Collection: Madvillain Vinyl Records – Madvillainy on 2×LP Vinyl

Madvillain is the collaborative project of MF DOOM and Madlib — two of the defining figures of underground hip-hop, combining on one of the great records of the 2000s. DOOM's dense, multi-syllabic, metal-masked wordplay meeting Madlib's dusty, fragmented, crate-dug beats, released on Stones Throw Records in 2004 after years of development and a notorious bootleg leak.

Madvillainy is the only studio album they ever completed together. DOOM's death in 2020 closed the door on any true follow-up, though Madlib has since released Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix — a set of alternate-beat versions of the original tracks. The original album is short, dense, sample-heavy, and absolutely unrepeatable: 22 tracks in 46 minutes, most of them under two minutes long, none of them following a conventional verse-chorus structure. Madvillainy on vinyl is essential — the sample-driven textures, the analogue warmth of Madlib's production, and DOOM's close-miked voice all benefit hugely from the format. The Stones Throw 2xLP is the only way to own it.