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Welcome to the second installment of our two part look at Madlib and MF Doom's 2004 album 'Madvillainy'.
On 'Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test', Madlib samples a pair of tracks from George Duke's 1974 album 'I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry': the title track 'I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry' and 'Prepare Yourself'. Additionally, Madlib pulls some beats from Schoolly D's classic drum machine propelled 'PSK (What Does it Mean)'. More pscyh-rock breaks abound on Madvillain's 'Strange Ways', which samples 'Funny Ways' from Gentle Giant's self-titled 1970 album. Madlib samples 'That Ain't the Way You Make Love' by Z.Z. Hill on 'Fancy Clown'. For 'Eye' with Stacy Epps, Madlib samples 'So Good' from the Whispers' 1984 album of the same title. Finally, Madvillain samples Stevie Wonder's rare instrumental side project Eivets Rednow on 'Great Day'. The track uses a sample from 'How Can You Believe' from Eivets Rednow's 1968 self titled album.
Madlib and MF Doom are slated to return with a new album as Madvillainy, but to date nothing but a remix album of this album's tracks has been released.
The Lowdown:
Madvillain 'Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test', 'Strange Ways', 'Fancy Clown', 'Eye', and 'Great Day'
from 'Madvillainy' (2004) (MP3/CD)
George Duke 'I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry' and 'Prepare Yourself'
from 'I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry' (1974) (MP3/CD)
Schoolly D 'PSK (What Does it Mean)'
from 'Schoolly-D' (1985) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Gentle Giant 'Funny Ways'
from 'Gentle Giant' (1970) (MP3 not available/Import CD)
Z.Z. Hill 'That Ain't the Way You Make Love'
from 'Keep on Loving You' (1975) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
The Whispers 'So Good'
from 'So Good' (1984) (MP3 not available/CD)
Eivets Rednow 'How Can You Believe'
from 'Eivets Rednow' (1968) (MP3/CD)
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4 comments:
there's so much more to say about Madvillainy than just calling out the samples (which don't really matter that much anyway).
You could mention that it was a breakthrough of sorts for both Doom and Madlib ... or that the album seems like a concept album even though they probably didn't mean it ... or the fact that they took the formula of 2000's rap and basically did the total opposite.
absolutely incredible album
I agree that it is an incredible, rugged, futuristic piece of work. Please keep in mind that the reason sample talk takes up so much space on this blog is because that's primarily what we do. I try not to talk about good and bad albums as much as I talk about good and bad samples.
This album has a lot of good samples and fans of the album may want to check out some of the sources.
Best,
Cosby.
amazing!! thanks so much, hoping for a part 3 where you could crack things like the intro to figaro.. rhinestone cowboy.. curls and more
keep up the great work!
Awesome, thanks for your comment. I don't think there will be a part 3 to this string, but more Doom and Madlib will definitely be covered soon.
Best,
Cosby.
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