled hysteria. The villains themselves were ultimately responsible for much of the popularity. Audiences loved to hate. The importance of the villain was not overlooked, of course one of the worst of all was [[SingerNameDrop Madvillain]]. They had no code of ethics.''

''Madvillainy'' is the debut album by American HipHop duo Madvillain (Music/MFDoom as MC and Madlib as producer and occasional rapper), released on March 23, 2004. It continues Doom's concept of [[PlayingWithATrope playing with]] themes of super villainy and trademark wordplay, while introducing Madlib's production ability.

While not the most commercially successful album (it peaked at number 179 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, a fair effort for an indie rap release), ''Madvillainy'' was critically adored, receiving attention from publications such as ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'', and is considered one of the greatest albums of the 2000s and one of the best hip hop records of all time.

Unfortunately, [[OneBookAuthor there has been no sequel to this album in the 13 years since it was released]]; well, there ''was'' a ''Madvillainy 2'' released in 2008, although it was a remix album Madlib made because he was supposedly unable to wait for MF Doom to record new verses. The album's complete eschewing of the original's beats and aesthetic for new production saw [[BrokenBase very div]][[TheyChangedItNowItSucks ided reactions]] from critics and fans alike.

** "Fancy Clown" also noticeably censors Doom's uses of the word "fuck".

* ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe
* {{Corpsing}}: The sample in the end of "America's Most Blunted" has a xylophone accidentally hitting the wrong note, leading to everyone bursting out in laughter.

* FaceOnTheCover: Doom on the front, Madlib on the back (and the instrumentals collection).

* GrandFinale: "Rhinestone Cowboy" was consciously made as this (with less than a week before the album was due), since the album's chief A&R wanted it to have a proper ending.

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: {{Invoked}} at the end of "America's Most Blunted", with "marijuana" being spelt as "marijuajuana". The guy spelling it is high as a kite.

* {{Corpsing}}: At the end of "America's Most Blunted".

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Bistro" --> "Raid" --> "America's Most Blunted" --> "Sickfit".

* GratuitousPanning: Invoked in "Money Folder", where a line about Doom bringing his mic everywhere to perform live and on ''stereo'' is panned to the left side. The next line then lampshades this by saying "Pan it".

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Done deliberately in "Curls", where the line "trying to get the ass" replaces the last word with a sound effect.

* FaceOnTheCover: Doom on the front, Madlib on the back.

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: {{Invoked}} at the end of "America's Most Blunted", with marijuana being spelt as "marijuajuana". The guy spelling it is high as a kite.

'''''Madvillainy''''' is the debut album by American HipHop duo Madvillain (Music/MFDoom as MC and Madlib as producer and occasional rapper), released on March 23, 2004. It continues Doom's concept of [[PlayingWithATrope playing with]] themes of super villainy and trademark wordplay, while introducing Madlib's production ability.

Unfortunately, [[OneBookAuthor there has been no sequel to this album in the 11 years since it was released]]; well, there ''was'' a ''Madvillainy 2'' released in 2008, although it was a remix album Madlib made because he was supposedly unable to wait for MF Doom to record new verses. The album's complete eschewing of the original's beats and aesthetic for new production saw [[BrokenBase very div]][[TheyChangedItNowItSucks ided reactions]] from critics and fans alike.

* {{Determinator}}: The ending of "Strange Ways", which samples Creator/TexAvery's ''Symphony in Slang''.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Accordion" ends with a snippet of the next song, "Meat Grinder", before being cut off by a RecordNeedleScratch, which is when the next song starts proper.

* OneWordTitle: ''Madvillainy'', "Accordion", "Bistro", "Raid", "Sickfit", "Rainbow", "Curls", "Figaro", "Eye".

Unfortunately, [[OneBookAuthor there has been no sequel to this album in the 11 years since it was released]]; well, there ''was'' a ''Madvillainy 2'' released in 2008, although it was a remix album Madlib made because he was supposedly unable to wait for MF Doom to record new verses. The album's complete eschewing of the original's beats and aesthetic for new production saw [[BrokenBase very divided reactions]] from critics and fans alike.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Accordion" begins with a snippet of the next song, "Meat Grinder", before being cut off by a RecordNeedleScratch, which is when the next song starts proper.

''He said, 'You bet your sweet ass'''\\

-->-'''"The Illest Villains"'''

-->''Curses, we's truly the worsest''

* DrugsAreGood: "America's Most Blunted". Only makes this case of marijuana, though.

* {{Sampling}}: The album frequently samples pieces of 1950s media.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Madlib in "Shadows of Tomorrow".

'''''Madvillainy''''' is the debut album by American HipHop duo Madvillain (Music/MFDoom as MC and Madlib as producer) released March 23, 2004. It continues Doom's concept of subverting super villainy and trademark wordplay, while introducing Madlib's production ability.

While not the most commercially successful album (it peaked at number 179 on the US Billboards 200, a fair effort for an indie rap release), ''Madvillainy'' was critically adored, receiving attention from publications such as ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'', and is considered one of the greatest albums of the 2000s and one of the best hip hop records of all time.

* FaceOnTheCover: Doom, at least.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Accordion" into "Meat Grinder".
* FrameBreak: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY music video]] for All Caps (which takes the form of an animated comicbook), the main character escapes from confinement by jumping hard enough to break through the bottom of every panel all the way down to the bottom of the page.

* LastNoteHilarity: The xylophone in "America's Most Blunted" hits the wrong note at the end, causing the guys in the studio to [[{{Corpsing}} break down into laughter.]]

* SuperVillain: [[PlayingWithATrope Screwed around with]] in every way possible.

* LastNoteHilarity: The xylophone in "America's Most Blunted" hits the wrong note at the end, causing the guys in the studio to break down into laughter.

* DrugsAreGood: "America's Most Blunted".

[[caption-width-right:350:''Played like an accordion'']]

->''As luck would have it, [[Music/MFDoom one]] of America's two most powerful villains of the next decade is turned loose to strike terror into the hearts of men; who shock women into uncontrolled hysteria. The villains themselves were ultimately responsible for much of the popularity. Audiences loved to hate. The importance of the villain was not overlooked, of course one of the worst of all was [[SingerNameDrop Madvillain]]. They had no code of ethics''