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Universal acclaim- based on 838 Ratings
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Positive: 768 out of 838
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Mixed: 15 out of 838
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Negative: 55 out of 838
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DJMaydayDec 23, 2004
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timdMar 26, 2004Like all great pop art this album is familiar and decidedly alien. Engaging and oddly distant. MF Doom and Madlib are the best thing happening in underground hip hop, undercutting El-P and his Def Jukies on the grounds of inovative music by altering musical preconceptions as well as contexual ones. Perhaps more hip hop should keep it sureal.
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RobertAJun 15, 2004Jampacked full of complete originality. great cd. great music but the Street Fighter 2 sounds in one song won me over. 9 for sure. like nothing you have ever heard before.
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DanielBSep 19, 2004Wow...so rarely see this kind of invention in such a tired usher world. Sick.
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GinaMNov 17, 2005i really think this is such an amazing album. the sampling along with the wild rapping is excellently done, and just because all of MF Doom's lyrics don't always make sense it TOTALLY works on this album, it's almost more intelligent. i would definitely recommend this album to anyone.
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rodramDec 28, 2005brilliant super genius, nvr get bored of this after years..
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JoeyBJan 23, 2005My first exposure to MF Doom has blown me away. I didn't know what to say to what I was listening to as it came through the speakers, but I could only stutter and blink in awe. What a great album.
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TimMApr 13, 2005This album is simply incredible. Flowing... Brilliant.
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ONFeb 17, 2006
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DanHJul 31, 2006Great album. But to anyone who disses Doom as an MC: name one rapper out today with a more unique style. You can't. And Madlibs beats are cool, perfect for Doom's style.
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Aug 12, 2010
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Aug 14, 2010
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Aug 19, 2010
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Oct 1, 2010This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 9, 20169.5
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May 19, 2019This album is literally nothing special it has great production but the lyrics are just some random words
Most of the songs on the album are about nothing This whole album is content less There isn't anything special about This album except for the production -
Nov 18, 2010Truly the best hip-hop album ever made. Can you even imagine the amount of work they've put in to pick the samples? These weren't produced in no studio or whatever, these were hand-picked from a ceiling-high stack of vinyl.
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Oct 29, 2011One of the BEST hip-hop album of all time. I'm honored that I had the opportunity to listen and own this album. The album is genius! Madlib is a awesome producer and MF Doom, is an amazing rapper (and also a producer). Because of this album, I'm a big fan of Madvillian. Can't wait for their next album together!
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Mar 1, 2011Probably the best hip-hop album i have heard in my entire life, make sure you listen to it from start to finish. Very original and heaps of clever lyrics and nice beats. Absolutely quality hip-hop.
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Apr 27, 2011
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Jul 19, 2011The best underground album of all-time. The entire album flows from beginning to end; a sequel is needed ASAP. No hooks because none are necessary when an MC as skilled as this handles the microphone
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Sep 28, 2011A very entertaining, inventive Hip-Hop album with no boundaries. Like nothing you've ever heard.
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Jan 14, 2012a simply mind-blowing record... DOOM lays down his signature twisted lyricism and flow over equally warped and perfectly crafted beats from the one and only Madlib. simply put, this is a landmark hip hop record. must own for all underground rap fans
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Jun 21, 2012The beats are mostly good. Some of them seem out of place. DOOM has good rhymes. The low ratings seem to be from children who are expecting "gangsta rap". This has very few themes regarding violence or sexuality. It's truly poetry, over nice sounds.
Deduct one point for some weird beats, and another for some out of place silences from DOOM. -
Sep 8, 2012Fantastic album which has stood the testament of almost a decade. MF Doom continues to release unprecedented rhymes over classic Madlib instrumentals. A true hip-hop classic.
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Jun 14, 2013I don't even know why I'm bothering to review this, everyone should know by now how great this thing is, Seriously, I've yet to hear another hip-hop album as creative (while also being consistently catchy and crisp) quite like this one
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Jul 10, 2018Amazing album to beggining 'till the end. There's several textures in music's beats and consistent rymes that fit in the beat as an instrument.
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Nov 8, 2013
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Apr 7, 2016This album is a n absolute masterpiece, by the far greatest hip hop album of all time. Nothing comes close not straight outta Compton, not enter the wu-tang and not even illmatic.
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Apr 12, 2017
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May 14, 2014excellent album, great production by madlib great flow by doom. the best abstract hip hop in my opinion.. track after track doom stays consistent, the skits on this thing fit in well this was a game changer back in 04
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Mar 21, 2015
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Mar 1, 2019Just an amazing album, nothing to complain about. MF DOOM's lyricism, Madlib's production, and the amazing samples make it an easy 10/10 for me.
My favorite tracks: All caps, Shadows of tomorrow, Accordion, Curls, Rhinestone Cowboy. -
May 6, 2017Legitimately perfect. There are no filler tracks. No tracks that feel redundant. There's not a single piece of half-assed production on this album. MF DOOM's vocal delivery suits Madlib's production perfectly. Highlights on this album include 'Accordion', 'Fancy Clown', 'Meat Grinder', 'Figaro', and 'All Caps'. Listen to this. Now.
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Apr 11, 201510/10 ................................................................................................................................................
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Jun 20, 2015
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Aug 21, 2017DOOM and Madlib came together to create something truly special. There's a reason this is one og the highest rated things ever released on this site. Few things I can say that haven't been said already, but please do yourself a favor and give it a listen. MADVILLAINY is fantastic.
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Apr 9, 2015
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Mar 27, 2016
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Feb 9, 2021It is quite simply one of the greatest rap albums of all time, no more needs to be said. RIP MF DOOM
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Dec 5, 2016Truly a masterpiece, clever usage of words, witty remarks and punchlines. This can be a fuel to write poetry that features the influences that Madvillainy gave to us.
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Aug 29, 2019
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Apr 14, 2017´Top 5 rap albums ever. A real masterpiece. Brilliant production from Madlib and ofcourse mental rapping from the legendary mc MF DOOM. Best songs: All caps, Meat grinder, Figaro
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Aug 5, 2017a masterpiece............................................................................................................................................................
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Jun 12, 2018The greatest underground hip hop of all time. Madlib and MF DOOM at their creative peak create one of the most influential and progressive hip hop records of the past 20 years.
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Jan 17, 2018Definitely one of the best rap albums in the 2000s,where lyrics are never outdated,and songs that will always be remembered as something groundbreaking.
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Apr 6, 2018
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Nov 15, 2020As perfect as albums can get, pretty much. Out of 21 tracks (excluding the intro track), there are only 2 that I'm not a huge fan of: Do Not Fire and Operation Lifesaver, which aren't even bad. The production is as good as it gets and so is the rapping. What more can be said.
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May 12, 2019One of the best albums of all time, Incredible rhyming scheme and great samples
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Nov 15, 2018Possibly the best album of past 30 years. It is one of the only albums that actually survived the test of time and I would believe it if someone said that the album was made this year
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Dec 1, 2018A masterpiece in every way imaginable. The production by Madlib is nothing less than perfection and some of the best I've ever heard. MF DOOM brings his legendary flow and the best lyrics in the game. The two combine to create the best Producer-Rapper combo I think I've ever heard. Their styles mesh perfectly and there isn't a single track that I wasn't blown away by.
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Dec 31, 2020A seminal hip-hop album. The perfect mix of wordplay and gritty production.
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Jul 22, 2019
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Sep 10, 2019Meu álbum favorito na história do Rap. DOOM e Madlib no auge, até hoje nunca ouvi nada parecido. Tudo é incrivel e único aqui, produção lendária e inesquecível, uma beat melhor que a outra, doom dropando os melhores versos da sua carreira Esse álbum é a perfeição em formato de musica.
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Nov 3, 2019The perfect combination of Madlib's best production and Doom's rap. It was released in 2004, but it's out of date.
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Jan 22, 2020
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Feb 6, 2020Best technically rapped album ever, and some of the best instrumentals from the second-best producer of all time.
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Feb 25, 2020MF DOOM and Madlib at their best in this album. As always Madlib delivers some of the most creative and inspirational bets in rap. Lyrically this is album is at the top of the mountain MF DOOM delivers some of the best bars of his career in Madvillainy. While tracks like Accordion and Meat Grinder are most talked about my favorite track is and will always be Raid.
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Sep 3, 2020This album is my #1 of all time. It is the only album that I find every track to be a 10. The production by Madlib is insane. The lyrics and flow by MF DOOM is again, insane. The album is also quite consistent.
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Sep 25, 2020It's **** amazing. One of the best rap albums of all time. If you have not listened to it yet, I highly recommend you do.
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Oct 13, 2020That's why he brings his own needles
And get more cheese than Doritos, Cheetos or Fritos
Slip like Freudian
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Nov 14, 2020Words cannot describe how fantastic this album is. The incredible producer Madlib collaborating with the extraordinary talented rapper MF DOOM, this album was bound to be a classic. I haven't got anything to say that others haven't said a million times before. I'll just say, this album is a classic and one of the best hip hop albums ever.
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Nov 15, 2020One of the greatest hiphop albums ever, madlibs beats are otherworldly and DOOM spits endless flows over them. 10/10
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Jan 5, 2021RIP MF DOOM. One of Hip-Hop's greatest MCs. All Caps when you spell the man's name.
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May 1, 2021Doom is great on this one as always, Madlib is great like always as well. This is everything one should look for in a Hip-Hop record.
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Apr 16, 2021Perfect Album. One of my only 10/10's. I love every song and MF DOOM is a legend.
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Apr 3, 2021One of the best rap albums ever made. The lyricism and production is amazing.
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Apr 16, 2021MF DOOM & Madlib made one of the best Hip-Hop albums of all time no doubt, The albums does contain slightly over-using instrumental Hip-Hop tracks which it's the only thing I can think that's bad of this. MF DOOM makes an outstanding performance with his rhymes schemes that are explosive, and the meaning behind these lyrics really caught me off guard. WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND!!!
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May 8, 2021the best album ever made, everything this man rhymes is a punchline and he has a unique flow that stays undefeated a whole 17 years later
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May 3, 2022First of this is Madlib's craziest and best samplings and beats, and MF Dooms Lyrics and Rapping goes hard here and the features are awesome.
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Jun 27, 2021
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Jan 6, 2023Esse álbum é extremamente bem produzido e divertido de se escutar, nenhuma canção deixa de ter seu brilho individual, cada uma possui uma atmosfera e sonoridade incríveis! Um ótimo trabalho da dupla. Descanse em paz DOOM.
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Aug 31, 2021In this villainous project, Madlib gives us out insane production with insanely good samples, melodies and drums, MF Doom does his usual, gives out verses with really good rhyme schemes, wordplay and not repetitive lyrics. A must listen,
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Jan 1, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 17, 2022Doom's rhymes and flow in this album are on a whole other level. Madlib's production is great too and matches these songs. I like the cartoony sketches and interludes here and there in the album, they give this album a lotta character.
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Jun 18, 2023Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really good
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Feb 11, 2022Listen to this pleasant, beautiful album nearly every week on cassette. both beautiful instrumentation and lyricism from DOOM, a true master of sticky lyricism
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Feb 17, 2022so p deixar no perfil so p deixar no perfil so p deixar no perfil so p deixar no perfil
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Apr 23, 2022
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Mar 4, 2022Easily my favorite album of all time and it will probably never change. There is no album out there that conveys the senses quite like this one, making you feel like you have been right there with the villains the whole time. RIP MF DOOM ALL CAPS BABY!!
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Apr 6, 2022MF DOOM is one of the best lyricists ever and this album is great proof. He spits so much fire it’s actually nuts. Madlib brings some of my favorite beats ever with tracks like meat grinder and accordion. Only the mad villain himself could make these beats work with his nasty flows and stellar rhymes. Some of DOOMs best work, may he rest in piece.
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May 29, 2022
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Jul 8, 2022Rare occasion of a truly perfect album. This is a hip-hop masterpiece. MF DOOM and Madlib peak performance.
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Oct 2, 2022
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Oct 4, 2022Madvillainy is not simply a rap album, all the references that doom puts in the songs are genius, doom is sorely missed. ALL CAPS!
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Oct 13, 2022my favorite album of all time, favorite songs are accordion, meat grinder, raid, curls, money folder, operation livesaver, Figaro, fancy clown, and all caps. this album is a masterpiece, never a boring moment and there are no songs less than a 9/10, madlib and DOOM really hit it out of the park
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Dec 4, 2022Perfect album, with some of the most unique and memorabke DOOM bars and verses, and the production made by madlib make this album one of the greatest of this genre.
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Dec 11, 2022
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Jan 26, 2023One of the best rap albums of all time. Really just an excellent, timeless album from the Illest Villain.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Jul 19, 2023Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro album:
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May 22, 2023This album grew on me so much that it's top 5 all-time for me—an absolute masterclass in beat making by Madlib and fluid rapping by DOOM.
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May 28, 2023A masterpiece.
From the production to the beautiful, complex and interesting rhymes. One of the greatest hip hop albums of all time a must listen. -
Jun 25, 2023This album is a masterpiece. MF DOOM and madlib's style of rap and producing mesh so beautifully that it brings tears to my eyes. All Caps is the greatest song to ever grace planet Earth. Look up a youtube video of the samples needed to produce the beat of the song, and you will appreciate this album just as much as it should be.
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Jul 4, 2023This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 19, 2023What can i say,an absolute masterpiece,this what happens when 2 musical geniuses work together.
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Jul 19, 2023The best album ever, This is MF DOOM, one the best rappers all of the time
Seila talvez escrevi tudo errado gringo é tudo bicho burro mesmo -
Aug 28, 2023
Awards & Rankings
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A dizzying synergy of heavy brains and chemistry, culminating in blissfully fun, irreverent, and engaging brand of record-making magic.
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MojoThe wily creativity on display here is astonishing. [Jun 2004, p.114]
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Not only does it capture the unstructured verse of a masked maniac within a sheer net of plausibility, it parades his inner dementia among instrumental adornments of the highest order.