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  • Summary: The hip-hop producer--unusually recording under his own name--offers a soundtrack to an imaginary movie.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The 35 stellar instrumental tracks on Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes make a convincing argument that in the future Madlib--a one-man band in both the literal and figurative sense--might be better off eschewing rappers and singers as collaborators altogether.
  2. A very detailed, though still utterly bewildering, glimpse into the producer's musical thought process.
  3. 80
    Far from sloppy seconds, the album's both imminently enjoyable and a valuable glimpse into the creative process of one of hip-hop's most accomplished producers. [Apr 2006, p.88]
  4. 60
    Madlib stretches out impressively without vocalists to contain him, but you sense the real bangers have been saved for another occasion. [Jun 2006, p.106]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. CalumL
    10
    Absilutely incredible! The man is a genius, he does it again! This grows on you as usual with madlib, every listen whether it is your first listen or 38549st it still gets better every lesson Collapse
  2. AudioGhost
    10
    Madlib...only the best beats, this dude is insane w/ the music!
  3. BenT
    9
    better than j dilla's similar donuts except this seems to have purpose & conviction.
  4. MusicaliDrew
    6
    Don't get me wrong, it is very good. Problem for me is that almost evey song is less than 2 mins and most have spoken word at the start for about 30 to 40 seconds. This means we get only about 1 min of actual music per track. Those 1 mins of music are amazing, but I would have preferred longer tracks. Each time I get into a track, it ends. I'd love to hear these songs streched out for at least 3-4 mins. Madlib is amazing talent. No doubt about it. I love that he sampled Van Dyke Parks...it was like a personal shout-out to me. Expand