It’s been 20 years since Madvillainy changed hip hop and many listeners’ lives (mine included). And as a birthday present (I guess?), Stones Throw has announced the release of Madvillainy Demos and Audiophile Edition on vinyl.
In November 2002, long before Madlib and MF DOOM had finished Madvillainy, the first demo sequence of the album leaked online. The tracks contained early vocal cuts from DOOM, recorded and quickly mixed in Los Angeles at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio. The leak spread quickly across the internet and into the desktop computers, mp3 libraries, and CD players of fans around the world. The tracks may have been unfinished, but it was clear that this was a hip-hop album unlike any other.
You can pre-order the demos and the Audiophile Edition right now and shipping will start from the Stones Throw store on 29th November. If you want to get it anywhere else, you’ll have to wait until 2025.