After dropping the snippets of Madlib's Madvillainy reworks, the full album is now available via the Stones Throw site -- but that ain't it. The real winner right here is what I'm screamin' about -- The Box.
Exclusive to their newly-launched online store, this collection of Madvillain(y) novelties should certainly impress the collector, and tide over the hardcore fan until the sequel drops. Check the press excerpt where they address the origin of the "remix" album, and a word on the official
Madvillainy 2.
Excerpt:
Madvillainy 2: The Box
Some might say its sacrilege to revisit a classic album like Madvillainy. You know, like George Lucas messing around with Star Wars and digitally inserting Jabba The Hut rapping with Han Solo. But Madlib’s never been one to respect convention - and he made this one for headphone listening while on a ten-hour plane ride to Tokyo. But this reworking (we hate to say remix) was so good that, after we sat with it for a while, we decided that we had to make it available.
Yeah, we’re waiting for the new Madvillain too. Every once in a while we hear from DOOM, and he tells us he’s getting closer. Madlib still sends him beat CDs. DOOM always remembers our birthdays. But, we don’t have the sequel, and we know every nuance of Madvillainy. So we’ve been bumping this album while we’re patiently waiting. And it’s been good. Like visiting with a friend who you haven’t seen in years and remembering why you were friends to begin with.
Even though the set is kind of pricey at $125US, I personally think it's money well spent for the collector or fan. You get a whole bunch of dope shit for that chunk of change. The real collector would buy two, one to actually use and one to store away.
Contains (pics linked):
CD Madvillainy 2 The Madlib RemixPre-orders are available till August 15th, and the product ships on September 15th. Since this exclusive is expensive to manufacture, supplies will be based on pre-orders. You pre-order, you've got one -- guaranteed. If you slip, well... Madvillain fans better start countin' that change.
7-INCH “One Beer (Drunk Version)” Madlib's original 2004 version, lost until recently on the floor of his Bomb Shelter studio. If you saw the studio you'd understand.
CASSETTE The Madvillainy Demo Tape. 12 tracks, 36 minutes. This is the first and only official release of the infamous Madvillain demo that “leaked into cyberspace,” while the album was still in progress, as DOOM alludes to in the lyrics of “Rhinestone Cowboy.”
T-SHIRT Nominated. Best Rolled L's. Madvillain shirt.
COMIC BOOK Meanwhile... the continuation of the All Caps video, included with the CD.
THE BOX 12x13x3 inches. Wrapped in a silver like a mask.
LINK // Madvillainy 2 - The Box
Too bad my birthday was last month... *cough cough*
Don't let me stop y'all though.
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