Mar 25, 2019 I think the reason I prefer MM.. Food is because it captures this feel even better than Madvillainy. Like a stitched together audio comic
Mar 25, 2019 I read that the first version was more like bright, similiar to MM FOOD when it comes to his delivery. You can hear his voice is like darker on the realeased version of Madvillainy than on the other records he made back then. But I never heard it either
Mar 25, 2019 I give it 10/10 (surprise surprsie) I have over 2000 scrobbles of this album on lastfm and I am not bored at all, it is still fresh, I still discover some little things on it. Groundbreaking, milestone of an album, 2 of my favs together
Mar 25, 2019 Anyone that still uses the word 'dust' or 'dustheads' are only making fun of themselves. Same goes for dissing all newer artists btw. This album is a perfect example of an album with an old school vibe, yet still sounds fresh 15 years later. I can see the Piñata comparison. Nice samples, lots of fun and an essential listen for rap fans. Can't really add anything that hasn't been said before. 10/10
Mar 25, 2019 1. Madvillainy 2. MM...FOOD 3. Operation Doomsday 4. VV1 and 2 5. DangerDOOM 6. Take Me To Your Leader 7. JJ DOOM 8. Born Like This 9. Czarface and DOOM Didn't hear enough of the rest and I dont include KMD at all. Everything from top2 to top7 is extremaly close and can change daily tbh, but Madvillainy comfortably sits at the 1st spot, it is so important to me. Every album is at least good, with top7 spots being rated >8 by me. Rating DOOMs discography might be an interesting thread after we are done with Wu
Mar 25, 2019 Born Like This that low? its top 4 for me. maybe top 3. But yeah we should definitley do a Doom ranking thread
Mar 26, 2019 incredible interview with DOOM himself DOOM says he has four or five albums worth of unreleased material with Madvillain and a proper sequel to Madvillainy is still on the table interview with Madlib
Mar 26, 2019 Born Like This is gonna be in the middle of my rankings. Only thing bringing it down is the mixing. Its very bad. @Sav Stanfield also is it too early to hint at the next album?
Mar 26, 2019 Thinking of some Lupe albums, Control System by Ab Soul, and some Ruff Ryders albums like Gangster and A Gentleman or IDAHIH.
Mar 28, 2019 Madvillainy get a 10/10 from 7 ratings (the first perfect 10!) Next up… RATING 28: Anderson .Paak - Oxnard Release Date: 16 November 2018 Label: Aftermath Tracklist 01. The Chase ft. Khadja Bonet 02. Headlow ft. Norelle 03. Tints ft. Kendrick Lamar 04. Who R U? 05. 6 Summers 06. Smile/Petty 07. Mansa Musa ft. Dr. Dre, Cocoa Sarai 08. Brother’s Keeper ft. Pusha T 09. Anywhere ft. Snoop Dogg, The Last Artful, Dogr 10. Trippy ft. J. Cole 11. Cheers ft. Q-Tip 12. Sweet Chick ft. BJ The Chicago Kid 13. Left to Right We praise Young Thug a lot for his widespread influence, but I think Kendrick Lamar deserves just as much recognition. Acts like J.I.D., Smino, Saba and Cheeky Andy himself owe a lot to Kendrick’s breakthrough into the spotlight. Anderson .Paak stands out from the others though; his raspy, 2-packs-a-day voice and James Brown-like intonation is a bubbling (pun intended) melting pot of different sounds and styles and genres that come together in a beautiful way (see Malibu and Yes Lawd!). Oxnard, his major label debut, is a little different. Executive produced by the legendary Dr. Dre, Oxnard sees Anderson Paak taking a more conventional approach to music making. There’s still a lot of old school rock/funk leaking through but there’s also an obvious intent to create a more hip hop-centric album, and it doesn’t really work as well as it could have. When Dre and Paak (And the incredible guest features) get everything right, there are some great results. But overall the album sounds a bit dulled, especially when comparing it to his 2 previous full-lengths. For every Tints or 6 Summers, there’s a groan-inducing Headlow or the confounding Left to Right (how this was the closer instead of Bubblin’ still baffles me). For maybe the first time, it seems like Dre’s input on this project was actually a bad idea and that Paak would have been better off without him. It seems Paak’s realised the same thing, recently admitting that Oxnard was not the best he can do, but that his new upcoming album Ventura will seek to remedy that. Here’s to hoping it does. I give Oxnard a 6/10. @RateThisAlbum