180g 45rpm audiophile vinylMastering: Cut by Scott Stratton at Bernie Grundman Mastering Pressing: Vinyl crafted at Optimal Packaging: Includes rice paper sleeves and a gatefold jacket with lyrics. Catalog Number: LP-STH-2065B Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 659457206581 Combining two of the best underground hip-hop artists of the early 2000's. With both men known for their stunning soundscapes, rhyming skills, and schizophrenic personalities, the duo decided to have Madlib concentrate on the beats and let Doom handle the lyrics. In mixing their comic-book-like personas, Madlib and Doom play to their nearly superhuman strengths; while some other collaborations of this caliber seems forced and lop-sided, there is absolutely no filler here-just undiluted beats and rhymes, best exemplified by the singles America's Most Blunted and All Caps. Lib's inventive production leans towards the jazzy side of his repertoire, and Doom unleashes outrageous lyrics on par with his solo efforts (and even his work as Zevlove X in his stint with K. M. D. ). Never flashy or glamorous, MADVILLAINY is served straight up, the way hip-hop was meant to be. CD available here. Tape available here.